swap_horiz Joshua Nkomo Alternatives

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Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp)

Võ Nguyên Giáp was a prominent 20th-century Vietnamese military strategist and revolutionary leader. He directed the Vie...

Military 20TH Century Vietnamese Anti Colonial

9.2 Excellent

2

Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh was a key figure in 20th-century Vietnam. He spearheaded the Vietnamese communist movement, ultimately leadi...

20TH Century Vietnam Leader Communist

8.9 Great

3

Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito remains a pivotal figure in 20th-century history. He spearheaded the Yugoslav Partisans’ resistance agai...

20TH Century Leader Partisan Yugoslav

8.7 Great

4

Amílcar Cabral

Amílcar Cabral was an agricultural engineer, anti-colonial theorist, and nationalist leader from Guinea-Bissau and Cape...

20TH Century Theorist Anti Colonial Guinea Bissau

8.4 Great

5

Vo Nguyen Giap

Vo Nguyen Giap was a Vietnamese military general and politician who served as the commander of the People's Army of Viet...

20TH Century General Vietnam Communist

8.3 Great

6

Julius Nyerere

Julius Nyerere (1922–1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and former teacher who served as the firs...

20TH Century President Tanzania Socialist

8.3 Great

7

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian revolutionary and statesman who played a central role in the decolonization of Africa. He l...

20TH Century President Ghana Pan African

8.2 Great

8

Patrice Lumumba

Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first Prime Minister of the indepen...

20TH Century Congo Nationalist Prime Minister

8.1 Great

9

Alexander Dubček

Alexander Dubček was a Czechoslovakian political leader whose actions during 1968 significantly impacted Eastern Europe....

20TH Century Leader Reformist Czechoslovak

8.1 Great

10

Robert Sobukwe

Robert Sobukwe was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader and academic who founded the Pan Africanist Congress...

20TH Century South African Leader Pac

7.8 Good

11

Omar Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar (c. 1858–1931) was a Libyan Senussi religious and resistance leader who led guerrilla campaigns against Ita...

20TH Century Libya Guerrilla Anti Colonial

7.7 Good

12

Emir Abdelkader

Emir Abdelkader was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi leader, and military commander who founded the Algerian state duri...

19TH Century Resistance Leader Algeria

7.7 Good

13

Dedan Kimathi

Dedan Kimathi was a leader of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya, leading the Kenya Land and Freedom Army in an armed resista...

20TH Century Kenya Guerrilla Anti Colonial

7.7 Good

14

Sam Nujoma

Sam Nujoma was a Namibian nationalist leader, longtime president of the South West Africa People's Organization, and the...

20TH Century President Namibia Anti Colonial

7.6 Good

15

Bartolina Sisa

Bartolina Sisa (c. 1750–1782) was an Aymara leader who played a central role in the 1781 indigenous rebellion against Sp...

18TH Century Indigenous Leader Bolivia

7.5 Good

16

Abd el-Krim

Abd el-Krim was a Rifian political and military leader who organized resistance to Spanish and French colonial rule in n...

20TH Century Leader Morocco Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

17

John Garang

John Garang was a Sudanese military officer and political leader who founded and led the Sudan People's Liberation Army...

20TH Century Leader Independence Sudanese

7.5 Good

18

Jomo Kenyatta

Jomo Kenyatta was a Kenyan nationalist leader who became prime minister when Kenya gained independence in 1963 and the c...

20TH Century President Kenya Nationalist

7.4 Good

19

Álvaro Obregón

Álvaro Obregón Salido was a Mexican military general and politician who played a decisive role in the Mexican Revolution...

Military 20TH Century Mexican Leader

7.3 Good

20

Samora Machel

Samora Machel was a Mozambican military commander, revolutionary, and politician in the Mozambique Liberation Front, kno...

20TH Century President Mozambique Anti Colonial

7.2 Good