I jumped on usenet through a gopher and secured the much talked 100
great Africans.
> From: Jim Mutugi <tugs@grove.ufl.edu>
> Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
> Subject: 100 Great Africans
> Date: Sun, 2 Apr 1995 21:07:42 -0400
> Organization: University of Florida
>
> This is a random list of great Africans. There are thousands
> of omissions because one can waste only so much time trying to educate
> those who do not truly wish to learn. I stopped when I got to 100.
>
> Mzee Jomo Kenyatta
> Kwame Nkrumah
> Julius Nyerere
> Nelson Mandela
> Oliver Tambo
> Khama
> Sir Seretse Khama(a descendant)
> Walter Sisulu
> Samori Toure
> Olaudah Equiano
> Usman dan Fodio
> Kinje Kitile(Maji-Maji)
> Koitalel arap Samoei
> Kabaka Mutesa I
> Nnamdi Azikiwe
> Patrice Lumumba
> Tom Mboya
> Oginga Odinga
> Steve Biko
> Robert Mugabe
> Sam Nujoma
> Albert Luthuli
> Agostinho Neto
> Desmond Tutu
> Kenneth Matiba
> Leopold Senghor
> Kamuzu Banda
> Murtala Muhammed
> Olusegun Obasanjo
> Wole Soyinka
> Fela Kuti
> Kenneth Kaunda
> Emperor Menelik II
> Haile Selassie
> Felix Houphouet-Boigny
> Milton Obote
> Joshua Nkomo
> Sir Apolo Kagwa
> Emperor Tewodros
> Ahmed Sekou-Toure
> Harry Nkumbula
> Harry Thuku
> Ngugi wa Thiong'o
> Chinua Achebe
> Sir Milton Margai
> Clements Kadalie
> Elliot Kamwana
> John Chilembwe
> Sebetwane
> Chief Waiyaki
> Cyril Ramaphosa
> Govan Mbeki
> Joseph Kasavubu
> Wangari Maathai
> Robert Sobukwe
> Eduardo Mondlane
> King Moshoeshoe
> Shaka
> Mzilikazi
> Mpande(Zulu)
> Sobhuza(Ngwane)
> King Mswati I
> Soshangane
> Ahmadu Seku(Tukolor Empire)
> Mkwawa(Hehe)
> Asantehene Prempe
> Omukama Kabalega
> Kabaka Mawanda
> Daudi Jawara
> Okot P'Bitek
> Msiri(of the Nyamwezi)
> Gibson Kamau Kuria
> John Khaminwa
> Franco(& t.p. OK Jazz)
> Ndabaningi Sithole
> Cetswayo
> Lobengula
> Lewanika
> Dedan Kimathi
> Winnie Mandela
> Miriam Makeba
> Clement Argwings-Kodhek
> Sheikh Abeid Karume
> Sembene Ousmane
> Masinde Muliro
> Paul Ngei
> Maurice Cardinal Otunga
> Mansa Musa
> Kazembe
> Roger Milla
> Thomas N'kono
> Askiya Muhammad Ture(Songhai Empire)
> Wegbaja(founder of Dahomey empire)
> Agaja(King of Dahomey)
> Osei Tutu(founder of Asante kingdom)
> Osei Kwadwo(18th century Asante king)
> Kalonga Masula
> Mwene Mutapa(Munhumutapa)
> Changamire Dombo
> Dingane(Zulu)