swap_horiz Sam Nujoma 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

Thomas Sankara

Thomas Sankara served as President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987. Rising through the army, he spearheaded a radical...

20TH Century President Africa Burkina Faso

8.9 Great

4

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser was an Egyptian army officer and political leader who helped lead the Free Officers movement that ove...

20TH Century President Egypt Arab Nationalist

8.5 Great

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

Sukarno

Sukarno was a leading Indonesian nationalist who proclaimed the country's independence from the Netherlands in 1945 and...

20TH Century President Indonesia Independence

8.0 Great

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

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

13

José Mujica

José Mujica was a Uruguayan politician, farmer, and former member of the Tupamaros guerrilla movement who was imprisoned...

20TH Century President Uruguay Guerrilla

7.6 Good

14

Éamon de Valera

Éamon de Valera was an Irish revolutionary, political leader, and statesman whose public career extended from the strugg...

20TH Century President Republican Ireland

7.5 Good

15

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

16

Joshua Nkomo

Joshua Nkomo (1917-1999) was a Zimbabwean nationalist leader who founded the Zimbabwe African People's Union, or ZAPU, i...

20TH Century Leader Zimbabwe Anti Colonial

7.5 Good

17

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

18

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

19

Ahmed Ben Bella

Ahmed Ben Bella was an Algerian revolutionary, politician, and FLN leader who became the first president of independent...

20TH Century President Algeria Anti Colonial

6.8 Fair

20

Agostinho Neto

Agostinho Neto (1922-1979) was an Angolan physician, poet, and political leader of the MPLA, the Popular Movement for th...

20TH Century President Angola Anti Colonial

6.8 Fair