African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Leyla Bouzid
Director & Screenwriter
Limakatso Kendall
Poet & Academic
Ludovic Obiang
Novelist & Poet
Mahamat Hassan Abakar
Poet
Maissa Bey
Novelist
Malek Haddad†
Poet & Novelist
Malick Fall†
Novelist & Diplomat
Marguerite Abouet
Graphic Novelist
Mariam Abba Kaka
Actress
Mariam Mahamat
Poet
Mariama Hima
Novelist
Marie-Thérèse Choppy
Children's Author
Mary Sibande
MP; Visual Artist & Performer
María Nsue Angüe
Novelist
Max Lobe
Novelist
Maxamed Ibraahim Warsame 'Hadrawi'†
Poet
Michèle Rakotoson
Novelist & Playwright
Mohamed Aden Sheikh
Poet
Mohamed Choukri†
Novelist
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Goncourt Prize Winner
Mohamed Toihiri
Novelist
Momodou Ceesay
Sculptor
Moufouli Bello
Artist
Moussa Ould Ebnou
Novelist