African Entertainment Leaders
Discover the most influential entertainment figures across Africa
Rafael Marques de Morais
Founder; Investigative Journalist & Activist; Maka Angola Founder
System Tazvida†
Sungura Legend
Sanaa Seif
Activist; Filmmaker; Filmmaker & Activist
Abdel Halim Hafez†
Legend; “Nightingale”; “The Dark-Skinned Nightingale”
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Blogger; Blogger & Political Prisoner; Prisoner
Almami Suluku†
Temne Chief (Sierra Leone-Gambia)
Arthur Ashe
DI; Tennis Legend (SA-born)
Arwa Salih
Women's Rights Activist
Auditor-General SA
Chapter 9 Institution
Brenda Fassie†
Queen of African Pop
Cesária Évora†
Barefoot Diva & Global Icon
Clarence Lorenzo Simpson Sr.†
Chief Justice
Commission for Gender Equality
Chapter 9 Institution
Daniel Kachamba†
Kwela Pioneer
Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh
Ebola Heroine (Legacy)
Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh Foundation
Legacy Foundation
Dr. Ameyo Adadevoh†
Ebola Heroine
Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh
Director
Electoral Commission SA
Chapter 9 Institution
Fartuun Adan
Founder Elman Peace & Human Rights Centre
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim†
Women's Union Founder
Floribert Chebeya†
VSV Founder & Martyr
Hanan al-Barassi†
Women's Rights Activist
Justiça Paz e Democracia (JPD)
Coalition of 18 NGOs; LU