Soldier and dictator. His regime (1971-1979) came to epitomize cruelty, torture, and barbarism, and he eventually fled to a life of luxury in Saudi Arabia. He jocularly told a U.S. television broadcast reporter that "in politics there are neither permanent friends nor permanent enemies."
| 1906–1996 | Sir Laurens van der Post |
| Born 1938 | Ngugi wa Thiong'o |
| 1906–1949 | Hassan al-Banna |
| 1915–1997 | Joseph Wolpe |
| Born 1931 | Desmond Tutu |
| 1893–1958 | Johannes Strijdom |
| Born 1944 | Mongane Serote |
| 1906–2001 | Léopold Senghor |
| 1891–1975 | Haile Selassie I |
| 1918–1981 | Anwar Sadat |
| 1883–1955 | José Ortega y Gasset |
| 1922–1999 | Julius Nyerere |
| 1909–1972 | Kwame Nkrumah |
| 1918–1970 | Gamal Nasser |
| 1930–1997 | Sese Mobutu |
| Born 1937 | Haile Mengistu |
| 1925–1985 | Alex La Guma |
| 1899–1976 | Kazi Islam |
| 1937–1986 | Bessie Head |
| 1942–1993 | Chris Hani |
| 1925–1982 | Ruth First |
| Born 1944 | Buchi Emecheta |
| 1951–1990 | Samuel Doe |
| 1866–1951 | Robert Broom |
| Born 1939 | Breyten Breytenbach |
| Born 1927 | Sydney Brenner |
| 1921–1996 | Eddine Bokassa |
| Born 1945 | Allan Boesak |
| 1932–1973 | Abebe Bikila |
| 1946–1977 | Stephen Biko |
