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  • Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (born January 5, 1938 is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in Gĩkũyũ. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and children’s literature....0April 3, 2010

    Ngugi wa Thiong’o

    Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (born January 5, 1938 is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in Gĩkũyũ. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and children’s literature….

  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born September 15, 1977) is an acclaimed Nigerian writer. She is a native of Abba, Nigeria, in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria. Her family is...0March 19, 2010

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born September 15, 1977) is an acclaimed Nigerian writer. She is a native of Abba, Nigeria, in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria. Her family is…

  • Athol Fugard (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director who writes in English, best known for his political plays opposing the South African system...0February 23, 2010

    Athol Fugard

    Athol Fugard (born 11 June 1932) is a South African playwright, novelist, actor, and director who writes in English, best known for his political plays opposing the South African system…

  • Kenule “Ken” Beeson Saro-Wiwa (October 10, 1941 – November 10, 1995) was a Nigerian author, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member...0June 29, 2009

    Ken Saro-Wiwa

    Kenule “Ken” Beeson Saro-Wiwa (October 10, 1941 – November 10, 1995) was a Nigerian author, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize. Saro-Wiwa was a member…

  • Alexandre Biyidi Awala (June 30, 1932 – October 8, 2001), known as Mongo Beti, was a Cameroonian writer. The son of Oscar Awala and Régine Alomo, Alexandre was born in...0May 7, 2009

    Mongo Beti

    Alexandre Biyidi Awala (June 30, 1932 – October 8, 2001), known as Mongo Beti, was a Cameroonian writer. The son of Oscar Awala and Régine Alomo, Alexandre was born in…

  • Calixthe Beyala (born 1961) is a Cameroonian writer who writes in French. Calixthe Beyala was born into a poor family in Douala, Cameroon. Her older sister raised her and sent...0May 7, 2009

    Calixthe Beyala

    Calixthe Beyala (born 1961) is a Cameroonian writer who writes in French. Calixthe Beyala was born into a poor family in Douala, Cameroon. Her older sister raised her and sent…

  • Abdourahman A. Waberi is novelist, essayist, poet and short-story writer. Abdourahman Waberi was born in Djibouti City in 1965. He went to France in 1985 to study English literature. Waberi...0March 1, 2009

    Abdourahman Waberi

    Abdourahman A. Waberi is novelist, essayist, poet and short-story writer. Abdourahman Waberi was born in Djibouti City in 1965. He went to France in 1985 to study English literature. Waberi…

  • Amílcar Lopes Cabral (pronunciation in IPA: [ɐ'milkaɾ 'lɔpɨʃ kɐ'bɾal]) (12 September, 1924 – 20 January, 1973) was an African agronomic engineer, writer, Marxist and nationalist politician. Cabral led African nationalism...0March 1, 2009

    Amílcar Cabral

    Amílcar Lopes Cabral (pronunciation in IPA: [ɐ'milkaɾ 'lɔpɨʃ kɐ'bɾal]) (12 September, 1924 – 20 January, 1973) was an African agronomic engineer, writer, Marxist and nationalist politician. Cabral led African nationalism…

  • Princess Esther Kamatari (born 1951) is a writer, model, and exiled Burundian princess. Esther Kamatari grew up in Burundi as a member of the royal family. Following independence in 1962,...0March 1, 2009

    Esther Kamatari

    Princess Esther Kamatari (born 1951) is a writer, model, and exiled Burundian princess. Esther Kamatari grew up in Burundi as a member of the royal family. Following independence in 1962,…

  • Joseph Ki-Zerbo (June 21, 1922 – December 4, 2006, Burkina Faso) was a Burkinabé politician and writer. He spent his youth in Toma where he grew up in a rural...0March 1, 2009

    Joseph Ki-Zerbo

    Joseph Ki-Zerbo (June 21, 1922 – December 4, 2006, Burkina Faso) was a Burkinabé politician and writer. He spent his youth in Toma where he grew up in a rural…

  • José Luandino Vieira (born May 4, 1935) is an Angolan writer of short fiction and novels. Vieira was born in Lagoa de Furadouro, Ourém, Portugal and was Portuguese by birth...0March 1, 2009

    José Luandino Vieira

    José Luandino Vieira (born May 4, 1935) is an Angolan writer of short fiction and novels. Vieira was born in Lagoa de Furadouro, Ourém, Portugal and was Portuguese by birth…

  • José Eduardo Agualusa (Alves da Cunha) (born 1960) is an Angolan journalist and writer born to white Portuguese settlers. A native of Huambo, Angola, he currently resides in both Lisbonand Luanda. He writes in Portuguese.   He has previously published collections...0March 1, 2009

    José Eduardo Agualusa

    José Eduardo Agualusa (Alves da Cunha) (born 1960) is an Angolan journalist and writer born to white Portuguese settlers. A native of Huambo, Angola, he currently resides in both Lisbonand Luanda. He writes in Portuguese.   He has previously published collections…

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