List of African writers

African Writers:

This is a list of literary figures from Africa, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.

Contents: Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Maïmouna Abdoulaye, Senegal (1949- )
• Léone Abo, Congo (Democratic Republic) (1945- )
• 'Abd Al-Rahman Abnudi, Egypt
• Josette D. Abondio, Côte d'Ivoire
• Peter Abrahams, South Africa
• Chinua Achebe, Nigeria (1930- )
• Remi Adedeji, Nigeria (1937- )
• Anne-Marie Adiaffi, Côte d'Ivoire (1951- )
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria (1977- )
• Christine Adjahi Gnimagnon, Benin/Senegal
• Tatamkula Afrika, South Africa/Egypt (1920-2002)
• José Eduardo Agualusa, Angola (1960- )
• Berte-Evelyne Agbo, Benin/Senegal
• Colette Senami Agossou Houeto, Benin (1939- )
• Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (Djibouti) (1972- )
• Gamal Al-Ghitani, Egypt
• Hayam Abbas Al-Homi, Egypt
• Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana (1940- )
• Tolu Ajayi, Nigeria
• Marie-Danielle Aka, Côte d'Ivoire
• Marie Giselle Aka, Côte d'Ivoire (born in the Lebanon) (1971- )
• Haddis Alemayehu, Ethiopia
• Germano Almeida, Cape Verde
• T.M. Aluko, Nigeria (1918- )
• Ifi Amadiume, Nigeria
• Michael Daniel Ambatchew, Ethiopia (1967- )
• Samir Amin, Egypt
• Jean Amrouche, Algeria (1907-1962)
• Marguerite Taos Amrouche, Algeria (1913-1976)
• Assamala Amoi, Côte d'Ivoire (born in France), (1960- )
• Mario Pinto de Andrade, Angola
• Nadele Noele Ango Obiang, Gabon
• María Nsué Angüe, Equatorial Guinea (1945- )
• Emilie Anifranie Ehah, Togo/Senegal
• Anthony Appiah, Ghana
• Ayi Kwei Armah, Ghana
• Clotilde Armstrong, Senegal (1929- )
• Bediako Asare, Ghana/Tanzania
• Meshack Asare, Ghana (1945- )
• Abdoulaye Ascofaré, Mali
• Michele Assamoua, Côte d'Ivoire (originally from France) (1941- )
• Annick Assemian, Côte d'Ivoire (born in France) (1952- )
• Therese Assiga Ahanda, Cameroon
• Peggy Lucie Auleley, Gabon
• Kofi Awoonor, Ghana (1935- )
• Ibrahima Aya, Mali

B

• Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali
• Mariama Bâ, Senegal (1929-1981)
• Adame Ba Konaré, Mali
• Sirah Balde de Labe, Guinea
• Jeannette Balou Tchichelle, Congo-Brazzaville (1947- )
• Francoise Balogun, Nigeria
• Shabbir Banoobhai, South Africa (1949- )
• Nadine Bari, Guinea (born and lives in France) (1940- )
• Leopoldina Barreto, Cape Verde
• Aïssatou Barry, Guinea (1959- )
• Kesso Barry, Guinea (1948- )
• Mariama Barry, Guinea/Senegal
• Philomène Bassek, Cameroon (1957- )
• Angle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, Burkina Faso/Côte d'Ivoire
• Mark Behr, South Africa/Tanzania
• Virgine Belibi, Cameroon
• Tahar Ben Jelloun, Morocco
• Sokhna Benga, Senegal
• Lilian Berthelot, Mauritius
• Monique Bessomo, Cameroon (1954- )
• Bessora, Gabon (born in Belgium) (1968- )
• Mongo Béti, Cameroon
• Calixthe Beyala, Cameroun (1961- )
• Khadi Sy Bizet, Côte d'Ivoire
• Noëlle Bizi Bazouma, Congo (1959- )
• Anurée Blouin, Central African Republic (1921- )
• Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum, Senegal
• Silvie Bokoko, Congo-Brazzaville (1960- )
• Fatou Bolli, Côte d'Ivoire
• Amba Bongo, Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Tanella Boni, Côte d'Ivoire
• Isabelle Boni-Claverie, Côte d'Ivoire
• Angeline Solange Bonono, Cameroon
• Lila-Baleka Bosek?Ilolo, Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Rachid Boudjedra, Algeria (1914-)
• Hédi Bouraoui, Tunisia
• Sarah Bouyain, Burkina Faso (1968- )
• William Boyd, Ghana
• Francy Brethenoux-Seguin, Senegal
• Breyten Breytenbach, South Africa (1939- )
• Andre Brink, South Africa
• Akosua Busia, Ghana

C

• Marcel Cabon, Mauritius (1912-1972)
• Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissau/Cape Verde (1924-1973)
• Adèle Caby-Livannah, Congo-Brazzaville (1957- )
• Laye Camara, Guinea
• Albert Camus, Algeria (1913-1960), awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Marie Anne Caro, Côte d'Ivoire
• G.E. Casely-Hayford, Ghana
• Jeanne de Cavally, Côte d'Ivoire (1926- )
• Hilda ?Mamapele Chaleka (1944- )
• Pyabelo Chaold Kouly, Togo (1943- )
• Driss Charaïbi, Morocco
• Raymond Chasle, Mauritius
• Syl Cheney-Cocker, Sierra Leone
• Rocha Chimera, Kenya
• Paulina Chiziane, Mozambique (1955- )
• Mohammed Choukri, Morocco
• Aïssatou Cisse, Senegal
• Fanny Fatou Cissé, Côte d'Ivoire (1971- )
• Aïssatou Cissokho, Senegal
• Andrée Clair, Niger (born and died in France) (1916-1982)
• Sara Pinto Coelho, São Tomé and Príncipe (1913-1990)
• J.M. Coetzee, South Africa (1940- ), awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Josiane Cointet, Guinea (born and lives in France)
• Simporé Simone Compaore, Burkina Faso
• Lima Conceição, São Tomé and Príncipe (1962- )
• Maggy Correa, Rwanda
• Caetano da Costa Alegre, São Tomé and Príncipe (1864-1890)
• Micheline Coulibaly, Côte d'Ivoire (born in Vietnam) (1950-2003
• Bryce Courtenay, South Africa (1933-)
• Mia Couto, Mozambique
• José Craveirinha, Mozambique
• Jeremy Cronin, South Africa
• Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, from today's Ghana (1757?-1801?)
• Patrick Cullinan, South Africa

D

• Bernard Binlin Dadié, Côte d'Ivoire
• Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwe
• Achmat Dangor, South Africa
• Amma Darko, Ghana
• Marie Claire Dati Sabze, Cameroon
• Malcolm de Chazal, Mauritius (1902-1981)
• Ingrid de Kok, South Africa (1951- )
• Jacques Derrida, Algeria (1930-2004)
• Carl de Souza, Mauritius (1949- )
• Ananda Devi, Mauritius
• Aïssatou Diagne Deme, Senegal
• Mohammed Dib, Algeria (1920-2003)
• Henriette Diabate, Côte d'Ivoire
• Nafissatou Dia Diouf, Senegal (1973- )
• Aïda Mady Diallo, Mali
• Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo, Guinea (1956- )
• Mariana Kesso Diallo, Guinée
• Muriel Diallo, Côte d'Ivoire (1967- )
• Nafissatou Niang Diallo, Senegal (1941-1982)
• Aïssatou Diam, Senegal?
• Cucile-Ivelyse Diamoneka, Congo (1940- )
• Alpha Mandé Diarra, Mali
• Oumou Diarra, Mali (born in Yugoslavia) (1967- )
• Marion Diby Zinnanti, Côte d'Ivoire (1960- )
• Gina Dick, Côte d'Ivoire
• Mame Younousse Dieng, Senegal
• Aminata Sophie Dièye, Senegal (1973- )
• Sandile Dikeni, South Africa
• Modikwe Dikobe, South Africa
• Fatou Diome, Senegal (1968- )
• Birago Diop, Senegal
• Boubacar Boris Diop, Senegal
• Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
• Coumba Diouf, Senegal (lives in USA)
• Aïsha Diouri, Senegal (1974- )
• Diur N?Thumb, Congo
• Tahar Djaout, Algeria (1954-1993)
• Assia Djebar, Algeria (1936-)
• Alda do Espirito Santo, São Tomé and Príncipe (1926- )
• Mario Domingues, São Tomé and Príncipe (1899- )
• Emmanuel Dongala Congo
• Lydie Dooh Bunya, Cameroon (1933- )
• Efua Dorkenoo, Ghana
• C.J. Driver, South Africa
• K. Sello Duiker, South Africa

E

• Marie Félicité Ebokea, Cameroon
• Edmond Amran El Maleh, Morocco (1917- )
• Nawâl El Saadâwi, Egypt (1931- )
• Geneviève Ekomba, see Marie Charlotte Mbarga Kouma
• Christine Akoua Ekue, Togo
• Buchi Emecheta, Nigeria
• Stella Engama, Cameroon (1955- )
• Olaudah Equiano, from today's Nigeria (contested) (1745?-1797)
• Alda Esprito Santo, São Tomé and Príncipe
• Nathalie Etoké, Cameroon (born in France) (1977- )
• Ahmed Essop, South Africa
• Eliabeth Ewombe-Moundo, Cameroon

F

• Francis O. Ohanyido, Nigeria, (1970-)
• Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigeria
• Khadi Fall, Senegal (1948- )
• Kimé Dirama Fall, Senegal
• Jean Fanchette, Mauritius
• Frantz Fanon, Algeria (born in Martinique) (1925-1961)
• Nurudin Farah, Somalia
• Adelaide Fassinou, Benin (1955- )
• Aleth Felix- Tchicaya, Congo-Brazzaville (1955- )
• Mouloud Feraoun, Algeria (1913-1962)
• Alile Wahnon Ferro, Cape Verde, 1940
• Ruth First, South Africa (1925-1982)
• Aïcha Fofana, Mali (1957-2003)
• Mercedes Fouda, Cameroon
• Lynne Freed, South Africa
• Athol Fugard, South Africa ((1932- )
• Sheila Fugard, South Africa
• Dan Fulani, Nigeria
• Alexandra Fuller, Zimbabwe,(1969-)

G

• Gad Ami, Togo (1958- )
• Absa Gassama, Senegal
• Mambou Aimée Gnali, Congo-Brazzaville
• Nadine Gordimer, South Africa (1923- ), awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Jeremy Gordin, South Africa
• Stephen Gray, South Africa
• Aïssatou Guido, Mali (1941- )
• Zarra Guiro, Burkina Faso (1957- )
• Mafika Gwala, South Africa
• Peter Godwin, Zimbabwe

H

• Reesom Haile, Eritrea
• Khadidjatou (Khady) Hane, Senegal
• Corinne Happy, Cameroon (1958- )
• Floe Hazoume, Congo-Brazzaville (1959- )
• Bessie Head, South Africa (1937-1986)
• Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius, Rwanda
• Bruce Hewett, South Africa
• Luis Bernado Honwano, Mozambique
• Christopher Hope, South Africa
• Gisèle Hountondji, Benin (1954- )
• Paulin J. Hountondji, Benin (1942-)
• Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwe
• Emma Huismans, South Africa

I

• Monique Ilboudo, Burkina Faso
• Moses Isegawa, Uganda

J

• Noni Jabuvi, South Africa (1919?/1921?- )
• Rayda Jacobs, South Africa
• Fhazel Johennesse, South Africa
• Samuel Johnson, Nigeria
• Archibald Campbell Jordan, South Africa
• Elsa Joubert, South Africa (1922-

K

• Kayemb "Uriël" Nawej, Le Nlongi,Congo (Democratic Republic),1964
• Maguy Kabamba, Congo (Democratic Republic) (1960- )
• Oklomin Kacou, Côte d'Ivoire
• Viviane Kadio, see Oklomin Kacou
• Christine Kalonji, Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Sophie Heidi Kam, Burkina Faso (1968- )
• Esther Kamatari, Burundi (1951- )
• Sylvie Kande, Senegal (born in France)
• Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegal
• Sandra Pierrette Kanzie, Burkina Faso
• Farida Karodia, South Africa (1942- )
• Dia Kassembe, Angola
• Catherine Samali Kavuma, Uganda
• Simone Kaya, Côte d'Ivoire (1937- )
• Hélène Kaziende, Niger
• Aoua Kéita, Mali (1912-1980)
• Fatou Kéita, Côte d'Ivoire
• Fatouma Keïta, Mali (1977- )
• Modibo Sounkalo Keita, Mali
• China Keitetsi, Uganda
• Ken Bugul, Senegal (1947- )
• Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya, (1892?-1978)
• Euphrase Kezilahali, Tanzania (1944- )
• Abdelkébir Khatibi, Morocco
• Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, Morocco
• Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, Mozambique
• Marie-Angèle Kingué, Cameroon
• Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso
• Ingrid de Kok
• Moussa Konaté, Mali
• Alimatou Koné, Côte d'Ivoire
• Boundou Koné, Côte d'Ivoire
• Gaël Koné, Burkina Faso (1976- )
• Akissi Kouadio, Côte d'Ivoire
• Adjoua Flore Kouame, Côte d'Ivoire (1964- )
• Marie-Christine Koundja, Chad (1957- )
• Ahmadou Kourouma, Côte d'Ivoire
• Genevieve Koutou Guhl, Côte d'Ivoire
• Antije Krog, South Africa
• Thérèse Kuoh Moukoury, Cameroon (1938- )
• Ellen Kuzwayo, South Africa (1914- )

L

• Abdellatif Laabi, Morocco
• Sony Labou Tansi, Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Ayavi Lake, Senegal, (1980- )
• Béatrice Lalilon Gbado, Benin
• David Lambkin, South Africa
• Anne Landsman, South Africa
• Alda Lara, Angola (1930-1962)
• Francine Laurans, Congo (1962- )
• Lauryn, Togo/Benin/Côte d'Ivoire (born in France) (1978- )
• Camara Laye, Guinea
• Doris Lessing, Zimbabwe (born in Persia, today's Iran) (1919- )
• Colleen Lindsay, Mauritius/South Africa
• Binéka Daniele Lissouba, Congo (born in France)
• Douglas Livingstone, South Africa (born in Malaysia) (1932-1996)

M

• Lina Magaia, Mozambique (1945- )
• Sindiwe Magona, South Africa (1943- )
• Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt (1911-1994), awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Aminata Maïga Ka, Senegal (1940- )
• Amina Mama, Nigeria
• Mahmood Mamdani, Uganda
• Mouloud Mammeri, Algeria (1917-1989)
• Nelson Mandela, South Africa (1918- )
• Tita Mandeleau, Senegal (1937- )
• Manïssa, Côte d'Ivoire
• Chris Mann, South Africa
• Nozipa Maraire, Zimbabwe (1966- )
• Eugène Marais, South Africa
• Rene Maran, Gabon (born near Martinique) (1887-1960)
• Honorine Mare, Burkina Faso (1972- )
• Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwe
• M. Manuela Margarido, São Tomé and Príncipe (1925- )
• Mary Lee Martin-Koné, Côte d'Ivoire (born in USA)
• Andrew Martens, South Africa
• Amie-Claire Matip, Cameroon (1938- )
• Don Mattera, South Africa
• Edouard Maunick, Mauritius
• Hortense Mayaba, Benin
• M?Bamekan Soucko Bathily, Mali
• Marie Charlotte Mbarga Kouma, Cameroon (1941- )
• Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma, see Ken Bugul
• Annette Mbaye D?Erneville, Senegal (1926- )
• Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa, Gabon
• Ndèye Comba Mbengue Diakhaté, Senegal
• James McClure, South Africa
• Zakes Mda, South Africa
• Mariama Méité, Côte d'Ivoire (1967- )
• John van Melle, South Africa (born in the Netherlands) (1887-1953)
• Albert Memmi, Tunisia
• Nega Mezlekia, Ethiopia
• Régine Mfoumou-Arthur, Cameroon (1972- )
• Gcina Mhlophe, South Africa (1959- )
• Rachid Mimouni, Algeria (1945-1995)
• Justine Mintsa, Gabon (1967- )
• Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho (1876-1948)
• Benjamin Moloise, South Africa
• Aília Momplé, Mozambique (1935- )
• Tierno Monénembo, Guinea
• Isabelle Montplaisir, Côte d'Ivoire
• Yolanda Morazzo, Cape Verde (1928- )
• Diana Mordasini, Senegal
• Ahlam Mostaghanemi, Algeria
• Casey Motsisi, South Africa
• Salama Moussa, Egypt (1889-1958)
• Phaswane Mpe, South Africa
• Ezekiel Mphahlele, South Africa
• Evelyne Mpudi Ngnole, Cameroon (1953- )
• Jusitne M'Poyo Kassa-Vubu, Congo (1951- )
• Oswald Mtshali, South Africa
• Thérèse Muamini, Rwanda
• V.Y. Mudimbe, Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Amélia Muge, Mozamibque (1952- )
• Micere Mugo, Kenya (1942- )
• Yolande Mukagasana, Rwanda
• Charles Mungoshi, Zimbabwe
• Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, South Africa
• Betty (Elisabeth) Mweya Tol'Ande, Congo, (1947- )

N

• Rosalie Nana, Côte d'Ivoire (1962- )
• Justine Nankam, Cameroon
• Jabula Ndebele, South Africa
• Alix Ndefu, Cameroon (1974- )
• Aminata Ndiaye, Senegal (1974- )
• Catherine N?Diaye, Senegal (1952- )
• Marie Ndiaye, Senegal (born in France) (1967- )
• Fatou Sow Ndiaye, Senegal
• Ndèye Doury Ndiaye, Senegal (1936- )
• Mariama Ndoye, Senegal
• Jeanne Mgo Maï, Cameroon (1933- )
• Geneviève Ngosso Kouo, Cameroon
• Marie Julie Nguetse, Cameroon
• Mzamane Nhlapo, Lesotho
• Anne Marie Niane, Senegal (born in Vietnam) (1950- )
• Djibril Tamsir Niane, Senegal
• Mame Bassine Niang, Senegal (1951- )
• Fatou Niang Siga, Senegal (1932- )
• Goley Niantié Lou, Côte d'Ivoire
• Mike Nicol, South Africa
• Marlene van Niekerk, South Africa
• Suzy Henique Nikiéma, Burkina Faso (1983- )
• Rebeka Njau, Kenya (1930- )
• Josette Eveyne Njock, Cameroon
• Rabiatou Njoya, Cameroon (1945- )
• Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana (1909-1972)
• Kavidi Wivine N?Landu, Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Arthur Nortje, South Africa (1942-1970)
• Mpho ?Masepo Nthunya, Lesotho
• Francine N?Toumi, see Francine Laurans
• Martina Awele Nwakoby, Nigeria (1937- )
• Flora Nwapa, Nigeria (1931-1993)
• Nadine Nyangoma, Guinea-Bissau (born in Belgium)
• Sibusiso Nyembezi, South Africa
• Clémentine Nzuji, Congo (Democratic Republic) (1944- )
• Sekai Nzenza-Shand, Zimbabwe

O

• Nadège Noëlle Ango Obiang, Gabon
• Asenath Bole Odaga, Kenya
• Grace Ogot, Kenya (1930- )
• Molara Ogundipe, Nigeria
• Tanure Ojaide, Mauritius (1948- )
• Christopher Okigbo, Nigeria
• Ben Okri, Nigeria
• Osonye Tess Onwueme, Nigeria (1955- )
• Yambo Ouologuem, Mali (1940- ) Mali
• Sembène Ousmane, Senegal
• Helen Ovbiagele, Nigeria (1944- )
• Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroon

P

• Essop Patel, South Africa
• Alan Paton, South Africa (1903 - 1988)
• Valérie Pascaud-Junot, Senegal (born in France)
• Okot p'Bitek, Uganda
• Grace Emmanuelle Peh, Cameroon
• Pepetela, Angola
• Anne Piette, Senegal (born in France) (1943- )
• Sol T. Plaatje, South Africa
• Menan du Plessis, South Africa (1952- )

Q

• Pascale Quao-Gaudens, Côte d'Ivoire (1963- )

R

• Jean-Joseph Rabéarivelo, Madagascar (1901?/1902?/1904?-1937)
• Charlotte Arrissoa Rafenomanjato, Madagascar
• Michèle Rakotoson, Madagascar
• Oum Ramatou, Niger (1970- )
• Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri, Gabon
• Cristiane Remino-Granel, Côte d'Ivoire? (born on Martinique)
• Alifa Rifaat, Egypt
• Sheila Roberts, South Africa (1937- )
• Utto Rodolph, see Yambo Ouologuem

S

• Jehan Sadat, Egypt (1933- )
• Tayeb Salih, Sudan
• Dina Salústio, Cape Verde (1941- )
• Colette Samoya Kiruya, Burundi (1952- )
• Ana Julia Monteiro Sança, Cape Verde (1949- )
• Bernadette Sanou Dao, Mali (1952- )
• Adiza Sanoussi, Burkina Faso
• Glória de Santana, Mozambique (1925- )
• Rosa de Saron, Cape Verde
• Williams Sassine, Guinea
• Ghislaine Sathoud, Congo-Brazzaville (1969- )
• Riana Scheepers, South Africa
• Alan Scholefield, South Africa
• Olive Schreiner, South Africa (1855-1920)
• Leila Sebbar, Algeria
• Marinette Secco, Côte d'Ivoire (born in France) (1921- )
• Mama Seck Mbacke, Senegal
• Ahmed Sefrioui, Morocco
• Sahle Sellassie, Ethiopia (1936- )
• Ousmane Sembène, Senegal
• Jean Sénac, Algeria (1926-1962)
• Fama Diagne Sène, Senegal (1969- )
• Léopold Senghor, Senegal (1906-2001)
• Sipho Sepamla, South Africa
• Mongane Wally Serote, South Africa (1944- )
• Robert Bin Shaaban, Tanzania
• Marie-Simone Séri, Burkina Faso/Côte d'Ivoire
• Haïdara Fatoumata Sirantou, Côte d'Ivoire
• Gillian Slovo, South Africa
• Adam Small, South Africa
• Alexander McCall Smith, Zimbabwe/Botswana
• Wilbur Smith, South Africa (1932- )
• Zulu Sofolo, Nigeria (1935?/1938?- )
• Kelwyn Sole, South Africa
• Ahdaf Soueif, Egypt
• Noémia de Sousa, Mozambique (1926- )
• Aminata Sow Fall, Senegal (1941- )
• Amina Sow Mbaye, Senegal (1937- )
• Wole Soyinka, Nigeria (1934- ), awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Wilma Stockenstrom, South Africa (1933- )
• Efua Theodora Sutherland, Ghana (1924- )
• Khady Sylla, Senegal (1963- )

T

• Véronique Tadjo, Côte d'Ivoire (1955- )
• Tchicaya U Tam'si, Congo (Brazzaville)
• Paula Tavares, Angola (1952- )
• Fanta-Taga Tembely, Mali (1946- )
• José Francisco Tenreiro, São Tomé and Príncipe (1921-1963)
• Can Themba, South Africa (1924-1969)
• Marie Bernadette Tiendrébéogo, Guinea (1958- )
• Miriam Tlali, South Africa (1933- )
• Abibatou Traoré, Senegal (1973- )
• Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye, Ethiopia (1936- )
• Kabika Tshilolo, Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Marie-Leontine Tsibinda, Congo-Brazzaville
• Hama Tuma, Ethiopia (1949- )
• Marie Rose Turpin, Senegal (1957- )
• Amos Tutuola, Nigeria

U

• Françoise Ugochukwu, Nigeria (born in France)
• Adaoa Lily Ulasi, Nigeria (1932- )
• Marie-Aimable Umurerwa, Rwanda
• Marie Béatrice Umutesi, Rwanda (1959- )

V

• Van Onselen, South Africa
• Gustavus Vassa, see Olaudah Equiano
• M.G. Vassanji, Kenya
• Amplia Veiga, Angola (born in Portugal) (1931- )
• Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwe (1964- )
• José Luandino Vieira, Mozambique
• Benedict Vilakazi, South Africa
• Lettie Viljoen, South Africa (1948- )
• Dev Virasawmy, Mauritius

W

• Ugonna Wachuku, Nigeria (1971- ), has been living in Geneva, Switzerland since March 1996
• Ngugi wa Mirii, Kenya (1951- )
• Ngugi wa Thiongo, Kenya (1938- )
• Graham Walker, South Africa
• Myriam Warner Vieyra, Senegal (born in Guadeloupe) (1939- )
• Stephen Watson, South Africa (1955- )
• Werewere-Liking Gnepo, Cameroon/Côte d'Ivoire (1950- )
• Zoe Wicomb, South Africa
• Ken Wiwa, Nigeria
• Mammo Wudneh, Ethiopia
• Christopher van Wyk, South Africa

X

Y

• Kateb Yacine, Algeria (1929-1989)
• Ouologuem Yambo
• Caroline Angèle Yao, Côte d'Ivoire
• Regina Yaou, Côte d'Ivoire (1955- )
• Annie Yapobi, Côte d'Ivoire
• Brigitte Yengo, Congo
• Yonko Nana Tabitha, Cameroon
• Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Z

• Julienne Zanga, Cameroon (1973- )
• Delphine Zanga Tsogo, Cameroon (1935- )
• Mohammed Zefzaf, Morocco
• Rose Zwi, South Africa, born in Mexico

See also

• List of African writers (by country)
• Lists of authors

External links

• Contemporary Africa Database (http://people.africadatabase.org/)