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
Assia Djebar†

Assia Djebar†

Novelist & Filmmaker

Algeria
Aston

Aston

Street Artist

Benin
Bakary Sarr

Bakary Sarr

Photographer

Gambia

Barnabé Laye

Novelist

Benin

Barthélémy Toguo

Performance Artist

Togo

Bassek Ba Kobhio

Director & Producer

Cameroon

Bela Duarte

Artist

Cape Verde

Benjamin Sehene

Novelist & Diplomat

Rwanda

Bernadette Dao

Novelist

Burkina Faso
Bernard Dadié†

Bernard Dadié†

Poet & Novelist

Ivory Coast

Binyah Kesselly

Novelist & Poet

Liberia
Bonga (Barceló de Carvalho)

Bonga (Barceló de Carvalho)

Pioneer of Modern Angolan Music

Angola

Bongani Ndodana-Breen

Composer & Conductor; EC

South Africa
Boubacar Diallo

Boubacar Diallo

Director & Producer

Burkina Faso
Bruce Clarke

Bruce Clarke

Sculptor

Togo
Bunmi Davies

Bunmi Davies

Artist & Sculptor

Sierra Leone
Bárbara Agostinho

Bárbara Agostinho

Choreographer

Angola

Cali Jimcaale†

Novelist

Somalia
Calixthe Beyala

Calixthe Beyala

Novelist & Feminist

Cameroon

Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato

Novelist

Madagascar

Cheick Oumar Sissoko

Director & Producer

Mali

Cheikh Hamidou Kane

Novelist

Senegal
Chinua Achebe†

Chinua Achebe†

Author of *Things Fall Apart* (Legacy)

Nigeria

Chéri Samba

Painter (Congo-Benin)

Benin
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