OUR HEROES PAST

Who spent his life fighting for equality in South Africa

• Miriam Makeba

• Winnie Mandel

• Chinua Achebe

• Nelson Mandela

Who was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Wangari Maathai

• Lupita Nyong'o

• Vanessa Nakate

Answer explanation

She was awarded the prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. Maathai played an active part in the struggle for democracy in Kenya and founded the Green Belt Movement which led to the planting of over 50 million trees in Africa.

Who was the first SubSaharan African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

• Chinua Achebe

• Wole Soyinka

• Ngozi Iweala

• Kwame Nkrumah

Who was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence in 1957

• Sanni Abacha

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Mwai Kibaki

• Kwame Nkrumah

Who is considered a driving force behind Nigeria's independence, and came to be known as the “father of Nigerian Nationalism.”

• Tafawa Balewa

• Obafemi Awolowo

• Nnamdi Azikiwe

• Kofi Annan

Who was the Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations

• Kofi Annan

• Kijali

• George Weah

• Aliko Dangote

Answer explanation

He worked for a better-organized and more peaceful world. Some things he did are:

He played a central role in the creation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, the adoption of the UN's first-ever counter-terrorism strategy, and the acceptance by Member States of the “responsibility to protect” people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. His “Global Compact” initiative, launched in 1999, has become the world's largest effort to promote corporate social responsibility.

Who was the first female President of a nation in the continent of Africa.

• Ekwe Nella

• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

• Dora Akunyili

• Patience Ozokwor

Answer explanation

In the Africa of the olden days, it would have been impossible for a female to become the President of an African country. She broke the record and served as the president of Liberia.

He was at the forefront in the fight for his country’s independence and became the first president of Tanzania

• Cetewayo

• Askia the great

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Julius Nyerere

He the first president of Guinea. He is revered across French West Africa for being the first president to have dared to say 'No 'to France.

• Yaya Ture

• Sekou Touré

• Es'kia Mphahlele

• Sedick Isaacs

She was an advocate for changing laws and traditions that subjugate women in Senegal

• Sahr Ngaujah

• Miriam Makeba

• Mariama Ba

• Funmilayo Kuti