African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Saada Hasan Ali
Traditional Dancer
Salim Ali Amir
Poet & Writer
Salimata Ouédraogo
Actress
Sana na N'Hada
Filmmaker
Senouvo Agbota Zinsou
Playwright
Shenaz Patel
Novelist & Journalist
Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese
Novelist & Poet
Siphiwo Mahala
EC; Novelist; Novelist & Academic
Solomon Tsehaye
Novelist
Sonallah Ibrahim
Political Novelist; Political Writer; Writer
Stella Nyanzi
Poet & Activist (Uganda-South Sudan)
Tanella Boni
Poet & Philosopher
Teta Banks
Traditional Dancer
Théo Ananissoh
Novelist
Upile Chisala
Contemporary Poet
Vasco Cabral
Novelist
Vera Duarte
Poet & Judge
Wilton Sankawulo†
Novelist & Ex-President
Yamen Manai
Novelist
Yema Lucilda Hunter
Poet & Playwright
Yusuf Garaad Omar
Playwright
Yves-Emmanuel Dogbé
Novelist & Poet
Étienne Goyémidé†
Novelist
Hélder Proença
Poet