African Arts & Culture Leaders
Discover the most influential arts & culture figures across Africa
Assia Djebar†
Novelist & Filmmaker
Aston
Street Artist
Bakary Sarr
Photographer
Barnabé Laye
Novelist
Barthélémy Toguo
Performance Artist
Bassek Ba Kobhio
Director & Producer
Bela Duarte
Artist
Benjamin Sehene
Novelist & Diplomat
Bernadette Dao
Novelist
Bernard Dadié†
Poet & Novelist
Binyah Kesselly
Novelist & Poet
Bonga (Barceló de Carvalho)
Pioneer of Modern Angolan Music
Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Composer & Conductor; EC
Boubacar Diallo
Director & Producer
Bruce Clarke
Sculptor
Bunmi Davies
Artist & Sculptor
Bárbara Agostinho
Choreographer
Cali Jimcaale†
Novelist
Calixthe Beyala
Novelist & Feminist
Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato
Novelist
Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Director & Producer
Cheikh Hamidou Kane
Novelist
Chinua Achebe†
Author of *Things Fall Apart* (Legacy)
Chéri Samba
Painter (Congo-Benin)