Tag african champions
Here are some notable African champions in various fields:
Sports
- Football (Soccer):
- Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
- Yaya Touré (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
- Basketball:
- Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria)
- Dikembe Mutombo (Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Tennis:
- Yannick Noah (France/Cameroon)
- Kevin Anderson (South Africa)
- Athletics:
- Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia)
- Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia)
- David Rudisha (Kenya)
- Boxing:
- Azumah Nelson (Ghana)
- Samuel Peter (Nigeria)
Music
- Afrobeat:
- Fela Kuti (Nigeria)
- King Sunny Adé (Nigeria)
- Youssou N'Dour (Senegal)
- Highlife:
- E.T. Mensah (Ghana)
- Amakye Dede (Ghana)
- Jazz:
- Hugh Masekela (South Africa)
- Miriam Makeba (South Africa)
Literature
- Novelists:
- Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Kenya)
- Nadine Gordimer (South Africa)
- Poets:
- Wole Soyinka (Nigeria)
- Okot p'Bitek (Uganda)
- Dennis Brutus (South Africa)
Politics
- Nelson Mandela (South Africa) - Anti-apartheid revolutionary and former President
- Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana) - First President of Ghana and Pan-Africanist
- Julius Nyerere (Tanzania) - First President of Tanzania and anti-colonialist
- Haile Selassie (Ethiopia) - Emperor of Ethiopia and Pan-Africanist
Other
- Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (South Africa) - Anti-apartheid revolutionary and former President
- Wangari Maathai (Kenya) - Environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
- Kofi Annan (Ghana) - Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Akinwumi Adesina (Nigeria) - President of the African Development Bank
Note: This is not an exhaustive list, and there are many more African champions in various fields.