African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Abdellatif Kechiche
Director & Palme d'Or Winner
Abderrahmane Sissako
Director & Cannes Winner
Abdillahi Miguil Djama
Filmmaker
Abdoulaye Dao
Director & Producer
Abdoulaye Komboudri
Actor
Abdoulaye Konaté
Contemporary Artist
Abdoulaye Konaté
Textile Artist (Mali-Togo)
Adama Drabo
Director & Producer
Adila Bendimerad
Actress
Ahlam Mosteghanemi
Novelist
Ahmadou Kourouma†
Novelist & Prix Goncourt Winner
Ahmed Khaled Tawfik†
Author; Pioneer of Arabic Sci-Fi
Ahmed Sefrioui†
Novelist & Educator
Akissi Delta
Actress & Comedian
Ala Eddine Slim
Director & Producer
Alaa Al Aswany
Author; Author of *The Yacoubian Building*
Alaa Eddine Aljem
Director & Screenwriter
Alain Gomis
Director & Screenwriter
Albert Memmi†
Novelist & Sociologist
Alexis Kagame†
Historian & Poet (Rwanda-Burundi)
Amie Sillah
Artist
Aminata Ouédraogo
Actress & Producer
Aminatta Forna
Novelist & Memoirist
Apolline Traoré
Director & Producer