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All disciplines Economics28 Political Economy15 Business10 Politics15

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Ibn Khaldun

1332 – 1406

Founded sociology and economic history with the Muqaddimah.

Tunisia·History · Economics · Philosophy

Kwame Nkrumah

1909 – 1972

Led Ghana to independence and theorised neo-colonial economic dependence.

Ghana·Politics · Political Economy

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

b. 1938

Africa's first elected woman head of state; rebuilt post-war Liberia.

Liberia·Peace · EconomicsNobel