Heroes
Dedan Kimathi Waciuri
Country: Kenya
Lead Group: Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA) (Mau Mau)
War/Rebellion: Mau Mau Uprising
View DetailsJohn Chilembwe
Country: Nyasaland (Malawi)
Lead Group: Providence Industrial Mission (PIM)
War/Rebellion: Chilembwe Uprising
View DetailsKahimemua Nguvauva
Country: Namibia (German South West Africa)
Lead Group: Ovambanderu (Herero clan)
War/Rebellion: Resistance against German colonial rule (Herero and Namaqua Genocide)
View DetailsNicodemus Kambahahiza Kavikunua
Country: Namibia (German South West Africa)
Lead Group: Khauas-Khoi people
War/Rebellion: Ovambanderu Khauas-Khoi War (part of Herero and Namaqua Genocide)
View DetailsSamuel Maharero
Country: German South West Africa (Namibia)
Lead Group: Herero people
War/Rebellion: Herero Wars (Herero and Nama genocide)
View DetailsHarry Thuku
Country: Kenya
Lead Group: East African Association (EAA), Kikuyu Central Association (KCA), Kikuyu Provincial Association (KPA)
War/Rebellion: Involved in early nationalist movements, led to 1922 Nairobi protest
View DetailsAbushiri ibn Salim al-Harthi
Country: Tanzania
Lead Group: Coalition of local Arab and Swahili traders, and various African ethnic groups
War/Rebellion: Abushiri Revolt
View DetailsJomo Kenyatta
Country: Kenya
Lead Group: Kenya African Union (KAU)
War/Rebellion: Mau Mau Uprising
View DetailsNehanda Charwe Nyakasikana
Country: Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia)
Lead Group: Zezuru Shona people
War/Rebellion: First Chimurenga
View DetailsAhmed Sékou Touré
Country: Guinea
Lead Group: Democratic Party of Guinea (Parti Démocratique de Guinée, PDG)
War/Rebellion: Led Guinea to independence through political activism and resistance against French colonial rule
View DetailsPatrice Émery Lumumba
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lead Group: Mouvement National Congolais (MNC)
War/Rebellion: Congolese Independence Movement
View DetailsMkwawa (Chief Mkwavinyika Munyigumba Mwamuyinga)
Country: Tanzania
Lead Group: Hehe people
War/Rebellion: Hehe Rebellion
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