<Li> Joseph Tarka (1932--1980) </Li> <Li> Dennis Osadebay (1911--1994) </Li> <P> are considered founders of Nigeria . The troika of Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Ahmadu Bello negotiated Nigeria's independence from Britain, aided by such figures as Chieftess Funmilayo Ransome - Kuti . </P> <P> Freetown, Sierra Leone was founded in part by an African American slave called Thomas Peters in 1792 who convinced British abolitionists to help settle 1,192 Black Americans who fought for the British in return for freedom . Peters alongside other Black Americans David George and Moses Wilkinson were influential in the establishment of Freetown, but it was Peters who is remembered today as the true influential leader and founder of Sierra Leone . A street was named for Thomas Peters in Freetown by the Krio Mayor Winstanley Bankole Johnson . </P>

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