Djimon Hounsou is a film star from Benin who has appeared in movies including "Amistad," "Blood Diamond" and "In America."

"I happened to the be the fifth child of my family," he explains, so everybody was already grown and had left home already."

Before becoming an actor, Hounsou was a successful model in Paris From Isha Sesay, CNN

Fidel Plaque Kemngang Co-founder of Kabibi.com

Derreck Kayongo is the creator of the Global Soap Project"

The group recycles discarded hotel soaps and sends them to impoverished countries

Born in Uganda, Kayongo was named one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2011

 

 

 

 

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