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Islam Karimov

Islam Karimov

19382016

First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan from 1991 to 2016, who led the country to independence

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

19382025

Kenyan writer and philosopher who championed African languages in literature and authored the influential "Decolonizing the Mind"