Africa has produced remarkable Nobel Peace Prize winners whose efforts have shaped global peace and justice.
In 1960, Albert Luthuli of South Africa became the first African laureate. Egypt’s Anwar al-Sadat (1978) and Mohamed ElBaradei (2005) followed.
South Africa also celebrates Desmond Tutu (1984), Nelson Mandela and Frederik de Klerk (1993).
Ghana’s Kofi Annan shared the 2001 prize with the UN, while Kenya’s Wangari Maathai (2004) made history as the first African woman laureate.
Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Leymah Gbowee (2011), Tunisia’s Dialogue Quartet (2015), DR Congo’s Denis Mukwege (2018), and Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed (2019) complete the list.
