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Nnamdi Azikiwe was a Nigerian nationalist, journalist, political leader and statesman, born in 1904. He became a prominent voice in Nigeria’s struggle for self-government and served as Nigeria’s first President from 1963 to 1966.
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Amílcar Cabral was a Bissau-Guinean and Cape Verdean intellectual, agricultural engineer and independence leader, born in 1924. He became a central figure in the struggle for independence from Portuguese colonial rule.
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On September 11, 2001, four coordinated terrorist attacks were carried out in the United States. Hijacked commercial aircraft struck the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Virginia, while Flight 93 crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers resisted the hijackers.
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Steve Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist and thinker, born in 1946. He became one of the leading voices of the Black Consciousness Movement, which challenged racial oppression and sought to restore dignity and confidence among Black South Africans.
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Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and an important African statesman. He became a prominent figure in Africa’s international affairs and Ethiopia’s defence of its sovereignty.
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Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan nationalist leader, political thinker and statesman who became a major figure in Kenya’s struggle for independence from British colonial rule. He became Kenya’s first Prime Minister in 1963 and its first President in 1964.