Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba: Unflinching Courage in the Heart of Africa From Ghana to Algeria, his name is uttered with reverence and respect. If fearlessness was a person, it would undoubtedly bear the name, Patrice Emery Lumumba.
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In this MonTrail Originals series— ICONS, we highlight the trails of African political leaders who fought and lived for purposes greater than themselves. They dedicated their lives to resolving pressing issues and transforming hopelessness into a future full of promise for their communities and the continent as a whole.
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Kwame Nkrumah
The Mission For A United Continent- In the bustling streets of Accra, where the aroma of kelewele (spiced fried plantains) danced in the air and traditional highlife music played from old radios, there was more than just the usual hum of daily life⸺ beneath the liveliness of market haggles...
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella: A Lifetime In The Arena Within the rugged beauty of the Oran region of colonial Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella was born. Historians, threading together the fragments of the past, have come to agree on 1916 as the year that marked the beginning of his very eventful life.