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20th C. African Ldrs
20th-Century African Leaders
| Clue | Leader |
|---|---|
| President of Uganda (1971–1979), came to power in a coup, encouraged death squads, expelled Asians, associated with Entebbe hijacking | Idi Amin (Dada) |
| Ugandan military dictator who seized power in 1971 | Idi Amin (Dada) |
| Leader overthrown by a Tanzanian invasion in 1979 | Idi Amin (Dada) |
| Leader of Libya from 1969 to 2011, overthrew King Idris I, associated with the Lockerbie bombing | Muammar al-Gaddafi |
| Author of The Little Green Book, associated with pan-Arabist ideology | Muammar al-Gaddafi |
| Dictator overthrown and killed during the Libyan Civil War in 2011 | Muammar al-Gaddafi |
| Leader of the Kikuyu people, fought Britain during the Mau Mau rebellion, became Kenya's first president in 1964 | Jomo Kenyatta |
| Authored Facing Mount Kenya, used the slogan “harambee” | Jomo Kenyatta |
| Studied anthropology with Bronisław Malinowski at LSE | Jomo Kenyatta |
| Came to power during the “Congo Crisis”, changed the country's name from Congo to Zaire, supported by the US during the Cold War | Mobutu Sese Seko |
| Dictator with an atrocious human rights record, overthrown by rebels led by Laurent Kabila in 1997 | Mobutu Sese Seko |
| Born Joseph Mobutu | Mobutu Sese Seko |
| First president of post-colonial Zimbabwe (successor to Rhodesia) in 1980, leader of ZANU | Robert Mugabe |
| Leader criticized for hyperinflation and suppression of dissent, resigned after a 2017 coup | Robert Mugabe |
| Replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa | Robert Mugabe |
| Leader of the ANC, first democratically-elected president of South Africa, co-founded Umkhonto we Sizwe | Nelson Mandela |
| Imprisoned for 27 years (mostly on Robben Island), central figure in transition away from apartheid | Nelson Mandela |
| Shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with F. W. de Klerk | Nelson Mandela |
| Leader of Egypt (1954–1970), nationalized the Suez Canal, president of the United Arab Republic | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Overtook Muhammad Naguib for power after the overthrow of King Farouk | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Succeeded by Anwar Sadat | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Prime minister of the Gold Coast who declared independence in 1957, renaming it Ghana | Kwame Nkrumah |
| First African leader to declare independence from a colonial power, supported pan-Africanism | Kwame Nkrumah |
| His regime built the Akosombo Dam and was ended by a 1966 coup | Kwame Nkrumah |
| Leader of Tanganyika/Tanzania (1961–1985), put forward socialist plans in the Arusha Declaration | Julius Nyerere |
| Implemented policies known as ujamaa (“family unity”), which improved literacy but kept poverty high | Julius Nyerere |
| Leader of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Party of the Revolution) | Julius Nyerere |
| Emperor of Ethiopia (1930–1974), lived in exile during the Italian invasion, considered a messianic figure by Rastafarians | Haile Selassie |
| Overthrown in 1974 by the military government known as the Derg | Haile Selassie |
| Birth name Tafari Makonnen | Haile Selassie |
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