Youngsage:
Muhammed Ali should be on this list

obentenyson:
it's one thing to be popular, it's another to be influencial.. Ali is influencial but not as most thinks.. He is the most influential person in the world of boxing. ..

OkunrinOloro:
You mean your forefathers were busy selling themselves into slavery? Because the biggest traders of slaves were black people who were selling their fellow black people as slaves to the Europeans.

Johnrake69:



Well, the struggles of the black man is different from that of the white man. White privilege is a reality

Amujale:

10.Nelson Mandela -Young Mandela yes. Older Mandela and wiser Mandela, No.

OkunrinOloro:
[s]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[/s].

gidgiddy:
Gburu-Gburu without a doubt

datigbogirl:


It doesn't change the fact that there was a buyer. The whites you so much want to please, planted the idea of slavery into people's minds, when they began their colonization agenda. Even if my grandpa sold me, someone was eagerly willing to buy.

Just like selling & buying of coke, you both will be held liable.

Had they been a plain level ground, blacks would have wrought wonders in the world too.

OkunrinOloro:
And who ended slavery?

iRyan:
There are many black inventors from the likes of Philip Emeagwali who invented the fastest computer to Lewis Latimer who invented the filament of the light bulb. It is sad you don't get to hear about these people because the truth has been denied from you, schools won't teach you about these people rather they will teach you of non-black inventors, making them look like your lord and saviours.

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

OkunrinOloro:
Philip Emeagwali is a well known fraud:

http://saharareporters.com/2010/10/18/how-philip-emeagwali-lied-his-way-fame

Latimer's achievements while impressive for the time, were not unique. Other inventors were doing similar or better things in the 19th century.

XhosaNostra:


Leave "other people" out of it. The problem of a black man is the black man himself. Too much greed, selfishness & a whole lot of dumbassery.. Every other race help each other out & excel, except our own. Plus, most of us lack insight & rarely self-introspect. We don't take responsibility for anything. We'd rather blame everything else but ourselves for our own failures. Rather than admit to mistakes & wrongdoing, a "black man" will blame something else for "his" own shortcomings . The culprit is usually an unseen force, ranging from "white privilege", the devil, witches, the past (even though they've never experienced the brunt of it all) & so on.
Sometimes black people make me sick with their eternal victim mentality. Try to make the right choices & "the struggles" will miraculously lessen. It's not rocket science, really.
It's amazing to see people who do absolutely nothing to lessen the burden on themselves, try to shift the blame on people who had nothing to do with the bad choices each individual has made in the course of a lifetime. Own ya crap!

Amujale:


I wouldnt want the thread to be turned into a history lesson, however, your ignorance cannot go unchallenged.



Go and research and get back to us with your findings and we can continue discussion on a brand new thread.

If falsly claim the incorrect notion of who actually own the "abolition" process then you need to realise your compounding ignorance.

Stop and Think!

All the information is available in the public domain. And cease these nonsensical claims on history.

And i am not refereing to the fabricated history that supports false claims that Britain abolished slavery.

That is a false claim.

Blacks and their well connected friends fought to abolish slavery in their given regions.

Ultimately, Britain abolished slavery only in its jurisdiction by making use of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, other nation that took part in the evil of those days followed suit in the later years. i.e France abolished slavery in 1848 and the U.S.A in 1865, all have in common a hard fought campaign by African individuals and groups with the well appreciated help from friendly white folks.

Furthermore, to support the above, African academics have found enough evidence to suggest that black communities exist in Britain and other parts of Europe prior to 1400 B.C.E. These communities are said to have been part of the pioneering force behind the "Abolition" process. Yet the discourse is later high-jacked by much of Europe's "political class"

That is the truth. All the falsity you peddle you need to drop and consider these truths

Question: Who are the Aboliionist?

Questiom: Who are "Black Lives Matter" ?

If you cannot answer correctly to either of these then you are devoid of the truth surrounding these matters.

According to African studies, the overwheming force behind either of these related campaignes are Africans. Any other effort can really only be seen as part of what professional athletes would call "supporters club".

But due to the fact that the post- modern world of today is currently dominated by the so called "Western World", its easy for them to sell to you those LIES.

Pusyiter:
Wow......
Guess what?
I owe you a wet kiss but can't find the fat lips
You nailed it....

XhosaNostra:


It's the self-introspection I was talking about We're a dysfunctional & self-destructive set of people, truth be told. I'm tired of "us". It's hopeless.

merahki:


No disrespect meant
I saw that you meant what you wrote and I want you to broaden your mind some more
Check my own list for instance, read about the men I put there, and learn some more
I am not saying I know it all, but, you can learn a thing or two, and adopt or discard
You will definitely remove some names if not all from your list
Cheers
And, I am a sis

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

OkunrinOloro:
I'm honestly at a loss as to what you need more, a history lesson or a reality check.

Thank goodness you admitted that it was a joint effort between blacks in the New World (The Americas and the Carribean) and whites that ended slavery.

But kindly tell me, out of the depth of your wisdom, who the indigenous African abolitionists were.

Your African forefathers sold their fellow Africans into slavery in exchange for whiskey and gin. It NEVER occurred to them that what they were doing was wrong because slavery is part and parcel of African culture and traditions.

Unlike you, I've visited a few palaces of traditional rulers and seen descendants of palace slaves.

The British actually had to fight a war to stop African Kings like Kosoko from continuing with the Slave Trade after the British had made it illegal.

Really, we have a problem with self imposed ignorance on this continent.

Amujale:


That just a good piece of nonsense.

How can there be progress when prople like you try there best to stifle our achievements?


Philip Emeagawali is top 10 most influential blacks on anyones mind.

Lewis Latimer is a prolific inventor, and as such, has his name engraved in the "hall of fame" specifically made for "inventors".

usamali:
MJ at once was the most known human on earth even without social media

OkunrinOloro:
Clearly you didn't read the link I provided, so I can't really say anything more to you until you do.

As for latimer, I stopped taking him seriously after I found out that his other notable invention apart from a light bulb filament is a mobile toilet.

Amujale:


I understand quite well where you are coming from, yet your argument is still incorrect.

I am not here to defend the traitors and defectors of those days, however, the majority of the blame of the trans Atlantic horrors lay squarely at the feet of the Arabs, Europeans and the Jews of those days.

The three of these business partners, combined with traitors and defectors all combined to cause a distruption in the African story.

But be in NO doubt the blame lies sauarely at the feet of the Arabs, Europeans and Jews.

Amujale:


Lewis Lartimer is a prolific inventor.

If you cannot take a reknowned engineer and prolific inventor serious, then the joke is on you.

Pusyiter:
I feel you babe
But, the world wont be a better place outside 'us'
Despite our uniqueness, we tend not to appreciate but still act foolery
...and in spite of the hopelessness, I still have hope for the Black race.....

OkunrinOloro:
The real joke is elevating mediocrity purely on the basis of skin color.

XhosaNostra:


Lol, good for you on the last part. Myself, I just take a look at the faces around me & throw in the towel every single time. I don't understand why so many people are ignorant & seem to live in their own planet altogether. There's also this buzzword that's making rounds, being "woke". Which to me is just another word for playing victim & blame shifting. Being woke should mean opening your eyes to what you're not getting right as people & there's a lot of that to go around. I don't have time for spacey people who seem to enjoy being the injured party in every generation. It's getting old. I can only teach MY descendants to think different. That's all you need. Not this magical thinking of conspiring forces that are out to get you, "the helpless victim of creation ". Rubbish!