Heroes
- Dedan Kimathi — Kenya • 1920–1957
- Shaka Zulu — Southern Africa • c. 1787–1828
- Koitalel Arap Samoei — Kenya • c. 1860–1905
- Nelson Mandela — South Africa • 1918–2013
- Raila Odinga — Kenya • 1945–2025
- Patrice Lumumba — Congo-DRC • 1925–1962
- Kwame Nkrumah — Ghana • 1902–1972
- Haile Selassie — Ethiopia • 1892–1975