Africa – Uganda
Farida Charity (1987- )
Farida Charity is a community leader and peace activist who supports peace initiatives in the conflict-affected Yumbe district of northern...
Rose Kanyange Kabuye (1961- )
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Rose Kanyange Kabuye rose to the highest rank in the Rwandan Army. She was also an advocate...
Sidi Mubarak Bombay (a.k.a. Mbarak Mombée, 1820?-1885)
Sidi Mubarak Bombay, one of the most extensive travelers in sub-Saharan Africa in the 19th century, was honored for his...
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (1944- )
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is the President of Uganda, a post he has held since 1986. Museveni was born on September...
Paul Kagame (1957- )
Paul Kagame, the current President of Rwanda, was born in Gitarama, central Rwanda, on October 23, 1957, into a Tutsi family. In 1959...
Milton Obote (1925-2005)
Milton Apollo Obote was the first Prime Minister and second President of Uganda. Obote was born in the village of...
Vanessa Nakate (1996- )
Vanessa Nakate is a Ugandan climate activist who led Uganda’s First Fridays for Future climate strikes and founded Youth for...
Frenise Avedis Logan, Sr. (1920-1995)
Diplomat, Historian, Poet, Frenise Avedis Logan, Sr. was born September 30, 1920, in Albany, Georgia but grew up in Cleveland,...
Robert Kyagulanyi “Bobi Wine” Ssentamu (1982- )
Robert Kyagulanyi “Bobi Wine” Ssentamu is a Ugandan politician, singer, actor, and businessman. Ssentamu was born on February 12, 1982,...
