South Africa

South African anti-apartheid activist who led the Black Consciousness Movement and wrote under the pseudonym Frank Talk

Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty, who rose from an army officer to become a prominent politician and monarch

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist who led the nation to multiracial democracy

South African politician and lawyer who served as the final state president, dismantling apartheid and introducing universal suffrage

South African activist and politician known as the 'Mother of the Nation' for her anti-apartheid struggle and parliamentary service

South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club, awarded the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of the 1993 Sudan famine

Rhodesian Prime Minister who led the predominantly white government's unilateral declaration of independence in 1965

South African statesman, military leader, author, and philosopher who served two terms as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa

South African politician who served as Prime Minister and State President during the apartheid era, known as 'Die Groot Krokodil' for his tough stance

Mozambican politician and revolutionary who served as the first President of Mozambique from 1975 until his death in a plane crash in 1986