Former South African President Nelson Mandela
Former president of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Picture: REUTERS
President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe
Former president of Tanzania Julius Nyerere
Pan-African hero Patrice Lumumba
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki
Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan
Anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko
Activist Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela
Zulu king and military genius Shaka Zulu
