African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Kibrom Stefanos
Photographer
Kofi Adjorlolo
Veteran Actor & Director
Lauri Kubuitsile
Short Story Writer
Lesego Rampolokeng
Poet & Playwright
Léonidas Ndoricimpa
Artist
Mahdi Ahmed Gass
Playwright
Marcelo da Veiga†
Poet
Mariama Khan
Novelist
Massa Makan Diabaté†
Novelist & Historian
Maurice Okoumba-Nkoghe†
Novelist
Maxamed Daahir Afrax†
Novelist
Maxamed Siciid Samatar†
Poet
Mohamed Aden Berhe
Photographer
Mohamed Leftah†
Poet & Novelist
Mohammed Dib†
Novelist & Poet
Moussa Ouédraogo
Actor
Nafissatou Dia Diouf
Novelist & Historian
Nana Grey-Johnson
Poet & Diplomat
Nocky Djedanoum
Novelist & Publisher
Oswaldo Osório
Poet
Ovídio Martins
Poet
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers
Poet & Performer
Prof. Atukwei Okai†
Pan-African Poet & Scholar
Reesom Haile
Poet & Journalist