Attorney-General and Chief Justice of Nigeria and a judge and President of the International Court of Justice
1906 - 1974
Stella Thomas
The first Black African woman to be called to the Bar, the first female magistrate in West Africa and the First Chief of the mid-western region in Nigeria.
1899 - 1959
The Honourable S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike
Fourth Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1956 – 59)
1937 - 2021
Sibghatullah Kadri QC
Co-founder of the Society of Black Lawyers and Britain’s first Muslim QC.
1921 – 1980
Sir Seretse Khama GCB KBE
The first President of Botswana 1966 to 1980.
Dr S Chelvan
Globally recognised legal expert on refugee and human rights claims based on sexual or gender identity and expression.
1851 – 1930
Sir Ponnambalam Ramanathan KCMG KC
Solicitor General and Tamil political leader in Sri Lanka.
Her Honour Patricia Dangor
First woman of Afro Caribbean heritage to be appointed to the Circuit Bench of England and Wales and first woman to sit on the Appeal Court for Bermuda.
1909 – 1987
Obafemi Awolowo
Nigerian nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria’s independence movement.
1933 - 1997
Moleleki Didwell Mokama
Botswana’s first African barrister who made his reputation at London’s famous criminal court, the Old Bailey.
Martin Forde KC
Independent Adviser to the Windrush Compensation Scheme about racial inequality in the UK, in immigration history and at the Bar.
Manjit Singh Gill QC
Assisted in the transformation of the Bar by promoting legislation prohibiting race discrimination against barristers.
