From the Pharaohs Hatshepsut, Tuthmosis III, Ramses II, and Cleopatra to Nelson Mandela, Robert Mugabee, Frederick de Klerk and Jerry Rawlings, biographies of African rulers, activists, thinkers, and writers. Among others included are: Hannibal, Shaka Zulu, Saint Augustine, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Haile Selassie, Kwame Nkrumah, and Jomo Kenyatta.