African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Felix Mnthali†
Poet & Academic
Filinto de Barros
Poet & Physician
Gaspard Nzeyimana
Photographer
Glynn Burridge
Novelist
Hadja Aïssatou Diallo
Traditional Dancer
Hadraawi†
Poet Laureate
Hawad
Tuareg Poet
Hemley Boum
Novelist (Cameroon-Chad)
Honorine Ngou
Poet
Hélène Claudot-Hawad
Tuareg Studies Scholar
Idris Youssouf Elmi
Poet
Idé Oumarou
Novelist
Ignatius Mabasa
Novelist
Issaka Sawadogo
Actor
Jean-Marie Vianney Rurangwa
Genocide Survivor & Author
Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou†
Poet & Critic
John Eppel
Poet & Novelist
José Luís Tavares
Poet & Filmmaker
João Vário
Poet
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
Novelist & Poet
Kalthoum Brahim
Novelist
Keamogetse Joseph Molapong
Novelist
Ketty Nivyabandi
Poet & Activist
Khalifa Ould Eide
Poet & Writer