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Cleopatra VII Philopator
The last pharaoh who wielded intelligence, wealth, and alliance to keep Egypt independent for two decades against the inexorable expansion of Rome.
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Ibn Battuta
The Moroccan jurist who became history's most traveled medieval explorer, chronicling the world from Tangier to China.
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Ibn Khaldun
The Tunisian scholar who founded the scientific study of history and society through his analysis of ʿasabiyyah.
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Ibn Rushd
The Commentator, who proved that faith and reason speak with one voice when both are true
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Kofi Annan
The Secretary-General who gave the United Nations a conscience, and tried to make 'never again' mean something.
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Mansa Musa
The emperor whose legendary pilgrimage to Mecca displayed Mali's wealth to the world and whose patronage made Timbuktu a center of Islamic learning.
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Moses
The reluctant prophet who led slaves to freedom and gave them a law to live by
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Nefertiti
The queen whose iconic beauty masks her role in ancient Egypt's most radical religious revolution and whose final fate remains history's enduring mystery.
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Nelson Mandela
The prisoner who became president and chose forgiveness over vengeance to heal a nation
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Nzinga Mbande
The warrior-queen who fought Portugal for forty years, mastering diplomacy, guerrilla warfare, and the art of surviving against overwhelming odds.
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Sundiata Keita
The Lion King who rose from exile to unite the Mandé, defeat the sorcerer-tyrant Sumanguru, and found the Mali Empire on principles of justice and covenant.
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Wangari Maathai
The woman who planted fifty million trees, and grew a democracy in the process.
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