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Helen Suzman, born Helen Gavronsky (7 November 1917 in Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa), was an anti-apartheid activist and politician. She studied as an economist and statistician at Witwatersrand University. Suzman was the daughter of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants.
She married Dr. Moses Suzman when she was 20, and had two daughters with him before returning to university as [...]

Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born April 8, 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1997 to January 1, 2007, serving two five-year terms. Annan was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001.
Kofi Annan (IPA: /ˈkoʊfiˈʔænən/[2]) was born to Victoria and Henry Reginald [...]

Joaquim Alberto Chissano (born 22 October 1939) served as the second President of Mozambique for nineteen years from 6 November 1986 until 2 February 2005. Since stepping down as president, Chissano has become an elder statesman and is called upon by international bodies, such as the United Nations, to be an envoy or negotiator. He [...]

Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who served as the first president of Senegal (1960–1980). Senghor was the first African to sit as a member of the Académie française. He was also the founder of the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. [...]