Ghana's first president and Pan-Africanist, Osagyefo D.R. Kwame Nkrumah, has been ranked the 13th most influential black man ever by Global Statistics
Ghana’s first president and Pan-Africanist, Osagyefo D.R. Kwame Nkrumah, has been ranked the 13th most influential black man ever by Global Statistics. Kwame Nkrumah led the fight for independence from the British in the 1950s and eventually got it in 1957.
The list includes people of African, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-American, Afro-Latin and other African descendants across the globe.
Historically, black people have played key roles in the development of the world in education, politics, sports, Entertainment, and other important sectors.
Sitting on top of the list was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, under whose leadership the empire reached its peak.
Nelson Mandela sits second after playing a key role in ending the Apartheid Rule, during which blacks were sidelined in every corner of South Africa.
Three-time world champion Pelé of Brazil is included in the list.
Maya Angelou, Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe are all writers who have made a lasting impact in education.
In entertainment, the list includes American powerful musicians Michael Jackson and Beyoncé.
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1. Mansa Musa (Mali)
2. Nelson Mandela (South Africa)
3. Martin Luther King Jr. (USA)
4. Toussaint Louverture (Haïti)
5. Malcolm X (USA)
6. Harriet Tubman (USA)
7. Frederick Douglass (USA)
8. Marcus Garvey (Jamaica)
9. Shaka Zulu (South Africa)
10. Haile Selassie (Ethiopia)
11. Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haiti)
12. Queen Nzinga (Angola)
13. Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana)
14. Patrice Lumumba (D.R. Congo)
15. Rosa Parks (USA)
16. W. E. B. Du Bois (USA)
17. Ida B. Wells (USA)
18. Sojourner Truth (USA)
19. 🇯🇲 Bob Marley (Jamaica)
20. Fela Kuti (Nigeria)
21. Muhammad Ali (USA)
22. Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
23. Serena Williams (USA)
24. Jackie Robinson (USA)
25. Oprah Winfrey (USA)
26. Barack Obama (USA)
27. Maya Angelou (USA)
28. James Baldwin (USA)
29. Toni Morrison (USA)
30. Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)
31. Wole Soyinka (Nigeria)
32. Martin Luther King Sr. (USA)
33. George Washington Carver (USA)
34. Katherine Johnson (USA)
35. Madam C. J. Walker (USA)
36. Pelé (Brazil)
37. Louis Armstrong (USA)
38. Paul Robeson (USA)
39. Desmond Tutu (South Africa)
40. John Lewis (USA)
41. Ella Baker (USA)
42. Léopold Sédar Senghor (Sénégal)
43. Zumbi dos Palmares (Brazil)
44. Thurgood Marshall (USA)
45. Stevie Wonder (USA)
46. Michael Jackson (USA)
47. Michael Jordan (USA)
48. Kobe Bryant (USA)
49. LeBron James (USA)
50. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (USA)
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