New African Magazine

6 December 2021

100 Most Influential Africans of 2021 Here it is, the issue everyone has been waiting for – New African’s listing of the best, the brightest, the most daring and the best loved Africans of 2021. They are all here, the leaders, the pioneers, the activists, the artists, the business champions and the super sportspeople. Who is in and who has failed to make it this time? Plenty to talk and argue about. What is beyond argument is that this is one issue you don’t want to miss. Lord Peter Hain recalls Mandela’s unique sense of humour Our columnist who was once an impeccable warrior against South Africa’s Apartheid system recalls his time with the great Madiba and recounts the great often man’s mischievous, always unique sense of humour.