African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Rakiatou Christelle
Poet
Rania Mamoun
Novelist & Short Story Writer
Raquel Ilombé
Poet
Raymond Dele-Charley
Playwright
Ribka Sibhatu
Poet (Italy-Eritrea)
Roger Gnoan M'Bala
Director & Producer
Roland Rugero
Novelist
Romuald Fonkoua
Literary Scholar
Ruy Duarte de Carvalho†
Anthropologist; Anthropologist & Filmmaker
Révérien Rurangwa
Genocide Survivor & Author
Safi Faye
First African Woman Director
Sahr Senesie
Novelist & Poet
Salamatou Suleymane
Novelist; Women's Rights Activist
Sami Tchak
Novelist
Sarah Bouyain
Director & Producer
Scholastique Mukasonga
Giller Prize Winner
Senait Ghebrehiwet Mehari
Author & Activist
Senouvo Agbota Zinsou
Playwright & Director
Shirin Ramzanali Fazel
Poet (Netherlands-Somalia)
Sokey Edorh
Photographer
Sotigui Kouyaté†
Actor & Griot
Stanley Nyamfukudza†
Novelist
Stanley Onjezani Kenani
Short Story Writer
Stella Gaitano
Novelist