List of African writers by country explained

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

Algeria

See: List of Algerian writers

Angola

See: List of Angolan writers

Benin

See: List of Beninese writers

Botswana

Burkina Faso

See: List of Burkinabé writers

Burundi

Cameroon

See: List of Cameroonian writers

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo (Brazzaville)

See: List of Republic of the Congo writers

Congo (Democratic Republic) – formerly Zaïre

See: List of Democratic Republic of the Congo writers

Côte d'Ivoire

See: List of Ivorian writers

Djibouti

Egypt

See: List of Egyptian writers

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

See also: List of Amharic writers.

Gabon

The Gambia

See main article: List of Gambian writers.

Ghana

See: List of Ghanaian writers

Guinea

See: List of Guinean writers

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

See: List of Kenyan writers

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

See: List of Malagasy writers

Malawi

See: List of Malawian writers

Mali

See: List of Malian writers

Mauritania

Mauritius

See main article: List of Mauritian writers.

Morocco

See main article: List of Moroccan writers.

Mozambique

See: List of Mozambican writers

Namibia

See also: List of Namibian writers.

Niger

See: List of Nigerien writers

Nigeria

See: List of Nigerian writers

Rwanda

See: List of Rwandan writers

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

See: List of Senegalese writers

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

See: List of Sierra Leonean writers

Somalia

South Africa

See: List of South African writers

Sudan

See: List of Sudanese writers

Swaziland

Tanzania

See: List of Tanzanian writers

Togo

See: List of Togolese writers

Tunisia

See: List of Tunisian writers

Uganda

See: List of Ugandan writers

Western Sahara

Zambia

Zimbabwe

See: List of Zimbabwean writers

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. http://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/author/ketty-nivyabandi "Ketty Nivyabandi"
  3. [Acheikh ibn Oumar]
  4. Web site: 1ère ÉDITION DES JOURNÉES TCHADIENNES AU SÉNÉGAL: Pour vivifier un héritage culturel . Lematindafrique.com . 2011-11-11.
  5. Web site: Mouna-Hodan Ahmed: An author from Djibouti writing in French . Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au . 2011-11-11.
  6. Charles Cantalupo, Reesom Haile's poetry
  7. Jane Plastow, "Alemseged Tesfai: a playwright in the service of Eritrean liberation", in Banham et al, African theatre in development, 1999, pp. 54–60.
  8. Book: Bouchard, N . Italy and the Mediterranean: Words, Sounds, and Images of the Post-Cold War Era . Ferme, V . 2013 . Springer . 978-1137343468.
  9. Web site: Peggy Lucie Auleley: lauréate du concours ACCT . Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au . 1999-06-03 . 2011-11-11.
  10. Book: Toman, Cheryl . Women Writers of Gabon: Literature and Herstory . xxviii . 2016 . Lexington Books . 978-1498537216.
  11. Web site: Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa . Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au . 2011-11-11.
  12. Web site: Justine Mintsa: An author from Gabon writing in French . Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au . 2011-11-11.
  13. Web site: Nadège Noëlle Ango Obiang: An author from Gabon writing in French . Aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au . 2003-09-19 . 2011-11-11.
  14. Albert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Volume 1, p. 286.
  15. [Margaret Busby]
  16. Suha Taji-Farouki, 'Sadiq Nayhum: An Introduction to the Life and Works of a Contemporary Libyan Intellectual', The Maghreb Review, 25:3–4 (2000), pp. 242 ff.
  17. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june11/libyapoet_03-02.html Benghazi-Born Poet Mattawa Reflects on Growing up Under Gadhafi
  18. Nyasa Times obituary Web site: Malawi writer, media trainer dies: Tito Banda | Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi breaking news in Malawi . 8 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193501/http://www.nyasatimes.com/2014/03/11/malawi-writer-media-trainer-dies-tito-banda/ . 4 March 2016 . bot: unknown .
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  20. Book: Janheinz Jahn. Ulla Schild. Almut Nordmann Seiler. Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. 1972. Horst Erdmann Verlag. 978-3-7711-0153-4.
  21. https://archive.org/details/@lula_pensulo
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  23. Killam, Douglas & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000.
  24. http://www.humanities.uct.ac.za/news/tributes-reuben-chirambo Univ. of South Africa obituary
  25. http://malawi24.com/2015/11/06/poet-robert-chiwamba-launches-second-album-on-sunday/ Malawi 24 news 6 Nov 2015
  26. Chimombo, Steve, (1987) "Creative Writing in Malawi: A Bibliography" Research in African Literatures, Vol. 18, No. 3, Special Issue on the Concept of National Literature (Autumn, 1987), pp. 336-339
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  30. Alfred Msadala, "A look at Bededicto Wokomaatani Malunga", Destined for great things: papers, 1999, pp. 27–8.
  31. Albert S. Gérard (1986), European-Language writing in Sub-Southern Africa, p. 962.
  32. http://mwnation.com/jolly-maxwell-ntaba/ Profile in the Daily Nation April 4, 2014
  33. http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no96061711/ WorldCat identities
  34. B. Pachai, "Samuel Josiah Ntara: Writer and Historian" The Society of Malawi Journal Vol. 21, No. 2 (July, 1968), pp. 60-66
  35. Author of Miyambi ya Patsokwe (Chichewa proverbs) (2015) and Mpandamachokero (Malawian tales) (2015); editor of Chisimba cha Alakatuli (anthology of Chichewa poems) (2015).
  36. http://mwnation.com/willie-zingani-a-writer-of-all-ages/ "Willie Zingani: A Writer of All Ages" (Profile in the Daily Nation newspaper, April 18, 2014)
  37. Web site: Shaba revives poetry. 17 July 2020.
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  42. Elias Munshya wa Munshya, Zambia: Chibamba Kanyama’s Controversy: A Review of “Business Values for our Time”, Lusaka Times 31 October 2010.
  43. Albert S. Gérard, African Language Literatures: an introduction to the literary history of Sub-Saharan Africa, 1981, p. 227.
  44. Eric Gondwe, Charles Mwewa, Zambian.com.
  45. Zambian Economist review.