Nigeria

Nigerian politician who served as president and was known for his commitment to transparency and electoral reform

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

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

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