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

babzo:


Stay in that your village and be talking nonsense

Doracle2:


And inventors don't influence? and which one of them did not influence something after their time? Have they not influenced how we live today and beyond just their own race? The whole world has benefited from their inventions. The Nairaland we are posting comments was from programming knowledge invented by someone.

obentenyson:
you don't know fela that's why.. The inventor of Afro beat... If a white man hears afro beat, the name fela is what comes to their mind first ..

tartar9:

Within the spheres of music,then yes we can argue that.Popularity does not equate influence...in the truest sense of the word even buhari has possesed more influence than mj.

yovo:
Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Jackson, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.

Yorubasarecurse:
Let's not forget the ratak king.

hansomb:

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.

manchy7531:
Chinua Achebe... has his book translated into 50languages.. mehn, it’s as good as a bible

incogni2o:

Pls can someone tell me why Obama made this list?

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

EdiAbali:



Fela was a tout

Only weed smokers take him serious

Gabson001:
Please add olamide to that list, he has helped so many nigerian youths.. Isnt that influencial?

obentenyson:
lol.. Person wey never influence up to 1000 people with him noise making music, na him you want make them put for this list ? You must be joking...

DissTroy:


True! Obama doesn't even deserve to be on the list of 1000 greatest black men to have ever lived. Obama was and is a sellout who did nothing for the black community other than surf on our sea of expectations and solidarity to achieve his personal ambition. Well, except for black gays, queers, transvestites and other freaks of nature.

Gabson001:

Guy yu no need help millions of people b4 u knw say u help na, even if na one face u put smile, it is enoff

Naijaguy123:
Martin Luthier I think talking of international. There is even Martin Luther day in the USA and it’s a public holiday. Without Martin Luther there is no Obama .