African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Barthélémy Toguo
Performance Artist
Bertrand Tavernier†
Director (France-Burkina Faso)
Chimamanda Adichie
Author & Feminist Voice
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Author & Global Speaker; Author & Speaker; Bestselling Author & Speaker
Dambisa Moyo
Economist & Author
Donia Samir Ghanem
Actress; Actress & Presenter
Faten Hamama†
Icon; Legend; “Lady of Arabic Cinema”
Filipe Zau
Musician & Rector; Rector
Ibrahim Shaddad
Pioneer Director
Jackie Appiah
Actress & Pan-African Star
John Dumelo
Actor & Farmer
Lupita Nyong'o
Oscar Winner (Kenya-born raised Tanzania)
Lupita Nyong'o
Oscar-winning Actress
Lupita Nyong’o*
Oscar Winner (Kenyan-Mexican
Nabil Ayouch
Director & Producer
Nadir Moknèche
Director
Paul Ahyi†
Artist & Designer
Rushdy Abaza†
Golden Age; Golden Age Star; Legend
Souleymane Cissokho
Director & Producer
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Goncourt Prize Winner
Thandiwe Newton
Actress (UK-Zimbabwe)
William Kentridge
WC; World-Renowned Artist
Wole Soyinka
Nobel Laureate in Literature
Yasmine Kassari
Director & Producer