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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 raise ...
(born 1966), Nigeria *
P. A. K. Aboagye Paul Alfred Kwesi Aboagye (5 January 1925 – 19 June 2001) was a Ghanaian poet, essayist, novelist, and historian of the Nzema language. Early life and education Paul Alfred Kwesi Aboagye was born to the late Tufuhene Koame Aboagye of Nuba ...
(1925–2001), Ghana *
Peter Abrahams Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017), commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in Jamaica, where he lived for the rest of his life. Hi ...
(born 1919), South Africa *
Nana Achampong Nana Sandy Achampong (born 1964) is a Ghanaian media practitioner, novelist, poet and educator. He has worked in the fields of journalism, public relations, advertising, marketing, the visual arts and literature in Ghana, the United Kingdom and th ...
(born 1964), Ghana * Chinua Achebe (1930–2013), Nigeria *
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (born 29 January 1988) is a Nigerian writer. Her 2017 debut novel, ''Stay with Me (novel), Stay With Me'', won the 9mobile Prize for Literature and the Prix Les Afriques. She was awarded The Future Awards Africa Prize f ...
(born 1988), Nigeria * Bayo Adebowale (born 1944), Nigeria *
Sade Adeniran Sade Adeniran (born 1960s) is a Nigerian novelist whose debut novel, ''Imagine This'', won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Africa. ''Imagine This'' was originally self-published by the author. Based in London, she is ...
(born 1960s), Nigeria * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), Nigeria *
Maxamed Daahir Afrax Maxamed Daahir Afrax ( so, Maxamed Daahir Afraax, ar, محمد طاهر أفرح) Ph. D. is a Somali novelist, playwright, journalist and scholar. Biography Afrax was born and raised in Somalia. He began his education early as a child and was ...
(living), Somalia * Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954), Togo * Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942), Ghana *
Zaynab Alkali Zaynab Alkali was born into the Tura-Mazila family of Borno and Adamawa States. For secondary education, she attended Queen Elizabeth Secondary School, Ilorin. Zaynab Alkali went on to obtain both her first and second degrees from Ahmadu Bello ...
(born 1950), Nigeria *
T. M. Aluko Timothy Mofolorunso Aluko (14 July 1918 – 1 May 2010) was a Nigerian writer. Biography A Yoruba, Aluko was born in Ilesha in Nigeria and studied at Government College, Ibadan, and Higher College, Yaba in Lagos. He then studied civil enginee ...
(1918–2010), Nigeria *
Elechi Amadi Elechi Amadi (12 May 1934 – 29 June 2016) was a Nigerian author and soldier. He was a former member of the Nigerian Armed Forces. He was an author of plays and novels that are generally about African village life, customs, beliefs, and religi ...
(1934–2016), Nigeria * David Ananou (1917–2000), Togo *
Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( ; born 8 May 1954) is a philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah wa ...
(born 1954), Ghana *
Lesley Nneka Arimah Lesley Nneka Arimah (born 13 October 1983 in London, United Kingdom) is a Nigerian writer. She has been described as "a skillful storyteller who can render entire relationships with just a few lines of dialogue" and "a new voice with certain sta ...
(living), Nigeria *
Ayi Kwei Armah Ayi Kwei Armah (born 28 October 1939) is a Ghanaian writer best known for his novels including ''The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born'' (1968), '' Two Thousand Seasons'' (1973) and '' The Healers'' (1978). He is also an essayist, as well as having ...
(born 1939), Ghana *
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 th ...
(1935–2006), Kenya *
Bediako Asare Bediako Asare (born 1930) is a Ghanaian journalist and author, initially from Ghana. He began his career working on local newspapers, then relocated to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1963, to help launch ''The Nationalist'' newspaper. In 1969 he publi ...
(born 1930), Ghana *
Mary Ashun Mary A. Ashun (born 1968) is a Ghanaian-Canadian educator, author and researcher; she is principal of Ghana International School in Accra, Ghana. Education Mary Ashun was born in Accra, Ghana, in 1968 as Mary Asabea Apea to Emmanuel Apea, form ...
(born 1968), Ghana *
Ryad Assani-Razaki Ryad Assani-Razaki (born November 4, 1981) is a Beninese-Canadians, Canadian writer."Newcomers' struggles on book-award short list: Toronto resident wins nod for 11 stories inspired by individuals he met while an illegal immigrant". ''Toronto Star ...
(born 1981) * Sefi Atta (born 1964), Nigeria * Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983), Ghana *
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 ...
(born 1977), Nigeria * Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013), Ghana


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* Mariama Bâ (1929–1981), Senegal *
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 F ...
(living), Nigeria *
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 Y ...
(born 1955), Ghana *
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970)
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Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 1965) *
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 s ...
(1967–2022), Nigeria *
A. Igoni Barrett Adrian Igonibo Barrett (born 26 March 1979) is a Nigerian writer of short stories and novels. In 2014, he was named on the Africa39 list of writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature. Following ...
(born 1979), Nigeria * Empi Baryeh (living), Ghana *
Jackee Budesta Batanda Jackee Budesta Batanda is a Ugandan journalist,Jackee Budesta Batanda p ...
(living), Uganda *
Francis Bebey Francis Bebey (, 15 July 1929 in Douala, Cameroon – 28 May 2001 in Paris, France) was a Cameroonian writer and composer. Early life Francis Bebey was born in Douala, Cameroon, on 15 July 1929. Bebey attended college in Douala, where he studied ...
(1929–2001), Cameroon *
Philip Begho Philip Begho (born 11 January 1956) is a Nigerian writer (dramatist, children's writer, novelist, short story writer, and poet), the author of more than forty books. Born in Warri, Delta State, of an Itsekiri father and a mother of mixed race, ...
(born 1956), Nigeria * Sokhna Benga (born 1967), Senegal *
Mongo Beti Alexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 – 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian writer. Beti spent much of his life in France, studying at the Sorbonne and becoming a professor at Lycée Pierre Corneille. Life ...
(1932–2001), Cameroon *
Calixthe Beyala Calixthe Beyala (born 1961) is a Cameroonian-French writer who writes in French. Biography A Cameroonian author and member of the Eton people, Calixthe Beyala was born in Sa'a to Cameroonian parents. Her aunt and grandmother were particula ...
(born 1961), Cameroon *
Olympe Bhêly-Quénum Olympe Bhêly-Quenum (born 20 September 1928) is a Beninese writer, journalist and magazine editor. He is the nephew of anthropologist Maximilien Quenum-Possy-Berry. Born in the city of Ouidah, Benin (formerly Dahomey), Bhêly-Quenum had his prim ...
(born 1928), Benin * John Benibengor Blay (born 1915), Ghana *
Amba Bongo Amba Bongo is a writer and advocate for refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa. She mainly works with vulnerable French African women seeking to settle in the United Kingdom. Amba writes novels, poems and short stories Her fir ...
, Democratic Republic of the Congo *
Nazi Boni Nazi Boni (December 31, 1909, in Bwan, Upper Senegal and Niger – May 16, 1969, in Kokologho, Upper Volta) was a politician from Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). In 1948 Boni was elected to the French National Assembly on behalf of the Voltaic U ...
(1909–1969), Burkina Faso *
Tanella Boni Tanella Suzanne Boni (born 1954) is an Ivorian poet and novelist. Also an academic, she is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Abidjan. Apart from her teaching and research activities, she was the President of the association of writers ...
(born 1954), Côte d'Ivoire *
André Brink André Philippus Brink (29 May 1935 – 6 February 2015) was a South African novelist, essayist and poet. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town. In the 1960s Brink, Ingrid Jonker, Etienne Lerou ...
(1935–2015), South Africa *
Ken Bugul Ken Bugul (born 1947 in Ndoucoumane) is the pen name of Senegalese Francophone novelist Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma.'Bugul, Ken', in Simon Gikandi (ed.), ''Encyclopedia of African Literature''. Routledge; 2002. In the Wolof language, her pen name m ...
(born 1947), Senegal *
NoViolet Bulawayo NoViolet Bulawayo is the pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele (born 12 October 1981), a Zimbabwean author. In 2012, the National Book Foundation named her a "5 under 35" honoree. She was named one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by ''New ...
(born 1981), Zimbabwe *
Akosua Busia Akosua Gyamama Busia (born 30 December 1966) is a Ghanaian actress, film director, author and songwriter who lives in the United Kingdom. She played Nettie Harris in the 1985 film ''The Color Purple'' alongside Whoopi Goldberg. Family and early l ...
(born 1966), Ghana


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* J. E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930), Ghana * Faarax M. J. Cawl (1937–1991), Somalia *
Syl Cheney-Coker Syl Cheney-Coker (born 28 June 1945)R. Victoria Arana"Cheney-Coker, Syl" in ''Encyclopedia of World Poetry'', Infobase Learning, 2015. is a poet, novelist, and journalist from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Educated in the United States, he has a globa ...
(born 1945), Sierra Leone * Panashe Chigumadzi (born 1991), Zimbabwe *
Shadreck Chikoti Shadreck Chikoti (born 7 October 1979) is a Malawian writer and social activist. Chikoti writes in both English and Chichewa. His published works include ''Free Africa Flee!'' (2001) and ''Mwana wa Kamuzu'' (''The Son of Kamuzu'') (2010). His shor ...
(born 1979), Malawi *
Brian Chikwava Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean writer and musician. His short story "Seventh Street Alchemy" was awarded the 2004 Caine Prize for African writing in English; Chikwava became the first Zimbabwean to do so. He has been a Charles Pick fellow at th ...
(born 1972), Zimbabwe *
Shimmer Chinodya Shimmer Chinodya (born 1957 Gwelo, then Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) is a Zimbabwean novelist. He studied at Mambo Primary School. He was expelled from Goromonzi after demonstrating against Ian Smith's government. He graduated from the ...
(born 1957), Zimbabwe *
Paulina Chiziane Paulina "Poulli" Chiziane (born 4 June 1955, Manjacaze, southern province of Gaza, Mozambique) is an author of novels and short stories in the Portuguese language. She was awarded the 2021 Camões Prize for literature, awarded to writers from Por ...
(born 1955), Mozambique *
J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African–Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in ...
(born 1940), South Africa *
Teju Cole Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella ''Every Day Is for the Thief'' (2007), a novel ''Open City'' (2011), an essay collection ''Known and Strange Things'' (20 ...
(born 1975), Nigeria *
Félix Couchoro Félix Couchoro (30 January 1900 – 5 April 1968) was a Togolese writer and educator. Biography Couchoro was born on 30 January 1900 in Ouidah, Dahomey, to Dahomeyan parents. He attended primary school and secondary school respectively at the C ...
(1900–1968), Togo * Mia Couto (born 1955), Mozambique


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Bernard Binlin Dadié Bernard Binlin Dadié (10 January 1916 – 9 March 2019) was an Ivorian novelist, playwright, poet, and administrator. Among many other senior positions, starting in 1957, he held the post of Minister of Culture in the government of Côte d'Iv ...
(1916–2019), Côte d'Ivoire *
Tsitsi Dangarembga Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 4 February 1959) is a Zimbabwean novelist, playwright and filmmaker. Her debut novel, ''Nervous Conditions'' (1988), which was the first to be published in English by a Black woman from Zimbabwe, was named by the BBC in ...
(born 1959), Zimbabwe *
Amma Darko Amma Darko (born 1956) is a Ghanaian novelist. She had won The Golden Baobab Prize for one of her novels. She has published seven novels in total. Life and writing She was born in Koforidua, Ghana, and grew up in Accra. She studied in Kumasi, ...
(born 1956), Ghana *
Lawrence Darmani Lawrence Darmani is a Ghanaian novelist, poet, and publisher. His first novel, ''Grief Child'', won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize as best first book from Africa in 1992. He also writes devotional articles for ''Our Daily Bread'', which touches t ...
(living), Ghana * Nadia Davids (born 1977), South Africa *
Aïda Mady Diallo Aïda Mady Diallo is a French and Malian novelist and director. She is the author of the novel ''Kouty, mémoire de sang'' (2002). Life and work After her childhood in France and receiving a college degree in Uzbekistan, Diallo moved to Mali. H ...
(living), Mali *
Ebou Dibba Ebou Dibba, MBE (10 August 1943 – 29 December 2000), was a Gambian novelist and a teacher. Biography Ebrima "Ebou" Dibba was born in Bathurst (now Banjul), capital of the Gambia, where he was raised in the prevalent Wolof culture to which his m ...
(1943–2000), The Gambia *
Jude Dibia Jude Dibia (born 5 January 1975 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian novelist.Onyeka Nwelue"Interview: Walking Shadows with Jude Dibia" Nigeria Village Square, 22 July 2006. In 2007, he won the Ken Saro-Wiwa Prize for Prose for his novel ''Unbridled''. ...
(born 1975), Nigeria *
Boubacar Boris Diop Boubacar Boris Diop (born 26 October 1946) is a Senegalese novelist, journalist and screenwriter. His best known work, ''Murambi, le livre des ossements'' (translated into English as ''Murambi: The Book of Bones''), is the fictional account ...
(born 1946), Senegal * Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009) *
Waris Dirie Waris may refer to: People *Abdul Majeed Waris (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer *Manmohan Waris (born 1967), Indian Punjabi folk/pop singer * Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (born 1942), British author * Syed Mohammad Waris Hasan Naqvi (died 2008), India ...
(born 1965) *
Amu Djoleto Solomon Alexander Amu Djoleto (born 22 July 1929) is a Ghanaian writer and educator. Life Amu Djoleto was born at Manyakpogunor, Manya Krobo, Ghana, the son of Frederick Badu, a Presbyterian minister, and Victoria Shome Tetteh, "a modest trader" ...
(born 1929), Ghana *
Richard Dogbeh Richard Dogbeh (1932–November 23, 2003), born Gbèmagon Richard Dogbeh in what is now Benin, was a novelist and educator. He served as Benin's Directeur de Cabinet of the National Ministry of Education from 1963 to 1966. He was also active in the ...
(1932–2003), Benin/Senegal/Ivory Coast *
Emmanuel Dongala Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala (born 1941) is a Congolese chemist and novelist. He was born in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, in 1941. He was Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences at Bard College at Simon's Rock until 2014. As a chemist, his ...
(born 1941), Republic of the Congo *
Cameron Duodu Martin Cameron Duodu (born 24 May 1937)''Africa Who's Who'', London: Africa Journal for Africa Books Ltd, 1981, pp. 349–50. is a United Kingdom-based Ghanaian novelist, journalist, editor and broadcaster. After publishing a novel, ''The Gab Boys ...
(born 1937), Ghana


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Kossi Efoui Kossi Efoui (born 1962 in Anfoin) is a Togolese writer, playwright, and novelist. Efoui was born in Anfoin, a village in the Maritime Region of Togo, studied philosophy at the University of Lomé, and obtained a master's degree in philosophy fr ...
(born 1962), Togo *
Obi Egbuna Obi Benue Egbuna (18 July 1938 – 18 January 2014) was a Nigerian-born novelist, playwright and political activist known for leading the Universal Coloured People's Association (UCPA) and being a member of the British Black Panther Moveme ...
(1938–2014), Nigeria *
Christiane Akoua Ekue Christiane is a given name, a form of the Latin ''Christiana'', feminine form of ''Christianuis'' (see Christian), or a Latinized form of Middle English ''Christin'' 'Christian' (Old English ''christen'', from Latin).. A short form is Chris. Alter ...
(born 1954), Togo *
Cyprian Ekwensi Chief Cyprian Odiatu Duaka Ekwensi (26 September 1921 – 4 November 2007) was a Nigerian author of novels, short stories, and children's books. Biography Early life, education and family Cyprian Odiatu Duaka Ekwensi, an Igbo, was born in ...
(1921–2007), Nigeria *
Mohammad Elsannour Mohammad Ayman Elsannour ( ar, محمد أيمن السنور) is an Egyptian author, novelist, and pharmacist. He was born in United Arab Emirates. Biography Elsannour was born and raised in the city of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi. He received his ba ...
(living), Egypt *
Buchi Emecheta Florence Onyebuchi "Buchi" Emecheta (21 July 1944 – 25 January 2017) was a Nigerian-born novelist, based in the UK from 1962, who also wrote plays and an autobiography, as well as works for children. She was the author of more than 20 books, ...
(1944–2017), Nigeria * Rosemary Esehagu (born 1981), Nigeria


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Daniel O. Fagunwa Chief Daniel Oròwọlé Olorunfẹmi Fágúnwà MBE (1903 – 7 December 1963), popularly known as D. O. Fágúnwà, was a Nigerian Yoruba author who pioneered the Yoruba-language novel. Early life Daniel Oròwọlé Fágúnwà was born in ...
(1903–1963), Nigeria * Nuruddin Farah (born 1945), Somalia *
Adélaïde Fassinou Adélaïde H. Edith Bignon Fassinou (born September 15, 1955, in Porto-Novo) is a Beninese writer and Benin's General Secretary for UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the Un ...
(born 1955), Benin * Aminatta Forna (born 1964), Sierra Leone * Bilkisu Funtuwa (living), Nigeria


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* Clifton Gachagua (born 1987), Kenya *
Petina Gappah Petina Gappah (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean lawyer and writer. She writes in English, though she also draws on Shona, her first language. In 2016, she was named African Literary Person of the Year by ''Brittle Paper''. In 2017 she had a DAAD Arti ...
(born 1971), Zimbabwe *
Hawa Jande Golakai Hawa Jande Golakai (born June 1, 1979) is a Liberian writer and clinical scientist. In 2014 she was chosen as one of 39 of Sub-Saharan Africa's most promising writers under the age of 40, showcased in the Africa39 project and included in the anthol ...
(born 1979), Liberia *
Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer (20 November 192313 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist. She received the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognized as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writin ...
(1923–2014), South Africa *
Abdulrazak Gurnah Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 20 December 1948) is a Tanzanian-born British novelist and academic. He was born in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s as a refugee during the Zanzibar Revolution. His novels include ...
(born 1948), Tanzania * Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), Ghana


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Helon Habila Helon Habila Ngalabak (born November 1967) is a Nigerian novelist and poet, whose writing has won many prizes, including the Caine Prize in 2001. He worked as a lecturer and journalist in Nigeria before moving in 2002 to England, where he was a C ...
(born 1967), Nigeria *
Bessie Head Bessie Amelia Emery Head (6 July 1937 – 17 April 1986) was a South African writer who, though born in South Africa, is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer. She wrote novels, short fiction and autobiographical works that are ...
(1937–1986), South Africa/Botswana *
Chenjerai Hove Chenjerai Hove (9 February 1956 – 12 July 2015), was a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both English and Shona. "Modernist in their formal construction, but making extensive use of oral conventions, Hove's novels offer an in ...
(1956–2015), Zimbabwe


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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (born 1979) is a Nigerian writer and journalist. He was described by German broadcaster Deutsche Welle as a northern Nigerian "literary provocateur" amidst the international acclaim his award-winning novel ''Season of Crims ...
(born 1979), Nigeria *
Emmanuel Iduma Emmanuel Iduma (born 1989) is a Nigerian writer and art critic. He is the author of ''A Stranger's Pose'' (2018) and ''Farad'' (2012). In 2016, ''Farad'' was republished in North America as ''The Sound of Things to Come''. He was awarded the i ...
(born 1989), Nigeria * Monique Ilboudo (born 1959) is an author and human rights activist from, Burkina Faso * Jowhor Ile (living), Nigeria * Eddie Iroh, Nigeria *
Moses Isegawa Moses Isegawa, also known as Sey Wava (born 10 August 1963), is a Ugandan author. He has written novels set against the political turmoil of Uganda, which he left in 1990 for the Netherlands. His debut novel, ''Abyssinian Chronicles'', was first pu ...
(born 1963), Uganda *
Festus Iyayi Festus Iyayi (29 September 1947 – 12 November 2013) was a Nigerian leftist writer, best known for advancing his politics through realist novels depicting the socopolitical environment of contemporary Nigeria. He was also a former president of t ...
(born 1947), Nigeria


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* Dan Jacobson (1929–2014), South Africa *
Sousa Jamba Sousa Jamba (born 9 January 1966)"Who's Who - Angola: ...
(born 1966), Angola *
Delia Jarrett-Macauley Delia Jarrett-Macauley , also known as Dee Jarrett-Macauley, is a London-based British writer, academic and broadcaster of Sierra Leonean heritage. Her debut novel, ''Moses, Citizen & Me'', won the 2006 Orwell Prize for political writing, the fi ...
(living), Sierra Leone *
Elnathan John Elnathan John (born 1982) is a Nigerian novelist, satirist and lawyer whose stories have twice been shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing. Career Elnathan John was born in Kaduna, in north-west Nigeria, in 1982. He attended Ahmad ...
(born 1982), Nigeria


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Legson Kayira Legson Didimu Kayira (Neither the year nor the date of Kayira's birth were recorded with precision. He himself chose to celebrate 10 May 1942 as his birthday. – 14 October 2012) was a Malawian novelist. An ethnic Tumbuka, he received an educatio ...
(died 2012), Malawi *
Fatou Keïta Fatou Keïta (born 1965) is an Ivorian writer of children's books and novels. Education and career Born in Soubré in Ivory Coast, Fatou Keïta had her primary education in Bordeaux, where her father was studying surgery. She subsequently went to ...
(born 1965), Côte d'Ivoire *
China Keitetsi China Keitetsi (born 1976) is a Ugandan activist who has won international renown as a campaigner for the plight of child soldiers. The memoirs of Keitetsi, a former child soldier herself, have been translated into French, German, Japanese, Chines ...
(born 1976), Uganda *
Euphrase Kezilahabi Euphrase Kezilahabi (13 April 1944 – 9 January 2020) was a Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar. Born in Ukerewe, Tanganyika (now in Tanzania), he last worked at the University of Botswana, as an associate professor at the Department of Afric ...
(1944–2020), Tanzania *
Fred Khumalo Fred Khumalo (born 4 August 1966) is a South African journalist and author. His books encompass various genres, including novels, non-fiction, memoir and short stories. Among awards he has received are the European Union Literary Award, the Al ...
(born 1966), South Africa *
Karen King-Aribisala Karen Ann King-Aribisala (born Guyana) is a Nigerian novelist, and short story writer. She is a Professor of English at the University of Lagos. Education She was educated at the International School Ibadan, St. George's British International ...
(living), Nigeria *
Asare Konadu Samuel Asare Konadu (18 January 1932 – 1994) was a Ghanaian journalist, novelist, and publisher who also wrote under the pseudonym Kwabena Asare Bediako. Biography Born in Asamang, Ashanti Region, Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast, Asar ...
(1932–1994), Ghana *
Marie-Christine Koundja Marie-Christine Koundja (born 30 March 1957) is a Chadian writer and diplomat, who has worked in various departments, ministries and embassies of her country. The first published female Chadian author, she has written two novels: ''Al-Istifakh, ou, ...
(born 1957) *
Ahmadou Kourouma Ahmadou Kourouma (24 November 1927 – 11 December 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. Life The eldest son of a distinguished Malinké family, Ahmadou Kourouma was born in 1927 in Boundiali, Côte d'Ivoire. Raised by his uncle, he initially pursue ...
(1927–2003), Côte d'Ivoire *
Benjamin Kwakye Benjamin Kwakye (born 7 January 1967) is a Ghanaian novelist and lawyer. His first novel, ''The Clothes of Nakedness'', won the 1999 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book, Africa, and has been adapted for radio as a BBC Play of the Week. H ...
(born 1967), Ghana *
Goretti Kyomuhendo Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1 August 1965) is a Ugandan novelist and literary activist.
(born 1965), Uganda


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* Alex La Guma (1925–1985), South Africa *
Kojo Laing B. Kojo Laing or Bernard Kojo Laing (1 July 1946 – 20 April 2017) was a Ghanaian novelist and poet, whose writing is characterised by its hybridity, whereby he uses Ghanaian Pidgin English and vernacular languages alongside standard English. ...
(born 1946), Ghana *
Mandla Langa Mandla Langa (born 1950 in Stanger, Durban) is a South African poet, short-story writer, novelist, and cultural activist. He grew up in KwaMashu township of Kwazulu Natal. His novel ''The Lost Colours of the Chameleon'' won the 2009 Commonwealth W ...
(born 1950), South Africa *
Camara Laye Camara Laye (January 1, 1928 – February 4, 1980) was a writer from Guinea. He was the author of '' The African Child'' (''L'Enfant noir''), a novel based loosely on his own childhood, and ''The Radiance of the King'' (''Le Regard du roi'' ...
(1928–1980), Guinea *
Doris Lessing Doris May Lessing (; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British-Zimbabwean novelist. She was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she remain ...
(1919–2013), South Africa * Ophelia S. Lewis (born 1961), Liberia *
Werewere Liking Werewere Liking (born 1950, in Cameroon) is a writer, playwright and performer based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. She established the Ki-Yi Mbock theatre troupe in 1980 and founded the Ki-Yi village in 1985 for the artistic education of young pe ...
(born 1950), Cameroon/Côte d'Ivoire *
Lesley Lokko Lesley Naa Norle Lokko is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect, academic, and novelist.Lesley ...
(living), Ghana


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Ignatius Mabasa Ignatius Tirivangani Mabasa (born 1971) is a Zimbabwean writer, storyteller, and musician, who writes mainly in Shona. Mabasa was born in Mount Darwin and grew up on his grandfather's farm there. He attended school in Chitungwiza, where he began t ...
(born 1971), Zimbabwe *
Lina Magaia Lina Júlia Francisco Magaia (1945 – June 27, 2011) was a Mozambican writer, journalist and veteran of the war for the independence of Mozambique. She was a woman of many facets, which stood out during the life in areas such as writing, film, rur ...
(1940–2011), Mozambique *
Arthur Maimane John Arthur Mogale Maimane (5 October 1932 – 28 June 2005), better known as Arthur Maimane, was a South African journalist and novelist. Biography Maimane was born in Pretoria, South Africa, growing up in the black township of Lady Selborne.D ...
(1932–2005), South Africa * Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949), Zimbabwe *
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1960s) is a Ugandan-British novelist and short story writer.Daniel Musitwa"Ugandan Author Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi wins 2013 Kwani? Manuscript Prize" africabookclub.org, 4 July 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2016 ...
(born 1960s), Uganda *
Charles Mangua Charles Mangua (born in Nyeri, 1939 – 20 March 2021) was a Kenyan fiction writer. His novels explore, among other issues, the "hardship and urban poverty" experienced by ordinary people in places such as Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Mangua's ...
(1939–2021), Kenya *
Sarah Ladipo Manyika Sarah Ladipo Manyika is a British-Nigerian writer of novels, short stories and essays and an active member of the literary community, particularly supporting and amplifying young writers and female voices. She is author of two well received nove ...
(living), Nigeria/UK * Nozipa Maraire (born 1964), Zimbabwe *
Dambudzo Marechera Dambudzo Marechera (4 June 1952 – 18 August 1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, playwright and poet. His short career produced a book of stories, two novels (one published posthumously), a book of plays, prose, and poetry, ...
(1952–1987), Zimbabwe *
Zakes Mda Zakes Mda ( ), legally Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda (born 1948) is a South African novelist, poet and playwright and he is the son of politician A. P. Mda. He has won major South African and British literary awards for his novels and plays. He i ...
(born 1948), South Africa *
Dinaw Mengestu Dinaw Mengestu (ዲናው መንግስቱ) (born 30 June 1978) is an Ethiopian-American novelist and writer. In addition to three novels, he has written for ''Rolling Stone'' on the war in Darfur, and for ''Jane Magazine'' on the conflict in north ...
(born 1978), Ethiopia/US *
Maaza Mengiste Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American writer. Her novels include ''Beneath the Lion's Gaze'' (2010) and '' The Shadow King'' (2019), which was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. Early life Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa, Ethio ...
(born 1971), Ethiopia/US *
Felix Mnthali Felix Mnthali (born 1933 in Southern Rhodesia) is a Malawian poet, novelist and playwright. Educated at what is now the National University of Lesotho, Mnthali's works include a book of poetry, '' When Sunset Comes to Sapitwa'' (1980), and a novel ...
(born 1933), Malawi *
Thomas Mofolo Thomas Mokopu Mofolo (22 December 1876 – 8 September 1948) is considered the greatest Basotho author. He wrote mostly in the Sesotho language, but his most popular book, '' Chaka'', has been translated into English and other languages. Biography ...
(1876–1948), Lesotho *
Nadifa Mohamed Nadifa Mohamed ( so, Nadiifa Maxamed, ar, نظيفة محمد) (born 1981) is a Somali-British novelist. She featured on ''Granta'' magazine's list "Best of Young British Novelists" in 2013, and in 2014 on the Africa39 list of writers aged u ...
(born 1981), Somaliland * Nthikeng Mohlele (living), South Africa *
Tierno Monénembo Thierno Saïdou Diallo, usually known as Tierno Monénembo (born 1947 in Porédaka), is a Francophone Guinean novelist and biochemist. Born in Guinea, he later lived in Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, and finally France since 1973. He has written eight b ...
(born 1947), Guinea *
Bai T. Moore Bai Tamia Johnson Moore (October 12, 1916 – January 10, 1988), commonly known by his pen name Bai T. Moore, was a Liberian poet, novelist, folklorist and essayist. He held various cultural, educational and tourism posts both for the Liberian go ...
(1916–1988), Liberia * A. S. Mopeli-Paulus (born 1913), Lesotho *
Fiston Mwanza Mujila Fiston Nasser Mwanza Mujila (born 1981, in Lubumbashi) is a Congolese writer. He lives in Graz, Austria, where he teaches African literature. Biography Fiston Mwanza Mujila was the recipient of the gold medal for literature at the 2009 Franc ...
(born 1981), Congo *
Charles Mungoshi Charles Lovemore Mungoshi (2 December 1947 – 16 February 2019), was a Zimbabwean writer. Life and career Mungoshi was born on 2 December 1947 at Manyene, near Chivhu (Zimbabwe). He was educated at St Augustine's, Penhalonga. After leaving ...
(1947–2019)), Zimbabwe *
David Mungoshi David Sunsly Mungoshi (30 September 1949 – 29 August 2020) was a Zimbabwean novelist, actor, poet and teacher. Early life He was born in 1949 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and was fluent in Shona, Ndebele and English. He learnt Zulu, similar to Ndeb ...
(1949–2020), Zimbabwe * Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005), Zimbabwe *
Meja Mwangi Meja Mwangi (born 27 December 1948) is a Kenyan writer. He has worked in the film industry, including in screenwriting, assistant directing, and casting. Biography Mwangi was born David Dominic Mwangi in Nanyuki, Kenya, and was educated at Nany ...
(born 1948), Kenya


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* Glaydah Namukasa, Uganda * Njabulo Ndebele (born 1948), South Africa *
Okey Ndibe Okechukwu "Okey" Ndibe (born 1960) is a novelist, political columnist, and essayist of Igbo ethnicity. Ndibe was born in Yola, Nigeria. He is the author of ''Arrows of Rain'' and ''Foreign Gods, Inc.'', two critically acclaimed novels published ...
(born 1960), Nigeria *
Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo Donato Francisco Ndongo-Bidyogo Makina (born 12 December 1950), known as Donato Ndongo, is an Equatoguinean journalist and writer who was one of the most prominent members of Hispanic African movement within the Spanish-speaking world. Early l ...
(born 1950), Equatorial Guinea *
Patrice Nganang Alain Patrice Nganang (born 1970) is an American writer, poet and teacher of Cameroonian origin, a member of the Bamileke people. He was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and was educated in Cameroon and Germany. He was awarded a Ph.D. in comparative l ...
(born 1970), Cameroon * Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015), South Africa *
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938) is a Literature of Kenya, Kenyan author and academic who writes primarily in Gikuyu language, Gikuyu and who formerly wrote in English language, English. He has been described as having bee ...
(born 1938), Kenya *
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ (born 1971) is a Kenyan American poet, author, and academic. He is associate professor of literatures in English at Cornell University and co-founder of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Writing. His father is the au ...
(born 1971), Kenya *
Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ (born 1970s) is a Kenyan writer, who has lived and worked in Eritrea, Zimbabwe and Finland. She is the founder and former director of the Helsinki African Film Festival (HAFF). Also a political analyst, she is a member of the e ...
(born 1970s), Kenya * Rebeka Njau (born 1932), Kenya *
Lewis Nkosi Lewis Nkosi (5 December 1936 – 5 September 2010) was a South African people, South African writer, who spent 30 years in exile as a consequence of restrictions placed on him and his writing by the Suppression of Communism Act and the Publicat ...
(1936–2010), South Africa * Jérôme Nouhouaï (living), Benin *
María Nsué Angüe María Nsué Angüe (1945 – 18 January 2017) was a noted Equatoguinean writer and Minister of Education and Culture. Background and early life María was born in Ebebeyín, Río Muni. Her family immigrated to Spain when she was a child where ...
(1945–2017), Equatorial Guinea * Martina Nwakoby (born 1937), Nigeria *
Nkem Nwankwo Nkem Nwankwo (12 June 1936 – 12 June 2001) was a Nigerian novelist and poet. Biography Born in Nawfia-Awka, a village near the Igbo city of Onitsha in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria, Nwankwo attended University College in Ibadan (the cap ...
(1936–2001), Nigeria *
Flora Nwapa Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (13 January 1931 – 16 October 1993), was a Nigerian author who has been called the mother of modern African literature, African Literature. She was the forerunner to a generation of African women writers, and ...
(1931–1993), Nigeria *
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Adaobi Tricia Obinne Nwaubani is a Nigerian novelist, humorist, essayist and journalist, who was born in 1976. Her debut novel, ''I Do Not Come To You By Chance'', won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Africa), a Bett ...
(born 1976), Nigeria * Stanley Nyamfukudza (born 1951), Zimbabwe


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Chigozie Obioma Chigozie Obioma (born 1986) is a Nigerian writer. He is best known for writing the novels ''The Fishermen'' (2015) and ''An Orchestra of Minorities'' (2019), both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize in their respective years of public ...
(born 1986), Nigeria * Trifonia Melibea Obono (born 1982), Equatorial Guinea * Asenath Bole Odaga (1937–2014), Kenya * Taiwo Odubiyi (born 1965), Nigeria * Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living), Ghana *
Margaret Ogola Margaret Atieno Ogola (12 June 1958 – 21 September 2011) was a Kenyan novelist who wrote '' The River and the Source'' and its sequel, '' I Swear by Apollo''. ''The River and the Source'' follows four generations of Kenyan women in a rapidly c ...
(1958–2011), Kenya * Grace Ogot (1930–2015), Kenya *
Gabriel Okara Gabriel Imomotimi Okara (24 April 1921 – 25 March 2019) was a Nigerian poet and novelist who was born in Bumoundi in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The first modernist poet of Anglophone Africa, he is best known for his early experimental ...
(1921–2019), Nigeria * Irenosen Okojie (living), Nigeria * Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974), Nigeria/US * Ifeoma Okoye (born 1937?), Nigeria * Chinelo Okparanta (born 1981) *
Isidore Okpewho Isidore Okpewho, NNOM (9 November 1941 – 4 September 2016), was a Nigerian novelist and critic. He won the 1976 African Arts Prize for Literature, and the 1993 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book Africa. Also a classicist and scholar, he h ...
(1941–2016), Nigeria * Ben Okri (born 1959), Nigeria * Ukamaka Olisakwe (born 1982), Nigeria *
Kole Omotoso Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso (born 21 April 1943), also known as Kole Omotoso, is a Nigerian writer and intellectual best known for his works of fiction and in South Africa as the "Yebo Gogo man" in adverts for the telecommunications company Vodacom ...
(born 1943), Nigeria *
Yewande Omotoso Yewande Omotoso (born 1980) is a South African-based novelist, architect and designer, who was born in Barbados and grew up in Nigeria. She is the daughter of Nigerian writer Kole Omotoso, and the sister of filmmaker Akin Omotoso. She currently ...
(born 1980), South African/Nigeria *
Ondjaki Ndalu de Almeida (born July 5,1977) is a writer born in Angola who uses the pen name Ondjaki. He has written poetry, children's books, short stories, novels, drama and film scripts. Career Ondjaki studied sociology at the University of Lisbon, ...
(born 1977), Angola *
Chibundu Onuzo Imachibundu Oluwadara Onuzo (born 1991) is a Nigerian novelist. Her first novel, ''The Spider King's Daughter'', won a Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and was longlisted for the Des ...
(born 1991), Nigeria *
Yambo Ouologuem Yambo Ouologuem (August 22, 1940 – October 14, 2017) was a Malian writer. His first novel, ''Le devoir de violence'' (English: ''Bound to Violence'', 1968), won the Prix Renaudot. He later published ''Lettre à la France nègre'' (1969), and '' ...
(1940–2017), Mali *
Helen Ovbiagele Helen Aiyeohusa Ovbiagele (born 1944) is a Nigerian novelist. She was born in Benin City, and after attending C.M.S. Girls' School, Benin City, and St. Peter's College, Kaduna, she studied English and French at the University of Lagos and studied ...
(born 1944), Nigeria * Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (born 1968), Kenya *
Ferdinand Oyono Ferdinand Léopold Oyono (14 September 1929 – 10 June 2010
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(1929–2010), Cameroon * Kachi A. Ozumba (living), Nigeria


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Nii Ayikwei Parkes Nii Ayikwei Parkes (; born 1 April 1974), born in the United Kingdom to parents from Ghana, where he was raised, is a performance poet, writer, publisher and sociocultural commentator. He is one of 39 writers aged under 40 from sub-Saharan Africa ...
(born 1974), Ghana *
Alan Paton Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels ''Cry, the Beloved Country'' and '' Too Late the Phalarope''. Family Paton was born in Pietermaritzbu ...
(1903–1988), South Africa *
Pepetela Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born 1941) is a major Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela. A Portuguese Angolan, Pepetela was born in Benguela, Portuguese Angola, and fought as a member of the MPLA in the long g ...
(born 1941), Angola * Lenrie Peters (1932–2009), Gambia * Olúmìdé Pópóọlá (living), Nigeria/Germany * Tolulope Popoola (living), Nigeria


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* Kwei Quartey (living), Ghana/US


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* Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954–2010), Gabon *
Richard Rive Richard Moore Rive (1 March 1931 – 4 June 1989) was a South African writer and academic, who was from Cape Town. Biography Rive was born on 1 March 1931 in Caledon Street in the working-class Coloured residential area District Six of Cape To ...
(1931–1989), South Africa *
Henrietta Rose-Innes Henrietta Rose-Innes (born 14 September 1971) is a South African novelist and short-story writer. She was the 2008 winner of the Caine Prize for African WritingLindesay Irvine"Henrietta Rose-Innes wins £10,000 Caine prize" ''The Guardian'', 8 J ...
(born 1971), South Africa *
David Rubadiri James David Rubadiri lukin Hendricks (19 July 1930 – 15 September 2018) was a Malawian diplomat, academic and poet, playwright and novelist. Rubadiri is ranked as one of Africa's most widely anthologized and celebrated poets to emerge after ind ...
(1930–2018), Malawi * Bonwell Kadyankena Rodgers (born 1991), Malawi


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Stanlake Samkange Stanlake John William Thompson Samkange (1922–1988) was a Zimbabwean historiographer, educationist, journalist, author, and African nationalist. He was a member of an elite Zimbabwean nationalist political dynasty and the most prolific of the fir ...
(1922–1988), Zimbabwe *
Williams Sassine Williams Sassine (1944 in Kankan, Guinea – February 9, 1997 in Conakry, Guinea) was a Guinean novelist who wrote in French. His father was Lebanese Christian and his mother was a Guinean of Muslim heritage. Sassine was an expatriate African wri ...
(1944–1997), Guinea *
Kobina Sekyi William Esuman-Gwira Sekyi, better known as Kobina Sekyi (1 November 1892, Cape Coast – 20 June 1956), was a nationalist lawyer, politician and writer in the Gold Coast. Biography Sekyi was the son of John Gladstone Sackey, headmaster of the We ...
(1892–1956), Ghana *
Taiye Selasi Taiye Selasi (born 2 November 1979) is a British-American writer and photographer. Of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin, she describes herself as a "local" of Accra, Berlin, New York and Rome. Early life and education Taiye Selasi was born in Lond ...
(born 1979), Ghana/Nigeria * Francis Selormey (1927–1983), Ghana * Namwali Serpell (born 1980), Zambia *
Abdi Sheik Abdi Abdi Abdulkadir Sheik-Abdi ( so, Cabdi Sheekh Cabdi, ar, عبدي عبد القادر الشيخ عبدي) (born 15 November 1942, Somalia) is a Somali author based in the United States. Academia Sheikh-Abdi holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Engl ...
(born 1942), Somalia *
Vamba Sherif Vamba Sherif (born 1973) is a Liberian-born writer residing in the Netherlands. He writes in English and Dutch. His 2015 novel ''The Emperor's Son'' deals with Samori Toure, who founded a great empire in northwestern Africa in the 19th century ...
(born 1973), Liberia *
Lola Shoneyin Lola Shoneyin (born Titilola Atinuke Alexandrah Shoneyin; 26 February 1974 in Ibadan, Nigeria) is a Nigerian poet and author who launched her debut novel, ''The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives'', in the UK in May 2010. Shoneyin has forged a r ...
(born 1974), Nigeria *
Gillian Slovo Gillian Slovo (born 15 March 1952) is a South African-born writer who lives in the UK. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award. Early life and education Gillian Slovo was born on 15 March 1952 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her family moved ...
(born 1952), South Africa * Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941), Senegal *
Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: ''Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká''; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka (), is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded t ...
(born 1934), Nigeria


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* Véronique Tadjo (born 1955), Côte d'Ivoire *
Sony Lab'ou Tansi Sony Lab'ou Tansi (5 July 1947 – 14 June 1995), born Marcel Ntsoni, was a Congolese novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet in French language. Though he was only 47 when he died, Tansi remains one of the most prolific African writers ...
(1947–1995), Democratic Republic of the Congo * Miriam Tlali (1933–2017), South Africa *
Amos Tutuola Amos Tutuola (20 June 1920 – 8 June 1997) was a Nigerian writer who wrote books based in part on Yoruba folk-tales. Early history Amos Olatubosun Tutuola Odegbami was born on 20 June 1920, in Wasinmi, a village just a few miles outside o ...
(1920–1997), Nigeria


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* Gracy Ukala (born 1946), Nigeria *
Adaora Lily Ulasi Adaora Lily Ulasi (born 1932) was a Nigerian journalist and novelist. She is said to have been the first West African woman to earn a degree in journalism. As a journalist, she has worked for the BBC and Voice of America. As a novelist she wro ...
(born 1932), Nigeria *
Rems Umeasiegbu Rems Nnanyelugo Umeasiegbu (born 1 October 1943), is Nigerian professor, scholar, novelist, poet and folklorist from south-eastern Nigeria. . He was also a Principal Lecturer at the Institute of Management Technology, Enugu (1978-1982), and Hea ...
(born 1943), Nigeria * Chika Unigwe (born 1974), Nigeria


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Yvonne Vera Yvonne Vera (19 September 1964 – 7 April 2005) was an author from Zimbabwe. Her first published book was a collection of short stories, ''Why Don't You Carve Other Animals'' (1992), which was followed by five novels: ''Nehanda'' (1993), ''With ...
(1964–2005), Zimbabwe * Abraham Verghese (born 1955) *
José Luandino Vieira José Luandino Vieira (born José Vieira Mateus da Graça on 4 May 1935) is an Angolan writer of short fiction and novels. Biography Vieira was born in Lagoa de Furadouro, Ourém, Portugal to impoverished parents—his father was a cobbler, his m ...
(born 1935), Angola


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* Charity Waciuma (born 1936), Kenya *
Timothy Wangusa Timothy Wangusa (born 1942) is a Ugandan poet and novelist. Wangusa was chairman of Uganda Writers Association and founder president of International PEN Uganda Centre. Early life and education Wangusa is an ethnic Mumasaaba, born in Bugisu, in ...
(born 1942), Uganda * Zukiswa Wanner (born 1976), South Africa * Mary Watson (born 1975), South Africa * Myne Whitman (born 1977), Nigeria *
Zoe Wicomb Zoe (also ZOE, Zoë, Zoé, etc.) can refer to: *ζωή (''zōḗ''), the Ancient Greek word for "life" People * Zoe (name), including list of persons and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Zoe'' (film) * ZOE Broadcast ...
(born 1948), South Africa


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Adrienne Yabouza Adrienne Yabouza (born 1965) is a writer from the Central African Republic. She is of Yakoma people, Yakoma heritage. She has written several novels and a book for children, a number of which were penned in collaboration with French writer Yves Ping ...
(born 1965), Central African Republic *
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu Balaraba Ramat Yakubu (born 1959) is a Nigerian author who writes in Hausa. She is a leader in the genre of '' littattafan soyayya'' or "love literature", and one of the very few Hausa-language writers whose work has been translated into English. ...
(born 1959), Nigeria


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Paul Tiyambe Zeleza Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (born 25 May 1955) is a Malawian historian, literary critic, novelist, short-story writer and blogger at ''The Zeleza Post''. He was (2009) president of the African Studies Association. He was the Vice-President for Academic ...
(born 1955), Malawi *
Norbert Zongo Norbert Zongo (31 July 1949 – 13 December 1998), also known under the pen name of Henri Segbo or H.S., was a Burkinabé investigative journalist who managed the newspaper ''L'Indépendant'' in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Under Zongo's supervi ...
(1949–1998), Burkina Faso


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