African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Melchior Mbonimpa
Poet
Neshani Andreas
Poet
Ousmane Amadou
Poet
Venuste Nshimiyimana
Poet & Writer
Abdias do Nascimento†
Artist & Activist (Brazil-Benin)
Alda Espírito Santo†
Poet & Independence Fighter
Bessie Head†
Acclaimed Novelist
Boubou Hama†
Writer & Politician
Cabdullaahi Suldaan 'Timacade'†
Poet
Caetano da Costa Alegre†
Pioneer Poet
Cyprien Rugamba†
Poet (Rwanda-Burundi)
Cyril Collard†
Director (France-Chad)
Dambudzo Marechera†
Novelist & Guardian Fiction Prize Winner
David Diop†
Poet & Negritude Pioneer
Djibril Diop Mambéty†
Legendary Director
Dr. Agostinho Neto†
President & Poet
Dr. António Jacinto†
Poet & Revolutionary
Ellen Kuzwayo†
Author & Anti-Apartheid Leader; F; GP
Francisco José Tenreiro†
Poet & Geographer
José Craveirinha†
National Poet
Kateb Yacine†
Playwright & Poet
Kouyaté Sory Kandia†
Legendary Griot
Mariama Bâ†
Feminist Novelist
Maxamed Cabdille Xasan†
Sayyid & Poet