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Africa-Press – Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister (1957-1960) and president (1960-1966) of the Republic of Ghana, was the leader of the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain its independence. He subsequently became a leading figure in the campaign for the United States of Africa. He advocated for Pan Africanism and played a leading role in the establishment of the OAU in 1963 in Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n

H.E Jomo Kenyatta was a leader in the Kenyan independence<\/p>\n

movement known as the Mau Mau Movement,<\/p>\n

a strong supporter of a Kenyan government controlled by native Africans, and<\/p>\n

the nation\u2019s first prime minister as well as its first president. He is one of<\/p>\n

the founders of the OAU in 1963. He<\/p>\n

helped organize the fifth Pan-African Congress, chaired by W.E.B. Du Bois, to encourage<\/p>\n

cooperation between black Africans under white rule. In this time, he adopted<\/p>\n

the name Jomo, which meant Burning Spear. In these years, Jomo Kenyatta was<\/p>\n

really born as a major political figure.<\/p>\n

H.E Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (15 January 1918 \u2013 28<\/p>\n

September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president<\/p>\n

of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the 1952 overthrow of<\/p>\n

the monarchy. He became president of Egypt in 1956. He played a prominent role<\/p>\n

in the establishment of the OAU and advocated for African Unity and Pan<\/p>\n

Africanism.<\/p>\n

H.E L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor (9 October 1906 \u2013 20 December<\/p>\n

2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who, for two<\/p>\n

decades, served as the first president of Senegal (1960\u201380). Ideologically an<\/p>\n

African socialist, he was the major theoretician of N\u00e9gritude. Senghor was also<\/p>\n

the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc party. Senghor was the first<\/p>\n

African elected as a member of the Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise. He won the 1985 International<\/p>\n

Nonino Prize in Italy. He is regarded by many as one of the most important<\/p>\n

African intellectuals of the 20th century and founder of the OAU.<\/p>\n

H.E Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 \u2013 10 October<\/p>\n

2005) was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from<\/p>\n

British colonial rule in 1962. Following the nation\u2019s independence, he served<\/p>\n

as prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the second president of<\/p>\n

Uganda from 1966 to 1971, then again from 1980 to 1985. He was overthrown in a<\/p>\n

coup d\u2019\u00e9tat 1971, but was re-elected in 1980 a year after Amin\u2019s 1979<\/p>\n

overthrow. His second period of rule ended after a long and bloody conflict<\/p>\n

known as the Ugandan Bush War, during which he was overthrown a second time by<\/p>\n

another coup d\u2019\u00e9tat in 1985, prompting him to live the rest of his life in<\/p>\n

exile.<\/p>\n

H.E Ahmed Ben Bella was an Algerian politician, soldier,<\/p>\n

and socialist revolutionary who served as the first President of Algeria from<\/p>\n

1963 to 1965. Ahmed Ben Bella, was the principal leader of the Algerian War of<\/p>\n

Independence against France, the first prime minister (1962\u201363) and first<\/p>\n

elected president.<\/p>\n

H.E Julius Kambarage Nyerere (13 April 1922 \u2013 14 October<\/p>\n

1999) was a Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, and political<\/p>\n

theorist.He governed Tanganyika as Prime Minister from 1961 to 1962 and then as<\/p>\n

President from 1963 to 1964, after which he led its successor state, Tanzania,<\/p>\n

as President from 1964 to 1985. He was a founding member and chair of the<\/p>\n

Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) party, and of its successor Chama Cha<\/p>\n

Mapinduzi, from 1954 to 1990. Ideologically an African nationalist and African<\/p>\n

socialist, he promoted a political philosophy known as Ujamaa.<\/p>\n

H.E Abubakar<\/p>\n

Tefewa Belewa (December 1912 \u2013 15 January 1966) was a Nigerian politician who<\/p>\n

served as the first and only Prime Minister of Nigeria. He played important<\/p>\n

roles in the continent\u2019s formative indigenous rule. He was an important leader<\/p>\n

in the formation of the Organization of African Unity and creating a<\/p>\n

cooperative relationship with French speaking African countries.<\/p>\n

H.E Ahmed S\u00e9kou Tour\u00e9 (January 9, 1922 \u2013 March 6, 1984)<\/p>\n

was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first<\/p>\n

president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Tour\u00e9 was among<\/p>\n

the primary Guinean nationalists involved in gaining independence of the<\/p>\n

country from France.<\/p>\n

General Ibrahim Abboud (26 October 1900 \u00ad\u00ad- 8 September<\/p>\n

1983) was a Sudanese political figure who served as the head of state of Sudan<\/p>\n

between 1958 and 1964 and as president of Sudan in 1964; however, he soon<\/p>\n

resigned, ending Sudan\u2019s first period of military rule. A career soldier,<\/p>\n

Abboud served in World War II in Egypt and Iraq In 1949, Abboud became the<\/p>\n

deputy Commander in Chief of the Sudanese military. Upon independence, Abboud<\/p>\n

became the Commander in Chief of the Military of Sudan.<\/p>\n

Haile Selassie, original name, Tafari Makonnen was<\/p>\n

Emperor of Ethiopia (1930 to 1974). He brought Ethiopia into the League of<\/p>\n

Nations and United Nations and made Addis Ababa the major centre for the<\/p>\n

Organization of African Unity.<\/p>\n

When Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, Haile Selassie led<\/p>\n

the resistance, but in May 1936 he was forced into exile. He appealed for help<\/p>\n

from the League of Nations in a memorable speech that he delivered to that body<\/p>\n

in Geneva on June 30, 1936.<\/p>\n

Haile Selassie played a very important role in the<\/p>\n

establishment of the Organization of African Unity in 1963.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ethiopia. Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister (1957-1960) and president (1960-1966) of the Republic of Ghana, was the leader of the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain its independence. He subsequently became a leading figure in the campaign for the United States of Africa. 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