African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Semere Habtemariam
Filmmaker
Seydou Badian Kouyaté†
Novelist & Politician
Seydou Bouda
Director & Producer
Seydou Keita†
Legendary Photographer
Sibongile Khumalo†
GP; Opera Singer & Cultural Icon
Solange Yijika
Actress & Producer
Sophie Heidi Kam
Novelist
Souleymane Cissé
Palme d'Or Winner
Souleymane Cissé
Director (Mali-Chad)
Souleymane Faye
Director & Producer
Stephanie Tum
Actress
Sum Almeida†
Novelist
Suzannah Mirghani
Director & Producer
Tahar Rahim
Actor
Talal Afifi
Director & Producer
Tariq Teguia
Director
Tchalé Figueira
Sculptor
Teta Lando†
Pioneer of Modern Semba; Semba Pioneer
Thabo Meeran
Contemporary Artist
Unity Dow
Novelist & Judge
Vincent Michéa
Photographer
Wole Lagunju
Photographer
Yacouba Traoré
Director & Producer
Yasmina Khadra
Novelist (Algeria-Somalia)