African Writers:

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

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
• 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

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

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
• 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- )

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