List of African writers by country

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This is a list of prominent and notable writers from Africa, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars, listed by country.

Contents 1 Algeria 2 Angola 3 Benin 4 Botswana 5 Burkina Faso 6 Burundi 7 Cameroon 8 Cape Verde 9 Central African Republic 10 Chad 11 Congo (Brazzaville) 12 Congo (Democratic Republic)– formerly Zaïre 13 Cote d'Ivoire 14 Djibouti 15 Egypt 16 Equatorial Guinea 17 Eritrea 18 Ethiopia 19 Gabon 20 The Gambia 21 Ghana 22 Kenya 23 Lesotho 24 Liberia 25 Libya 26 Madagascar 27 Malawi 28 Mali 29 Mauritania 30 Mauritius 31 Morocco 32 Mozambique 33 Namibia 34 Niger 35 Nigeria 36 Rwanda 37 São Tomé and Príncipe 38 Senegal 39 Sierra Leone 40 Somalia 41 South Africa 42 Sudan 43 Tanzania 44 Togo 45 Tunisia 46 Uganda 47 Western Sahara 48 Zambia 49 Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) 50 See also 51 External links

[edit] Algeria

• Jean Amrouche (1907–1962)
• Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976)
• Rachid Boudjedra (1914– )
• Albert Camus (1913–1960)
• Hélène Cixous (1937–)
• Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)
• Mohammed Dib (1920–2003)
• Tahar Djaout (1954–1993)
• Assia Djebar (1936– )
• Frantz Fanon, originally from Martinique (1925–1961)
• Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962)
• Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989)
• Latifa Ben Mansour (1950– )
• Jorge McDoogal (1907–1962)
• Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995)
• Ahlam Mostaghanemi (1953– )
• Leïla Sebbar
• Jean Sénac (1926–1962)
• Kateb Yacine (1929–1989)

[edit] Angola

• José Eduardo Agualusa (1960– )
• Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990)
• Arlindo Barbeitos (1940– )
• Mendes de Carvalho
• Dia Kassembe
• Alda Lara (1930–1962)
• Pedro de Gouveia Leite Mateus
• Mbwango (Reis Luis)
• Manuel Rui Monteiro
• Agostinho Neto (1922–1979)
• Ondjaki
• Pepetela (Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos, 1941–)
• Oscar Ribas (1909–2004)
• Paula Tavares (1952– )
• Amplia Veiga, born in Portugal (1931– )
• José Luandino Vieira (1935– )

[edit] Benin

• Berte-Evelyne Agbo, also connected with Senegal
• Francis Aupiais, born in France (1877–1945)
• Olympe Bhêly-Quenum
• Florent Couao-Zotti (1964– )
• Félix Couchoro, also connected with Togo (1900–1968)
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Togo, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire
• Adelaide Fassinou (1955– )
• Béatrice Lalinon Gbado
• Christine Adjahi Gnimagnon, also connected with Senegal
• Paul Hazoumé
• Charles M. Hedji, born in Niger
• Colette Senami Agossou Houeto (1939– )
• Gisèle Hountondji (1954– )
• Paulin J. Hountondji (1942– )
• Paulin Joachim (1931– )
• Barnabé Laye
• Lauryn, also connected with Côte d'Ivoire and Togo, born in France (1978– )
• Hortense Mayaba
• José Pliva (1966– )
• Jean Pliya (1931– )
• Arnold Sènou

[edit] Botswana

• Galesiti Baruti
• Caitlin Davies, born in Britain (1964– )
• Unity Dow (1959– )
• Bessie Head, born in South Africa (1937–1986)
• Moteane Melamu
• Barolong Seboni, poet (1957– )
• Andrew Sesinyi
• Mositi Torontle

[edit] Burkina Faso

• Jacques Prosper Bazié
• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, also connected with Côte d'Ivoire (1967– )
• François Djobi Bassolet (d. 2001): journalist, historian, and cultural leader.
• Nazi Boni (1909–1969)
• Sarah Bouyain (1968– )
• Simporé Simone Compaore
• Augustin-Sondé Coulibaly
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (1952– )
• Zarra Guiro (1957– )
• Ansomwin Ignace Hien
• Monique Ilboudo
• Pierre Claver Ilboudo
• Sophie Heidi Kam (1968– )
• Sandra Pierrette Kanzié
• Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922– )
• Gaël Koné (1976– )
• Honorine Mare (1972– )
• Roger Nikiema
• Suzy Henique Nikiéma (1983– )
• Kollin Noaga
• Dim-Dolobsom Ouedraogo
• Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (1943–)
• Adiza Sanoussi
• Etienne Sawadogo
• Marie-Simone Séri, also connected with Senegal
• Jean-Baptiste Somé
• Malidoma Patrice Some (1956– )
• Maxime Z. Somé

[edit] Burundi

• Donatien Bihute (1940– )
• Antoine Kaburahe (1965– )
• Daniel Kabuto
• Esther Kamatari (1951– )
• Colette Samoya Kiruya (1952– )
• Barbara Kururu Ndimurukundo (1950– )
• David Niyonzima (1959– )
• Marc Rwabahungu (1956– )

[edit] Cameroon

• Severin Cecile Abega: Les Bimanes, Le Bourreau, Entre Terre et Ciel
• Marie-Therese Assiga Ahanda
• Paul-Charles Atangana
• Philomene Bassek: author of La Tache de Sang
• Francis Bebey (1929– ) author of Les Trois Petits Cireurs, Agatha Moudio'son, The Ashanti Doll, Enfant Pluie, Ministre et le Griot
• Eno Belinga
• Mongo Beti (pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala) (1932–2001)
• Calixthe Beyala
• Jacques Bonjawo
• Fernando D'Almeida
• Paul Dakeyo
• Jean Marc Ela (1936-): Author of many books of African liberation theology including African Cry and My Faith as an African
• Professor Ndumbe Eyoh
• Patrice Kayo
• Werewere Liking
• Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg
• Guillaume Oyono Mbia: Trois Pretendants un mari
• Engelbert Mveng: author of collection of poems Balafon
• Bernard Nanga: Les Chauve-Souris
• Charles Ngande
• Evelyne Mpoudi Ngole (1953-)
• Etienne B. Noume
• Ferdinand Oyono (1929– )
• Rene Philombe (pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede)
• Francois Sengat-Kuo: author of collection of poems Fleurs de Laterite, Heures rouges, and Collier de Cauris
• David Ndachi Tagne
• Elolongue Epanya Yondo

[edit] Cape Verde

Main article: List of Cape Verdeans#Writers

• Amílcar Cabral (1921—1973)
• Baltasar Lopes da Silva (1907—1989)
• Eugénio Tavares (1867—1930)
• Germano Almeida (1945— )
• Henrique Teixeira de Sousa
• Jorge Barbosa
• Manuel Lopes (1907—2005)
• Manuel de Novas (1938— )
• Sergio Frusoni (1901—1975)
• Yolanda Morazzo (1928— )

[edit] Central African Republic

• Anurée Blouin (1921– )
• Etienne Goyemide "Le Silence de la Foret"

[edit] Chad

• Marie-Christine Koundja (1957– )
• Koulsy Lamko (1959– )

[edit] Congo (Brazzaville)

• Noëlle Bizi Bazouma] (1959– )
• Silvie Bokoko (1960– )
• Adèle Caby-Livannah (1957– )
• Cucile-Ivelyse Diamoneka (1940– )
• Emmanuel Dongala] (1941– )
• Mambou Aimée Gnali
• Floe Hazoume (1959– )
• Justine M'Poyo Kassa-Vubu (1951– )
• Francine Laurans (1962– )
• Binéka Daniele Lissouba, born in France
• Henri Lopes (1937– ), born in Congo-Kinshasa
• Alain Mabanckou (1966– )
• Jean Malonga
• Jean Makouta Mboukou
• Guy Menga
• Victor N'Gembo-Mouanda (1969– )
• Diur N'Thumb
• Theophile Obenga
• Ghislaine Sathoud (1969– )
• Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988)
• Jean-Baptiste Tati-Loutard
• Aleth Felix- Tchicaya (1955– )
• Jeannette Balou Tchichelle (1947– )
• Betty (Elisabeth) Mweya Tol'Ande (1947– )
• Marie-Leontine Tsibinda
• Brigitte Yengo
• Patrice Yengo

[edit] Congo (Democratic Republic)– formerly Zaïre

• Léonie Abo, (1945– )
• Raïs Neza Boneza (1979– )
• Amba Bongo
• Lima-Baleka Bosekilolo
• Maguy Kabamba (1960– )
• Christine Kalonji
• Kamanda, Kama Sywor (1952– ) [[1]]
• V.Y. Mudimbe (1941– )
• Kavidi Wivine N'Landu
• Clémentine Nzuji (1944– )
• Sony Labou Tansi (1947–1995)
• Kabika Tshilolo
• Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie
• Lye M Yoka[2]

[edit] Cote d'Ivoire

• Josette D. Abondio
• Anne-Marie Adiaffi (1951– )
• Marie-Danielle Aka
• Marie Giselle Aka (born in the Lebanon) (1971– )
• Assamala Amoi, born in France (1960– )
• Michele Assamoua, originally from France (1941– )
• Annick Assemian, born in France (1952– )
• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, also connected with Burkina Faso (1967– )
• Khadi Sy Bizet
• Fatou Bolli
• Tanella Boni
• Isabelle Boni-Claverie
• Marie Anne Caro
• Jeanne de Cavally (1926– )
• Fanny Fatou Cissé (1971– )
• Micheline Coulibaly, born in Vietnam (1950–2003)
• Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916– )
• Henriette Diabate
• Muriel Diallo (1967– )
• Gina Dick
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Togo (1932–2003)
• Werewere-Liking Gnepo, also connected with Cameroon (1950– )
• Gilbert G. Groud (1956– )
• Genevieve Koutou Guhl
• Oklomin Kacou
• Simone Kaya (1937– )
• Fatou Kéita
• Alimatou Koné
• Boundou Koné
• Akissi Kouadio
• Adjoua Flore Kouame (1964– )
• Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003)
• Lauryn, also connected with Togo and Benin, born in France (1978– )
• Manïssa
• Mary Lee Martin-Koné, (born in USA)
• Mariama Méité (1967– )
• Isabelle Montplaisir
• Rosalie Nana (1962– )
• Goley Niantié Lou
• Pascale Quao-Gaudens (1963– )
• Cristiane Remino-Granel, born on Martinique
• Marinette Secco, born in France (1921– )
• Marie-Simone Séri, also connected with Burkina Faso
• Haïdara Fatoumata Sirantou
• Véronique Tadjo (1955– )
• Caroline Angèle Yao
• Regina Yaou (1955– )
• Annie Yapobi
• Marion Diby Zinnanti (1960– )

[edit] Djibouti

• Waberi Abdourahman (1965– )
• Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (1972– )
• Emily McInnis (1981– )

[edit] Egypt

• Abbas Mahmoud Alakad
• Ahmed Shawki
• Yehia haki
• Yousef El Sebaey
• Nabil Farok
• Mustafa Mahmoud
• Hafez Ibrahim
• Kamel El Shenawy
• Anis Mansour
• Salama Ahmed Salama
• Tawfik El Hakim
• Ali Ahmed Bakathir
• Abdel Rahman El Sharkawy
• Salah Montaser
• Gamal Badawi
• Ahmed Bahgat
• Mohamed Hasanin Hekal
• Gamal El Shaer
• Fahmy Hewidy
• Abdel Rahman El Rafey
• Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945– )
• Leila Ahmed (1940– )
• Hayam Abbas Al-Homi
• Muhammad Aladdin
• Samir Amin (1931– )
• Hussein Bassir
• Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938– )
• Mustafa Sadek El-Rafey
• Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909-1956)
• Taha Hussein (1889–1973)
• Sonallah Ibrahim
• Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)
• Edmond Jabès (1912–1991)
• Naguib Mahfouz, (1911–2006), awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Nawâl El Saadâwi (1931– )
• Salama Moussa (1887–1958)
• Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)
• Ahdaf Soueif
• Mahmud Taymur
• Tatamkulu Afrika, also connected with South Africa (1920–2002)

[edit] Equatorial Guinea

• María Nsué Angüe (1945– )
• Juan Balboa Boneke (1938– )
• Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (1966– )
• Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (1950– )

[edit] Eritrea

• Reesom Haile

[edit] Ethiopia

• Innānu Āggonāfir (pseudonym of Nagāsh Gabra Māryām)
• Haddis Alemayehu (1910–2003)
• Michael Daniel Ambatchew (1967– )
• Kidist Bayelegne
• Āfawarq Gabra Iyasus (1868–1947)
• Tsehaye Gabre-Medhin (1936–2006)
• Be'alu Girma
• Ābbe Gubaññā
• Ababa Haylemelekot
• Girmācchaw Takla Hāwāryāt
• Moges Kebede
• Mengistu Lammā (1924–1988)
• Tāddasa Lībān
• Nega Mezlekia (1958– )
• Blattengeta Heruy Welde Selassie (1878–1939)
• Sahle Selassie (1936– )
• Demese Tsege
• Hama Tuma (1949– )
• Mammo Wudneh
• Birhānu Zarīhun

[edit] Gabon

• Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (1932– )
• Nadele Noele Ango Obiang
• Peggy Lucie Auleley
• Bessora (born in Belgium) (1968– )
• Rene Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960)
• Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa
• Justine Mintsa (1967– )
• Nadège Noëlle Ango Obiang
• Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954– )

[edit] The Gambia

• Lenrie Peters (1932– )
• Alhagi Kah
• Ebou Dibba
• Tijan M. Sallah(1958–)
• Nana Grey-Johnson

[edit] Ghana

• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940– )
• Anthony Appiah (1954– )
• Ayi Kwei Armah (1939– )
• Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953)
• Bediako Asare, also connected with Tanzania
• Meshack Asare (1945– )
• Kofi Awoonor (1935– )
• William Boyd (1952– )
• Margaret Busby
• Abena Busia (1953– )
• Akosua Busia (1966– )
• J.E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930)
• Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, from today's Ghana (1757?–1801?)
• Amma Darko (1956– )
• Michael Dei-Anang
• Efua Dorkenoo
• Safro Kwame
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)
• Lawrence Henry Yaw Ofosu-Appiah (1920–1990)
• (John) Atukwei Okai (1941– )
• Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–2005 )
• Nii Ayikwei Parkes (1974– )
• Carl Christian Reindorf
• Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996 )
• Kwakuvi Azasu
• Francis Selormey
• Genevieve Yaa Asantewa Ofori- alias Sante
• Fred McBagonluri (1970– )
• Kofi Anyidoho

Kofi Aidoo (now a lot attendant)

Kofi Aidoo (now a lot attendant in Bethesda) Konadu Asare(1932)

[edit] Kenya

• Abdullatif Abdalla
• Sayyid Aidarusi
• Karen Blixen aka Isak Dinesen (1885–1962)
• Rocha Chimera
• Yusuf Dawood
• Mwangi Gicheru
• Moraa Gitaa
• Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassany
• Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997)
• Francis Imbuga
• Billy Kahora
• Parselelo Kantai
• Peter Kareithi
• Jomo Kenyatta (1892?–1978)
• Leonard Kibera
• Marjorie McGoye
• Mwana Kupona binti Msham
• Micere Mugo (1942– )
• Henry Muoria
• Wahome Muthahi (–2003)
• Joseph Muthee
• Meja Mwangi (1948– )
• Ahmad Nassir
• Hilary Ngweno
• Rebeka Njau (1930– )
• Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha (1952– )
• Asenath Bole Odaga
• Atieno Odhiambo (1945–)
• Margaret Ogola
• Grace Ogot (1930– )
• Henry Ole Kulet (1946-– )
• Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor winner Caine Prize 2003
• Mwangi Ruheni (real Name Nichola Muraguri)
• Halejoetse Tsehlana
• M.G. Vassanji (1950– )
• Ngugi wa Mirii (1951– )
• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938– )
• Koigi wa Wamwere (1949– )
• Daniel Wabala
• Binyavanga Wainaina winner Caine Prize 2002 (1971– )
• Ken Walibora
• Kyallo W. Wamitila [1966, Winner, Jomo Kenyatta Prize (Kiswahili Adult Fiction (2001), (2005) and (2007]
• Gakaara Wanjau

[edit] Lesotho

• Moroesi Akhionbare (1945– )
• Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)
• Mzamane Nhlapo
• Mpho Matsepo Nthunya

[edit] Liberia

• Edwin Barclay (1882–1955)
• Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912), born in the Virgin Islands (see also Sierra Leone)
• Wilton G. S. Sankawulo (1943– )

[edit] Libya

• Sadiq Al-Naihoum
• Farag Al-Fakhri
• Ibrahiem El-kouni

[edit] Madagascar

• Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1903–1937)
• Charlotte Arisoa Rafenomanjato (1938 - )
• Michèle Rakotoson (1948 - )
• Flavien Ranaivo (1913 - )
• Elie Rajaonarison

[edit] Malawi

• Chiwoza Bandawe
• Steven Chimombo
• Gospel Kazako
• Lawrence Kadziche
• Kondwani Kamiyala
• Stanley Onjezani Kenani
• Ken Lipenga
• Benedicto Okomaatani Malunga
• Jack Mapanje
• Jack McBrams
• Alfred Msadala
• Adamson Muula
• Jika Nkolokosa
• David Rubadiri
• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
• Willie Zingani

[edit] Mali

• Ahmad Baba al Massufi (1556–1627)
• Abdoulaye Ascofaré (1949– )
• Ibrahima Aya (1967– )
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900 or 1901–1991)
• Adame Ba Konaré (1947– )
• Massa Makan Diabaté (1938–1988)
• Souéloum Diagho
• Aïda Mady Diallo
• Alpha Mandé Diarra (1954– )
• Oumou Diarra, born in Yugoslavia (1967– )
• Doumbi Fakoly (1944– )
• Aïcha Fofana (1957–2003)
• Aïssatou Guido (1941– )
• Aoua Kéita (1912–1980)
• Fatouma Keïta (1977– )
• Moussa Konaté (1951– )
• Yambo Ouologuem (1940– )
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (1952– )
• Bamekan Soucko Bathily
• Fanta-Taga Tembely (1946– )
• Aminata Traoré (1942– )
• Falaba Issa Traoré (1930–2003)
• Ahamadou Maiga dit Prince (1974– )

[edit] Mauritania

• Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti
• Ibn Razqa
• Moussa Diagana
• Moussa Ould Ebnou
• Mohammed al-Shankiti
• Abderrahmane Sissako

[edit] Mauritius

• Aime Cesar
• Lilian Berthelot
• Marcel Cabon (1912–1972)
• Raymond Chasle
• Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981)
• Carl de Souza (1949– )
• Ananda Devi
• Jean Fanchette
• Colleen Lindsay, also connected with South Africa
• Edouard Maunick (1931– )
• Dev Virasawmy

[edit] Morocco

Main article: List of Moroccan writers

[edit] Mozambique

• Paulina Chiziane (1955– )
• Mia Couto (1955– )
• José Craveirinha (1922–2003)
• Luis Bernardo Honwana
• Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa
• Lina Magaia
• Lília Momplé (1935– )
• Amélia Muge (1952– )
• Glória de Santana (1925– )
• Noémia de Sousa (1926– )

[edit] Namibia

• Joseph Diescho
• Giselher Werner Hoffmann
• Anoeschka von Meck

[edit] Niger

• Boubou Hama
• Djibo Bakary
• Andrée Clair, born and died in France (1916–1982)
• Hélène Kaziende
• Oum Ramatou (1970– )

[edit] Nigeria

See: List of Nigerian writers

[edit] Rwanda

• Maggy Correa
• Emmanuel Habumuremyi (1972– )
• Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius
• Thérèse Muamini
• Immaculée Ilibagiza
• Yolande Mukagasana
• Benjamin Sehene (1959– )
• Marie-Aimable Umurerwa
• Marie Béatrice Umutesi (1959– )
• Alexis Kagame

[edit] São Tomé and Príncipe

• Olinda Beja (1946– )
• Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990)
• Conceição Lima (1962– )
• Caetano da Costa Alegre (1864–1890)
• M. Manuela Margarido (1925– )
• Alda do Espírito Santo (1926– )
• Mario Domingues (1899– )
• José Francisco Tenreiro (1921–1963)

[edit] Senegal

See: List of Senegalese writers

[edit] Sierra Leone

• Ishmael Beah (1980– )
• Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912), born in the Virgin Islands (see also Liberia)
• Syl Cheney-Coker (1945– )
• Aminatta Forna
• Africanus Horton (1835–1883)
• Delia Jarrett-Macauley

[edit] Somalia

• Abdi Aziz Ahmed Gurbiye
• Abdinasir Dirie
• Abdisalam Issa-Salwe
• Abdirahman Mohamed Adam (Af-jar)
• Abdi Sheik Abdi
• Abdi Kusow
• Abdul Qader Mohammed Mursal, playwright of Olal iyo Hoyadiis
• Abdulkadir Oromo
• Ahmed Ahmed
• Ahmed Farah Ali 'Idaja'
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969– ) moved the the Netherlands and became a politician
• Bashir Sheakh Omar Goth
• Cabdulqaadir Xirsi 'Yamyam'
• Cali Xuseen Xirsi (1949– )
• Faarax Maxamuud Maxamed1963
• Faarax Maxamed Jaamac 'Cawl' (1937–1992)
• IIbrahim Ahmed
• Jaamac Cumar Ciise
• Khalid Ali Guul (Wrote more than 54 books)
• Maxamed Daahir Afrax
• Mahad Ahmed Dhoore(qaransuge)
• Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaariye' (1949– )
• Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi
• Mohamed Haji Mukhtar
• Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi' (1941–)
• Musa Galaal
• Nuruddin Farah (1945– )
• Rageh Omaar, journalist
• Said S. Samatar
• Waris Dirie (1965– )
• Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid

[edit] South Africa

See: List of South African writers Mukhtar Ainashe

[edit] Sudan

See: List of Sudanese writers

[edit] Tanzania

• Abdulrazak Gurnah
• Mark Behr, also connected with South Africa
• Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944– )
• Robert Bin Shaaban (1902–1962)
• Julius Nyerere (1922–1999)
• Hammie Rajab
• Penina Mlama
• Elvis Musiba
• Godfrey Mwakikagile
• Amandina Lihamba
• Edwin Semzaba
• Shafi Adam Shafi
• Chachage Seith Chachage
• Sandra A. Mushi

[edit] Togo

• Gad Ami (1958– )
• David Ananou (1917–2000)
• Félix Couchoro, also connected with Benin (1900–1968)
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
• Kossi Efoui (1962– )
• Emilie Anifranie Ehah, also connected with Senegal
• Christiane Akoua Ekue (1954– )
• Alemdjrodo Kangni (1966– )
• Tété-Michel Kpomassie (1941– )
• Pyabelo Chaold Kouly (1943– )
• Lauryn, also connected with Benin and Togo, born in France (1978– )
• Senouvo Agbota Zinsou (1946– )
• Yves-Emmanuel Dogbe (1939– )
• Jeannette D. Ahonsou (1954– )

[edit] Tunisia

• Hédi Bouraoui (1932– )
• Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934)
• Gisèle Halimi (1927– )
• Ibn Khaldoun (1332–1406)
• Albert Memmi (1920– )
• Youssef Rzouga (1957– )
• Walid Soliman (1975– )
• Ahmad al-Tifashi (?–1253)

[edit] Uganda

• Okot p'Bitek (1931–1982)
• Robert Serumaga (1939–1980)
• Timothy Wangusa (1942– )
• Ayeta Anne Wangusa
• Moses Isegawa (1963– )
• Catherine Samali Kavuma (1960– )
• China Keitetsi (1967– )
• Timothy Kalyegira
• Mahmood Mamdani (1947– )
• Henry Kyemba
• Rajat Neogy (1938–1995)
• Mary Karooro Okurut
• Tarcis Nsobya
• Gorretti Kyomuhendo
• Arthur Gakwandi
• Emmanuel Acheta
• Charles Lubega Mbidde
• Julius Ocwinyo
• Regina Amollo
• Monica Arac de Nyeko
• Jane J. Bakaluba
• Lilliane Barenzi
• Violet Barungi
• Jackee Budesta Batanda
• Grace Birabwe Isharaza
• Jane Kaberuka
• Hope Keshubi
• Mildred Barya Kiconco
• Susan N. Kiguli
• Barbara Kimenye
• Beatrice Lamwaka
• Jane Musoke-Nteyafas
• Beverly Nambozo
• Margaret Ntakarimize
• Sandra Okoed Aimo
• Mary Karooro Okurutv
• Christine Oryema-Lalobo
• Lillian Tindyebwa
• Hilda Twongyeirwe

[edit] Western Sahara

[edit] Zambia

• Solomon Mutswairo (1924– ) (see also Zimbabwe)

[edit] Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)

• Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959– )
• Chenjerai Hove (1956– )
• Doris Lessing, born in Persia (now Iran) (1919– )
• John Marangwanda
• Shimmer Chinodya (1957–– )
• Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987)
• Nozipa Maraire (1966– )
• Charles Mungoshi (1947– )
• Tinashe Severa (1986– )
• Solomon Mutswairo (1924– ) (see also Zambia)
• Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with Botswana (1948– )
• Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988)
• Andrew Plate (1980– )
• Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005)
• Musaemura Zimunya (1949– )
• Elias Kudzai Manyara (1981–)
• Obediah Mlilo (?–1995)
• Marrily Runoona Kuzonyei

[edit] See also

• African Writers Series
• Lists of authors

[edit] External links

• Contemporary African Writers/Authors
• Africa Resource Research Data
• Lire les femmes - African women writers

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