By AFPMore by this AuthorAt 93, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is the last living African head of state to have fought for his country's independence from a colonial power before becoming its leader. He was prime minister upon independence in 1957, becoming president in 1960 of what became Ghana. Ahmed Sekou Toure, GuineaToure was Guinea's dictatorial first president after independence in 1958 until his death in 1984. Julius Nyerere, TanzaniaNyerere in 1954 founded the independence-oriented Tanganyika African National Union (Tanu), which led the British colony to independence. Jomo Kenyatta, KenyaA former independence activist, imprisoned for several years, Kenyatta led Kenya from independence from Britain in December 1963 to his death in 1978.

Source: Daily Nation November 16, 2017 19:18 UTC