Nigeria

Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in 2010, previously a university teacher and entrepreneur

Nigerian novelist whose groundbreaking work "Things Fall Apart" became the most widely read African novel and established him as the father of modern African literature

First President of Nigeria and a driving force behind the country's independence, widely regarded as the father of Nigerian nationalism

Nigerian musician and activist, recognized as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a genre combining West African music with American funk and jazz