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| Mohandas K. Gandhi | Indian nationalist and spiritual leader. He was called Mahatma, or "Great Soul," by his followers and was considered the founder of independent India. |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian political leader and first prime minister of independent India. His work with Mohandas Gandhi helped bring about India's freedom. |
| Indira Gandhi | Prime Minister of India in the 1980's. Daughter of Jawaharal Nehru |
| Rajiv Gandhi | Son of Indira Gandhi he became prime minister after her assassination. He, too, was assassinated in 1989. |
| Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | Became president of Liberia--the first African woman to hold such an office. |
| Leopold Senghor | leader of Senegal who was in favor of Pan-Africanism. |
| Nelson Mandela | South African leader of the Africa National Congress. He was imprisoned for 25 years for conspiracy to overthrow the South Africa government. In 1994 he became President of South Africa |
| F.W. de Klerk | President of South Africa. Although an Afrikaner, he lifted the bans on the African National Congress and freed Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners. |
| Thabo Mbeki | In 1999 became president of South Africa |
| Desmond Tutu | a former high school teacher and black South African church leader, maintained pressure on SOuth African leaders. |
