African Arts & Culture Leaders

Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa

685
Influential People
51
Countries Represented
All Countries Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad
Rakiatou Christelle

Rakiatou Christelle

Poet

Niger

Rania Mamoun

Novelist & Short Story Writer

Sudan

Raquel Ilombé

Poet

Equatorial Guinea

Raymond Dele-Charley

Playwright

Sierra Leone

Ribka Sibhatu

Poet (Italy-Eritrea)

Eritrea
Roger Gnoan M'Bala

Roger Gnoan M'Bala

Director & Producer

Ivory Coast

Roland Rugero

Novelist

Burundi
Romuald Fonkoua

Romuald Fonkoua

Literary Scholar

Benin

Ruy Duarte de Carvalho†

Anthropologist; Anthropologist & Filmmaker

Angola

Révérien Rurangwa

Genocide Survivor & Author

Rwanda
Safi Faye

Safi Faye

First African Woman Director

Senegal
Sahr Senesie

Sahr Senesie

Novelist & Poet

Sierra Leone

Salamatou Suleymane

Novelist; Women's Rights Activist

Niger

Sami Tchak

Novelist

Togo

Sarah Bouyain

Director & Producer

Burkina Faso
Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga

Giller Prize Winner

Rwanda

Senait Ghebrehiwet Mehari

Author & Activist

Eritrea

Senouvo Agbota Zinsou

Playwright & Director

Togo

Shirin Ramzanali Fazel

Poet (Netherlands-Somalia)

Somalia
Sokey Edorh

Sokey Edorh

Photographer

Togo

Sotigui Kouyaté†

Actor & Griot

Burkina Faso

Stanley Nyamfukudza†

Novelist

Zimbabwe

Stanley Onjezani Kenani

Short Story Writer

Malawi
Stella Gaitano

Stella Gaitano

Novelist

Sudan
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