African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Namwali Serpell
Novelist & Pulitzer Winner
Nuruddin Farah
Novelist & Neustadt Prize Winner
Osvalde Lewat
Actress & Director
Sami Bouajila
Actor
Scholastique Mukasonga
Novelist (Rwanda-Burundi)
Sefi Atta
Playwright; Playwright & Novelist
Shimmer Chinodya
Novelist
Syndy Emade
Actress & Producer
Terry Pheto
Actress & Producer; GP
Tongayi Chirisa
Actor
Van Vicker
Actor & Producer
Wema Sepetu
Actress & Model
Yvonne Nelson
Actress
Abasse Ndione
Novelist & Playwright
Abdel Rahman al-Abnudi†
Poet (Egypt-Sudan)
Abdelkrim Ghallab†
Novelist & Journalist
Abdellah Taïa
Novelist & Filmmaker
Abdelwahab Meddeb†
Poet & Novelist
Abdoulaye Brahim
Novelist
Abdoulaye Mamani
Novelist
Abdourahman Waberi
Novelist
Abdourahman Waberi
Novelist (Djibouti-Somalia)
Abdulai Sila
Novelist
Aboubacar Said Salim
Poet