myners007:
The list below contains the names of some of the most influential black men whose works were highly appreciated by many people across the world.Lets get your opinion on whom do you think was the most influential one in terms of the way they imparted lives during the course of their active service in life.In no particular order, i have selected a few to choose from and they are:

1. Martin Luther Jnr.
2. Marcus Garvey.
3.Malcolm X.
4.Fela Anikulapo Kuti
5.Rev. Jesse Jackson.
6.Tupac Amaru Shakur.
7.Bob Nesta Marley.
8.Fmr. President Barack Obama.
9.Michael Jackson.
10.Nelson Mandela

Martin Luther King. Marcus Garvey and Nelson Mandela

Alaafin Sango Africas greatest ruler

His mother and father both royalty

Sango never a slave and never oppressed

Had beautiful wives and lots of children

Lived in palaces with servants

Commanded armies

Headed the Ogboni

Was a powerful Alchemist

A feared and just judge

Reformed Oyo and the surrounding kingdoms

Head of the ancient council of rulers

And Sango had haters

Liars and defamers

OneCorner:

God forbid dat stupid Mandela.
Just an over hyped person
I will choose Kanu and idi Amin over him a million times

you sure say you have sense.or do you mean Oshiomhole

OladimejiRufai:


With all due respect madam toyosi...


Ur brain needs....

Thank God I did not finish it. I no want ur wahala

Thank God you didn't finish it
I for do you strong thing

The eloquent Adzan or Call to Prayer, which to this day summons at the same hours millions of the human race to their devotions, was first uttered by a Negro, Bilal ibn Rabah by name, whom the messenger of God, Mohammed (may peace and blessings of Allah be with him), in obedience to a dream, appointed the first Muezzin or Crier. And it has been remarked that even Alexander the Great is in Asia an unknown personage by the side of this honoured Negro.

Barack Obama

Prophet Nnamdi Kanu

gidgiddy:
Gburu-Gburu without a doubt

We not talking of most influential Coward here....

My list would include

Mansa Musa of Mali.
King Taharqa of Nubia and Egypt.
Touissant L'ouveture of Haiti.
Menelik II of Ethiopia

say by who yebo flat head. Your kinsmen benefited from Awolowo free education program if you it's a lie
Ask your parents at home. Those ibos living in southwest then not pay school fee.

lomprico:


People in katsina have never heard of him. If you think am lying ask buhari.

certainly they all move the black people but as for me, I will choose Mandela.

Wow. What an utterly stupid counter-argument. So inventors who helped to shape and change the world in such a way that they led mankind into the modern age have not influenced the world in any way? Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have had no influence on the world? The Wright Brothers who invented the first aeroplane and forever changed the way human beings travel did not influence the world? Please keep your ignorance to yourself in the future and stop sharing it on public forums like Nairaland.

HolyHero:
all these white meh you listed are inventors they’re not necessarily influential... let’s be properly guided

Knownking:
Barack Obama

your opinion of course.

BankyGee:
None of the above
Dwayne Johnson

He is native American and not African

Nelson Mandela was absolutely inspiring. He had an effect on all Nations and people.

Pearlyakin:

Jah Rastafari Haille sellasie is the lion of the tribe of Judah, a god in human form from the great Kingdom of Ethiopia, the oldest African Republic.
He is a black man and an advocator for the black race.

Imagine this rubbish! Halle Sellassie that was assassinated by his officers.

Elijah Mohammad.

gidgiddy:
Gburu-Gburu without a doubt

The Man that took on Soviet Union, Britain, Egypt, Sudan ,East Germany , Ireland and survived to be given a state Burial . This Generation of igbos will never really appreciate the type of Audacious men we had in the East at that time. i once told someone that if we had Ojukwu, Nzeogwu , Ifeajuna and the 6 Majors Alive is far better and much more effective than 1000 Nnamdi Kanus and 1 Million Uwazurikes.

The story of that Generation of igbos is yet to be told , the dealt with the Nigerian Military so much that the war casaulties were more on the Nigerian Military than on the Biafran Military and every Nigerian General has one tale of woe or another to tell or nursing one life threathening Injury or the other

OkunrinOloro:
Just the composition of this list alone shows what low achievers black people are.

If an ALL TIME list includes the likes of Tupac in it then one can only surmise that black people are desperately short of real role models.

Where are the black Einsteins? Where are the black Isaac Newtons, Shakespeares, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerbergs, Steve Jobs, Alan Turings, Carl Sagans,Louis Pasteurs, Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison, Tessla, Elon Musk, etc etc?

If a list of most influential White men were to be compiled or influential Asians, it would be far more impressive and make a lot more sense than this joke of a list.

You have a good point and when history is being written Black people will be observers unless we have a major refocus. Nigeria could be the spine for that inspiration because Nigerians are already making waves outside our shores in every facet of living. We need a black messiah to ignite a new direction.

And Why is Dangote not on the list?

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere..... Martin Luther King jnr


I go with MLKJ

incogni2o:

Pls can someone tell me why Obama made this list?

The same way you guyz gave him a Nobel Peace price right?

Fela was a tout

Only weed smokers take him serious

STILESGANG:
And please remove Tupac he was just a fucking thug.A tout must not be on the such an important list.What message are black people sending?That we celebrate thugs?

And bros, we are talking about influential here-not most morally upright.
Apart from the Almighty God, is Satan not the most influential being in the Universe? Do you know how many people he is influencing here on Nairaland and in Nigeria?

BuhariAdvocate:
Add Awolowo to your list for the sake of fairness and equity.

Awolowo? What and who did he influence? Suicide by rat poison?

OneCorner:

God forbid dat stupid Mandela.
Just an over hyped person
I will choose Kanu and idi Amin over him a million times

Nobody is ur generation be and after u can be like, think like, or even get close to the inspiration made a gave to the world, you know why? Cos ur words about him show u are from a dirty generation of ppl.

EdiAbali:



Fela was a tout

Only weed smokers take him serious

Stop that nonsense Mr Man

prince3009:


Awolowo? What and who did he influence? Suicide by rat poison?

People will just open their mouth to talk rubbish. Oga, go and use your medicine abeg.
And you are Prince of what again? Prince of rats?

How Fela the first black man to be killed by AIDS could have been the most influencial black man??

Tupac

babzo:


Stop that nonsense Mr Man

The truth hurts

mrkings84:
How Fela the first black man to be killed by AIDS could have been the most influencial black man??

Stay in that your village and be talking nonsense

OneCorner:

God forbid dat stupid Mandela.
Just an over hyped person
I will choose Kanu and idi Amin over him a million times

ignorance dey worry your family.. How can a sane person call Mandela a stupid n over hyped person.. you need to go in do your research properly . By the way, who the heck is Nnamdi kanu ? Lol. My keypad can't can spell his useless name properly.. Ahmed musa is more influential than your Nnamdi kanu