swap_horiz Thomas Sankara Alternatives

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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

2

Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh was a prominent Indian socialist revolutionary who became a key figure in the movement for India's independ...

India 20TH Century Independence Socialist

8.3 Great

3

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

4

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

5

Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton was an African American activist and chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party during the...

USA Organizer 20TH Century Black Panther

8.1 Great

6

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

7

James Connolly

James Connolly was an Irish republican and socialist leader who played a prominent role in the labor movement of the ear...

20TH Century Republican Ireland Irish

7.9 Good

8

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

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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

10

Huey P. Newton

Huey P. Newton was an American political activist who co-founded the Black Panther Party with Bobby Seale in Oakland, Ca...

USA Organizer 20TH Century Black Panther

7.5 Good

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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

12

Bobby Seale

Bobby Seale is an American political activist who co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense with Huey P. Newto...

American 20TH Century Black Panther Socialist

7.5 Good

13

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

14

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

15

Mehdi Ben Barka

Mehdi Ben Barka was a Moroccan politician and prominent anti-imperialist figure who led the radical wing of the National...

20TH Century Moroccan Pan African Socialist

7.2 Good

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Antonio Guiteras

Antonio Guiteras Holmes was a Cuban politician and revolutionary leader who played a central role in the Cuban Revolutio...

Cuban 20TH Century Socialist Martyr

7.1 Good

17

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

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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

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Modibo Keïta

Modibo Keïta was a Malian politician who led the country at independence and became the first president of the Republic...

20TH Century Independence Pan African Malian

6.7 Fair

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Raúl Sendic

Raúl Sendic was a Uruguayan lawyer and political activist who helped found the Tupamaros, formally known as the National...

20TH Century Uruguay Socialist Guerrilla

6.5 Fair