African Arts & Culture Leaders

Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa

685
Influential People
51
Countries Represented
All Countries Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad
Abdellatif Kechiche

Abdellatif Kechiche

Director & Palme d'Or Winner

Tunisia
Abderrahmane Sissako

Abderrahmane Sissako

Director & Cannes Winner

Mali

Abdillahi Miguil Djama

Filmmaker

Djibouti
Abdoulaye Dao

Abdoulaye Dao

Director & Producer

Burkina Faso

Abdoulaye Komboudri

Actor

Burkina Faso
Abdoulaye Konaté

Abdoulaye Konaté

Contemporary Artist

Mali

Abdoulaye Konaté

Textile Artist (Mali-Togo)

Togo

Adama Drabo

Director & Producer

Mali

Adila Bendimerad

Actress

Algeria
Ahlam Mosteghanemi

Ahlam Mosteghanemi

Novelist

Algeria

Ahmadou Kourouma†

Novelist & Prix Goncourt Winner

Ivory Coast
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik†

Ahmed Khaled Tawfik†

Author; Pioneer of Arabic Sci-Fi

Egypt

Ahmed Sefrioui†

Novelist & Educator

Morocco
Akissi Delta

Akissi Delta

Actress & Comedian

Ivory Coast
Ala Eddine Slim

Ala Eddine Slim

Director & Producer

Tunisia
Alaa Al Aswany

Alaa Al Aswany

Author; Author of *The Yacoubian Building*

Egypt

Alaa Eddine Aljem

Director & Screenwriter

Morocco
Alain Gomis

Alain Gomis

Director & Screenwriter

Senegal
Albert Memmi†

Albert Memmi†

Novelist & Sociologist

Tunisia
Alexis Kagame†

Alexis Kagame†

Historian & Poet (Rwanda-Burundi)

Burundi
Amie Sillah

Amie Sillah

Artist

Gambia

Aminata Ouédraogo

Actress & Producer

Burkina Faso
Aminatta Forna

Aminatta Forna

Novelist & Memoirist

Sierra Leone
Apolline Traoré

Apolline Traoré

Director & Producer

Burkina Faso
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