Kenya

Third President of Kenya, serving from 2002 to 2013, with a distinguished career as a politician, minister, and economist

First Prime Minister and President of self-governing Kenya, playing a significant role in its transformation from a British colony to an independent republic

Kenyan-British paleoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work at Olduvai Gorge proved humans evolved in Africa, inspiring future generations of scholars

Kenyan long-distance runner who held the marathon world record and was ranked first globally at the time of his passing

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