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List Of African Novelists
This is a list of novelists from Africa, including those associated with as well as born in specified countries. {{Compact ToC A * Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigeria * P. A. K. Aboagye (1925–2001), Ghana * Peter Abrahams (born 1919), South Africa * Nana Achampong (born 1964), Ghana * Chinua Achebe (1930–2013), Nigeria * Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (born 1988), Nigeria * Bayo Adebowale (born 1944), Nigeria * Sade Adeniran (born 1960s), Nigeria * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), Nigeria * Maxamed Daahir Afrax (living), Somalia * Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954), Togo * Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942), Ghana * Zaynab Alkali (born 1950), Nigeria * T. M. Aluko (1918–2010), Nigeria * Elechi Amadi (1934–2016), Nigeria * David Ananou (1917–2000), Togo * Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954), Ghana * Lesley Nneka Arimah (living), Nigeria * Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939), Ghana * Khadambi Asalache (1935–2006), Kenya * Bediako Asare (born 1930), Ghana * Mary Ashun (born 1968), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Abani
Christopher Abani (born 27 December 1966) is a Nigerian-American and Los Angeles- based author. He says he is part of a new generation of Nigerian writers working to convey to an English-speaking audience the experience of those born and raised in "that troubled African nation". Biography Abani was born in Afikpo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. His father was Igbo, while his mother was of English descent. Abani published his first novel, ''Masters of the Board'', in 1985 at the age of 16. It was a political thriller, the plot of which was an allegory based on a coup that was carried out in Nigeria just before it was written. He was imprisoned for six months on suspicion of an attempt to overthrow the government. He continued to write after his release from jail, but was imprisoned for one year after the publication of his 1987 novel ''Sirocco.'' During this time, he was held at the infamous Kiri Kiri prison, where he was tortured. After he was released from jail this time, he compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadambi Asalache
Khadambi Asalache (28 February 1935 – 26 May 2006) was a Kenyan poet and author who settled in London, England. He was later a civil servant at HM Treasury. He left his lavishly decorated South London terraced house, 575 Wandsworth Road, to the National Trust. Early life Asalache was born in Kaimosi in western Kenya, the eldest child of the local chief. In his youth, Asalache read Shakespeare while herding cattle. He was educated at Mang'u High School, run by the Holy Ghost Fathers, where he was given the Christian name Nathaniel, and then studied architecture at the Royal Technical College in Nairobi (later to become the University of Nairobi). After studying fine art in Rome, Geneva and Vienna, he moved to London in 1960, where he taught Swahili at the Berlitz School, and worked for the BBC African Service. Though with great intellectual talent, Asalache was humble and down-to-earth. Whenever he visited his rural community in Kenya, he would freely mix with the community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biyi Bandele
Biyi Bandele (born Biyi Bandele-Thomas; 13 October 1967 – 7 August 2022Micah L. Issitt Contemporary Black Biography, 2009. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 12 October 2015.) was a Nigerian novelist, playwright and filmmaker. He was the author of several novels, beginning with ''The Man Who Came in From the Back of Beyond'' (1991), as well as writing stage plays, before turning his focus to filmmaking. His directorial debut was in 2013 with ''Half of a Yellow Sun'', based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Early life Bandele was born to Yoruba parents in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nigeria, in 1967. His father Solomon Bandele-Thomas was a veteran of the Burma Campaign in World War II, while Nigeria was still part of the British Empire. In a 2013 interview with ''This Day'', Bandele said of his ambitions to become a writer: "When I was a child, I remembered war was something that sprang up a lot in conversations on the part of my dad. ... That was proba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Banda-Aaku
Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 6 May 1965) is a Zambian author, radio drama and film producer who was born in the UK and grew up in Africa."Ellen Banda-Aaku" African Writing Online No. 11. She is the author of two novels and several books for children, and has had short stories published in anthologies and other outlets. Background Born in Woking, Surrey, in 1965, she was the middle child of three, and grew up in Zambia."Interview with Penguin Prize for African Writing Winning Writer, Ellen Banda – Aaku"''Geosi Speaks''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970) pp. 11–12. is a ian writer of fiction for young adults. Biography After attending , Baitie studied biochemistry and chemistry at the , , then received a postgraduate degree in clinical biochemistry from the |
Yaba Badoe
Yaba Badoe (born 1955) is a Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and author. Career Yaba Badoe was born in Tamale, northern Ghana. She left Ghana to be educated in Britain at a very young age.Beti Ellerson"A Conversation with Yaba Badoe" African Women in Cinema, 1 September 2011. A graduate of King's College, Cambridge, Badoe worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ghana, before beginning her career in journalism as a trainee at the BBC. She also was a researcher at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana. She has taught in Spain and Jamaica and has worked as a producer and director making documentaries for the main television channels in Britain."About the Director - Yaba Badoe" African Film Festival. Among her credits are: ''Black and White'' (1987), an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotimi Babatunde
Rotimi Babatunde is a Nigerian writer and playwright. Biography and education Rotimi Babatunde was born in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria, where he attended St. Joseph's Nursery and Primary School before going on to secondary education at the Federal Government College, Odogbolu, and subsequently to Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Rotimi Babatunde lives in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Works His published work includes poems and stories in anthologies, including ''Little Drops'', ''A Volcano of Voices'' and ''Die Aussenseite des Elementes''. Babatunde's plays have been presented at institutions such as London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Swedish National Touring Theatre and the Halcyon Theatre, Chicago, as well as being broadcast on the BBC World Service. His other works includes: *''An Infidel In The Upper Room'', Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, London (reading), 2006. *''The Bonfire of the Innocents'' (Elddopet), Riksteatern, Stockholm, 2008. *''A Shroud For L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariama Bâ
Mariama Bâ (April 17, 1929 – August 17, 1981) was a Senegalese author and feminist, whose two French-language novels were both translated into more than a dozen languages. Born in Dakar, she was raised a Muslim. Her frustration with the fate of African women is expressed in her first novel, ''Une si longue lettre'' (1979; translated into English as ''So Long a Letter''). In this semi-autobiographical epistolary work, Bâ depicts the sorrow and resignation of a woman who must share the mourning for her late husband with his second, younger wife. This short book was awarded the first Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1980. Biography Bâ was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1929, into an educated and well-to-do Senegalese family of Lebu ethnicity. Her father was a career civil servant who became one of the first ministers of state. He was the Minister of Health in 1956 while her grandfather was an interpreter in the French occupation regime. After her mother's death, Bâ was lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kofi Awoonor
Kofi Awoonor (born George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams; 13 March 1935 – 21 September 2013) was a Ghanaian poet and author whose work combined the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization. He started writing under the name George Awoonor-Williams, and was also published as Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor. He taught African literature at the University of Ghana. Professor Awoonor was among those who were killed in the September 2013 attack at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was a participant at the Storymoja Hay Festival. Biography George Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor-Williams was born in Wheta,"Kofi Awoonor: Remembering a Ghanaian poet" BBC News – Africa, 23 September 2013. in the |
Adaeze Atuegwu
Adaeze Ifeoma Atuegwu (born June 5, 1977) is a Nigerian-American novelist and writer whose works include novels, children's stories, medical non-fiction, and drama. She is considered one of Nigeria's youngest most prolific authors with 17 books published by the age of seventeen. Early life and family Atuegwu was born in the city of Enugu in Nigeria to pharmacist and philanthropist Prince Chris Atuegwu of the Nnofo royal lineage in Nnewi and Lady Ifeoma Atuegwu, pharmacist, philanthropist, and founder of Bina Foundation, and a 2017 winner of the Margarette Golding Award of the International Inner Wheel, also from Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria. Atuegwu grew up in Enugu. Atuegwu wrote her first novel, Fate at 17 years old in 1994 while awaiting her Senior Secondary School West African Examinations Council Certificate Examinations (WAEC) results. Education Atuegwu completed her primary and secondary school education at the University Primary and Secondary schools in Enugu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayesha Harruna Attah
Ayesha Harruna Attah (born December 1983) is a Ghanaian-born fiction writer. She lives in Senegal. Early years and education Ayesha Harruna Attah was born in Accra, Ghana, in the 1980s, under a military government, to a mother who was a journalist and father who was a graphic designer. Attah has said: "My parents were my first major influences. They ran a literary magazine called ''Imagine'', which had stories about Accra; articles on art, science, film, books; cartoons—which I especially loved. They were (and still are) my heroes. I discovered Toni Morrison when I was thirteen, and I was hooked. I devoured everything she wrote. I remember reading ''Paradise'', and while its meaning completely evaded me then, I was left feeling like it was the most amazing book written and that one day I wanted to write a world full of strong female characters, just like Ms. Morrison had done." After growing up in Accra, she moved to Massachusetts and studied biochemistry at Mount Holyoke Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sefi Atta
Sefi Atta (born January 1964) is a Nigerian-American novelist, short-story writer, playwright and screenwriter. Her books have been translated into many languages, radio plays have been broadcast by the BBC, and her stage plays have been performed internationally. Awards she has received include the 2006 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa and the 2009 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. Biography Atta was born in Lagos, Nigeria, in January 1964, to a family of five children. Her father Abdul-Aziz Atta was the Secretary to Federal Government and Head of the Civil Service until his death in 1972, and she was raised by her mother Iyabo Atta. She attended Queen's College, Lagos, and Millfield School in England. In 1985, she graduated with a B.A. degree from Birmingham University. She qualified as a chartered accountant in England and as CPA in the United States, where she migrated in 1994. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
