Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana, instrumental in leading the country to independence from British rule, and a significant figure in the Pan-African movement.
Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist, who founded the Négritude movement and served as Senegal's first president.
Leopold Senghor was a Senegalese poet, philosopher, and politician, serving as the first president of Senegal from 1960 to 1980.
Amadou Hampâté Bâ was a Malian writer, ethnologist, and historian, renowned for preserving West African wisdom and culture through his literary works.