African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Steve Chimombo†
Poet & Playwright
Steven Kanumba†
Actor & Producer
Suhaib Gasmelbari
Director & Producer
T.T. Figueira
Poet
Taban Lo Liyong
Poet & Academic
Tahar Bekri
Poet & Academic
Tayeb Salih†
Novelist Season of Migration to the North
Thomas Decker†
Krio Poet
Tierno Monénembo
Prix Renaudot Winner
Tijan Sallah
Poet & Economist
Tony Tcheka
Poet
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Novelist & Filmmaker
Ubah Cristina Ali Farah
Writer
Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa
Novelist
Vamba Sherif
Novelist
Véronique Tadjo
Novelist & Poet
Wame Molefhe
Poet & Novelist
Warsan Shire
Poet
Wayétu Moore
Author "She Would Be King"
Werewere Liking
Novelist & Playwright
Williams Sassine†
Novelist
Yambo Ouologuem†
Novelist & Prix Renaudot Winner
Yasmina Khadra
Novelist
Yolande Mukagasana
Genocide Survivor & Author