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Encyclopedia > List of African writers (by country)

African Writers (by country):


This is a list of prominent and notable literary figures from the African continent, listed by country, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars, listed by country. Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Basic Characteristics There is some debate as to what constitutes childrens literature. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ...

Contents


Algeria

Jean Amrouche (1906-1962) was a French-language Algerian poet. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Rachid Boudjedra (1941-) is an Algerian writer and educator who has published numerous poems, essays and novels. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Albert Camus, in an undated publicity photograph. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Jacques Derrida (July 15, 1930 – October 8, 2004) was an Algerian-born French literary critic and philosopher of Jewish descent, most often referenced as the founder of deconstruction or, by less sympathetic theorists, deconstructionism. His work had a significant impact on continental philosophy and on literary theory, particularly through his... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mohammed Dib (1920-2003) was an Algerian author who wrote over 30 novels, as well as numerous short storys, poems, and childrens literature. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tahar Djaout (1954-1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Assia Djebar is the pen-name of Fatima-Zohra Imalayen (born August 4, 1936), an Algerian novelist, translator and filmaker. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Frantz Fanon (July 20, 1925 – December 6, 1961) was perhaps the preeminent thinker of the 20th century on the issue of decolonization and the psychopathology of colonization. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Mouloud Feraoun (1913 - 1962) was an Algerian writer born in Tizi Hibel, Kabylie. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ahlam (or Ahlem) Mosteghanemi, the daughter of Algerian revolutionary leader Mohammed Chérif, is a notable Algerian writer. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Kateb Yacine (1929 - 1989) was an Algerian writer. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Angola

José Eduardo Agualusa [Alves da Cunha], a native of Huambo (b. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Mário Coelho Pinto de Andrade (August 21, 1928 - August 26, 1990) was an Angolan poet and politician. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Arlindo do Carmo Pires Barbeitos (born December 24, 1940 in Catete, Icolo e Bengo province, Angola) is an Angolan poet. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque (born 9 June 1930, Benguela, Angola; died 30 January 1962, Cambambe, a large poetic output in the Portuguese language. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... António Agostinho Neto (September 17, 1922–September 10, Angola (1975–1979), a poet and nationalist leader. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos (born in Benguela, Angola, in 1941) is a major Angolan writer of fiction. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... José Luandino Vieira (born May 4, 1935) was an Angolan writer of short fiction and novels. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Benin

1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paulin Hountondji (b. ... This article is about the year. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Botswana

Caitlin Davies is an author born in England in 1964. ... Unity Dow (born 1959) is a judge, human rights activist, and writer from Botswana. ... Bessie Head is usually considered Botswanas most important writer. ... Moteane Melamu is a writer and academic from Botswana. ... Barolong Seboni(born 1957) is a poet and academic from Botswana. ... Andrew Sesinyi is the Botswanan author of Love on the Rocks(1983). ...

Burkina Faso

  • Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, also connected with Côte d'Ivoire
  • Sarah Bouyain (1968– )
  • Simporé Simone Compaore
  • Zarra Guiro (1957– )
  • Monique Ilboudo
  • Sophie Heidi Kam (1968– )
  • Sandra Pierrette Kanzie
  • Marie-Simone Séri, also connected with Senegal
  • Joseph Ki-Zerbo
  • Gaël Koné (1976– )
  • Honorine Mare (1972– )
  • Suzy Henique Nikiéma (1983– )
  • Adiza Sanoussi
  • Prof. Maxime Z. Somé

Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo is an African-Canadian poet and journalist. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Joseph Ki-Zerbo (born 1922) is a Burkinabè historian and politician. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Burundi

  • Barbara Kururu Ndimurukundo (1950– )
  • Esther Kamatari (1951– )
  • Colette Samoya Kiruya (1952– )
  • David Niyonzima (1959– )
  • Donatien Bihute ([1940]]– )
  • Antoine Kaburahe ([1965]]– )

1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The French language autobiography of Esther Kamatari HRH Princess Esther Kamatari (born 1951) is a writer, model, and exiled Burundian princess. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cameroon

Alexandre Biyidi Awala (June 30, 1932 - October 8, 2001), known as Mongo Beti, was a Cameroonian writer. ... Jacques Bonjawo is a software engineer, an author and a columnist in the application of technology to sustainable development. ... Ferdinand Léopold Oyono (born 1929) is an author from Cameroon whose work is recognized for irony that shows how easily people can be fooled. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Cape Verde

Germano Almeida (born 1945) is a Cape Verde author and lawyer. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Amílcar Cabral Amílcar Lopes Cabral (1924–January 20, 1973) was an African agronomic engineer, writer and nationalist. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Sergio Frusoni (also Sérgio Frusoni, born August 10, 1901 on the island of São Vicente, died May 29, 1975) was a poet and promoter of the Capeverdean Crioulo language. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Manuel Lopes (December 23, 1907 in Mindelo - January 25, 2005) was a Cape Verdean fictionist, poet and a essayist and a founder of the modern Cape Verdean literature, with Baltasar Lopes da Silva, Jorge Barbosa was a creator of the paper named Claridade. ... Nhô Djunga is the pseudonym of the capeverdian photograph and author João Cleofas Martins (1901-1970). ... Yolanda Morazzo (born 1928, São Vicente, Cape Verde) is a writer of poetry and short fiction in the Portuguese language. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Manuel d Novas (born February 24, 1938) is a Cape Verdean poet and composer. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ivone Ramos (born July 9, 1926 in Santa Catarina on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde) is a Cape Verdean writer. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Eugénio de Paula Tavares (11 May 1867 in the island of Brava and died the 6 January 1930) was a Cape Verdean poet. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

Central African Republic

  • Anurée Blouin (1921– )

1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Chad

  • Marie-Christine Koundja (1957– )

Marie-Christine Koundja is a writer from Chad. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Congo (Brazzaville)

Jeannette Balou Tchichelle is an author born in Republic of the Congo in 1947. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Adèle Caby-Livannah is a writer from the Republic of the Congo born in 1957. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Emmanuel Dongala is a Congolese chemist and novelist. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mambou Aimée Gnali as of 2002 was Minster of Culture in the Republic of the Congo. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Tchicaya U Tamsi (born August 25, 1931 in Mpili; died April 22, 1988 in Bazancourt, near Paris) was a Congolese author. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // History Sister Brigette Yengo (born in the Congo) 1979 Left Pointe Noire to study in Paris and then in Le Havre 1981 Became a nun and is a member of the congregation of the Sisters of Notre-Dame of the Rosary 1987 Earned her chiropractic degree from the National University...

Congo (Democratic Republic)– formerly Zaïre

Motto: Justice - Paix - Travail (French: Justice - Peace - Work) Anthem: Debout Congolais Capital Kinshasa Largest city Kinshasa Official language(s) French Government President Transitional Government Joseph Kabila Independence From Belgium June 30, 1960 Area  - Total    - Water (%)   2,344,858 km² (12th) 905,351 sq mi  3. ... Léonie Abo is a Bambunda author born in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1945. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Amba Bongo is a writer and advocate for refugees from Congo-Kinshasa. ... Lima-Baleka Bosekilolo is a Congolese poet whose works include Les Marais brûlés [The Burnt Marais]. External links UWA Category: ... Maguy Rashidi-Kabamba(born 1960) is a writer and translator from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Christine Kalonji is a French language author from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Sony Labou Tansi (1947-1995) was a Congolese novelist and poet. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Valentine Y. Mudimbe is a philosopher, professor, and author of non-fiction books and articles about African culture, poems, and novels. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Kavidi Wivine NLandu is a poet and political figure from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... Clémentine Faik Nzuji was born in the Congo on January 21, 1944. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Kabika Tshilolo is a writer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who was mentioned in Le Livre littéraire, biographie de la littérature du Congo Kinshasa (The Literary book, a biography of the literature from Kinshasa Congo) Paris: LHarmattan (1994). ... Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie is a novelist, playwright and poet who was born and partly brought up in Zaire (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo) in Africa. ... Born in 1979 in DRCongo ex Zaire, Rais Boneza lives in Norway where he works as a peace researcher and practitioner. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie is a novelist, playwright and poet who was born and partly brought up in Zaire (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo) in Africa. ...

Côte d'Ivoire

  • Josette D. Abondio
  • Anne-Marie Adiaffi (1951– )
  • Marie-Danielle Aka
  • Marie Giselle Aka (born in the Lebanon) (1971– )
  • Assamala Amoi, born in France (1960– )
  • Michele Assamoua, originally from France (1941– )
  • Annick Assemian, born in France (1952– )
  • Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, also connected with Burkina Faso
  • Khadi Sy Bizet
  • Fatou Bolli
  • Tanella Boni
  • Isabelle Boni-Claverie
  • Marie Anne Caro
  • Jeanne de Cavally (1926– )
  • Fanny Fatou Cissé (1971– )
  • Micheline Coulibaly, born in Vietnam (1950–2003)
  • Bernard Binlin Dadié
  • Henriette Diabate
  • Muriel Diallo (1967– )
  • Marion Diby Zinnanti (1960– )
  • Gina Dick
  • Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Togo (1932–2003)
  • Oklomin Kacou
  • Simone Kaya (1937– )
  • Fatou Kéita
  • Alimatou Koné
  • Boundou Koné
  • Akissi Kouadio
  • Adjoua Flore Kouame (1964– )
  • Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003)
  • Genevieve Koutou Guhl
  • Lauryn, also connected with Togo and Benin, born in France (1978– )
  • Manïssa
  • Mary Lee Martin-Koné, (born in USA)
  • Mariama Méité (1967– )
  • Isabelle Montplaisir
  • Rosalie Nana (1962– )
  • Goley Niantié Lou
  • Pascale Quao-Gaudens (1963– )
  • Cristiane Remino-Granel, born on Martinique
  • Marinette Secco, born in France (1921– )
  • Marie-Simone Séri, also connected with Burkina Faso
  • Haïdara Fatoumata Sirantou
  • Véronique Tadjo (1955– )
  • Werewere-Liking Gnepo, also connected with Cameroon (1950– )
  • Caroline Angèle Yao
  • Regina Yaou (1955– )
  • Annie Yapobi

1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo is an African-Canadian poet and journalist. ... Tannella Boni is an Ivorian poet and novelist. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bernard Binlin Dadié (or sometimes Bernard Dadie) (born 1916 near Abidjan) is a prolific Ivorian novelist, playwright, poet, and ex-administrator. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Ahmadou Kourouma, (November 24, 1927 – December 11, 2003) was an Ivorian novelist. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Véronique Tadjo is a writer, poet, and artist from Côte dIvoire. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Djibouti

1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Abdourahman Waberi Abdourahman. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Egypt

Abd al-Rahman Abnudi (b. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Gamal al-Ghitani, Arabic: (b. ... Hayam Abbas Al-Homi is an Egyptian writer, specialising in childrens literature. ... Samir Amin (b. ... ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Naguib Mahfouz (Arabic: نجيب محفوظ ) (born December 11, 1911) is an Egyptian novelist. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual... Alifa Rifaat (June 5, 1930 - 1996) was a controversial Egyptian author, whose short stories reflect on the life of traditional Muslim women in rural Egypt. ... Ahdaf Soueif is an Egyptian short story writer and novelist. ... Salama Moussa (Arabic: سلامه موسى ) (1887 - 1958) was a famous writer and thinker of the Arab world. ...

Equatorial Guinea

María Nsué Angüe (born 1945 in Ebebeyín (Río Muni), Equatorial Guinea) is a noted contemporary Guinean writer and former Minister of Education and Culture. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Eritrea

  • Reesom Haile

Ethiopia

Haddis Alemayehu(1910-2003) is a former Foreign Minister and novelist from Ethiopia. ... Michael Daniel Ambatchew is an Ethiopian childrens book writer born March 7, 1967. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Kidist Bayelegne is an Ethiopian female film director and writer. ... Āfawarq Gabra Iyasus(1868-1947) is an Ethiopian writer and possibly their first novelist to gain repute. ... Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (17 August 1936—25 February 2006) was Poet Laureate of Ethiopia, as well as a poet, playwright, essayist, and art director. ... Ababa Haylemelekot is an Ethiopian author. ... Blattengeta Heruy Welde Sellase(1878-1939) was a Foreign Minister and Ethiopian writer. ... Moges Kebede, sometimes credited as Moges Kebede Damte or Moges Damte, is an Ethiopian author, essayist, and editor. ... Mangistu Lammā is an Ethiopian playwright best known for Yalaccha Gabbiccha (Marriage of Unequals). ... Tāddasa Lībān is an Ethiopian writer known for the collection Maskaram from 1956[1] Categories: | ... Nega Mezlekia(1960-) is an award winning Ethiopian writer who writes in English. ... B. M. Sahle Sellassie is an Ethiopian author who was born in 1936 and has written in least four books. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Demese Tesege is an Ethiopian author and journalist. ... Hama Tuma(1949) is an Ethiopian poet and writer of the Amharic language born in Addis Ababa. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Mammo Wudneh is a playwright, journalist and President of the Ethiopian Writers Association. ...

Gabon


==Ethiopia Jean-Baptiste Nguema Abessolo, also seen as J.-B. Abessolo-Nguema, (b. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... René Maran (1887 – 1960) was the first black writer to win the French Prix Goncourt. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (born 29 April 1954) is a Gabonese novelist. ...

  • Be'alu Girma

The Gambia

Lenrie Peters (b. ...

Ghana

Ama Ata Aidoo is a Ghanian author and playwright who was born Christina Ama Aidoo in Abeadzi Kyiakor in 1942. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Kwame Anthony Appiah is a philosopher and novelist. ... Ayi Kwei Armah is a Ghanian writer. ... Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe (1913-1953) was a Ghanaean doctor, author and poet. ... Bediako Asare is an African journalist and author from Ghana. ... Meshack Asare (born 1945) is a popular African childrens author. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Kofi Awoonor (born George Awoonor-Williams in 1935) is a Ghanaian poet and author, whose work combines the poetic traditions of his native Ewe people and contemporary and religious symbolism to depict Africa during decolonization. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Boyd, CBE (born 7 March 1952 in Accra, Ghana) is a contemporary Scottish novelist and screenwriter. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Akosua Busia (born December 30, 1966) is a Ghanaian actress based in the U.S.. The daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, the ex-prime minister of the Republic of Ghana, Akosua is a princess of the Royal Family of Wenchi, a subgroup of the Ashanti. ... Photograph of J.E. Casely Hayford Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford or Ekra-Agiman (1866–1930) was a Fante journalist, author, lawyer, educator, and politician who supported pan-African nationalism. ... Quobna Ottobah Cugoano (1757?-1801?) was an African abolitionist who was active in England in the latter half of the eighteenth century. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Amma Darko, May 2004 Amma Darko (1956 - ) is an African writer. ... Efua Dorkenoo is a Ghanaian campaigner against female genital cutting. ... Kwame Nkrumah (September 21, 1909 – April 27, 1972) was an African anti-colonial leader, founder and first president of the modern Ghanaian state and one of the most influential Pan-Africanists of the 20th century. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Carl Christian Reindorf was a Ghanaian pastor and historian. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Guinea

1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Laye Camara (1928-1980) was a novelist and short story writer from Upper Guinea. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Camara Laye (b. ... Tierno Monénembo (Thierno Saïdou Diallo) was born in Guinea in 1947. ... Williams Sassine(1944-1996) was a Guinean novelist who wrote in French. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Guinea-Bissau

Amílcar Cabral Amílcar Lopes Cabral (1924–January 20, 1973) was an African agronomic engineer, writer and nationalist. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Kenya

Professor Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha, the East African playwright and educationalist, is the Executive Secretary of the The Inter-University Council for East Africa and Former secretary of the Higher Education Loans Board. ... Rocha Chimera is a Kenyan writer. ... Jomo Kenyatta Jomo Kenyatta (October 20, 1892 ?– August 22, 1978) was an African politician, the first Prime Minister (1963–1964) and President (1964–1978) of an independent Kenya. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Margaret A Ogola is the celebrated Kenyan Author of novels The River and the Source and its sequel I Swear by Apollo. The River and the Source is a wonderful book that follows four generations of Kenyan women in a rapidly changing country and society. ... Grace Ogot was born in May 15, 1930 in Asembo, Kenya. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Moyez G. Vassanji (who writes as M.G. Vassanji) is a Kenyan/Canadian novelist. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ngugi wa Mirii was born in Roromo, Limuru in 1951. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... NgÅ©gÄ© wa Thiongo (born January 5, 1938) is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in GÄ©kÅ©yÅ©. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and childrens literature. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Born in 1948 in Nanyuki, Kenya, Meja Mwangi studied upto his A Level in Kenyatta College. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Elspeth Joscelin Huxley (née Grant) (July 23, 1907 - January 10, 1997) - a woman of compelling personality and energy - was a polymath. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blixen in Kenya, 1918 Isak Dinesen (April 17, 1885-September 7, 1962) was a pen name for the Danish author Karen Blixen. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Wahome Muthahi (- July 22, 2003) was one of the most beloved humourist of Kenya. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binyavanga Wainaina was born in 1971 in Nakuru, Kenya. ... From the official website: The Caine Prize for African Writing is named in memory of the late Sir Michael Caine, former Chairman of Booker plc. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... From the official website: The Caine Prize for African Writing is named in memory of the late Sir Michael Caine, former Chairman of Booker plc. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Koigi wa Wamwere (born 1949) is a Kenyan politician, journalist and writer. ...

Lesotho

1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Thomas Mokopu Mofolo (December 22, 1876- September 8, 1948) is considered to be the greatest Lesotho writer. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Liberia

Edwin James Barclay (1882-1955) was a Liberian politician. ... Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912) was a Liberian educator and statesman. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Wilton G. S. Sankawulo was the leader of Liberia from 1 September 1995 until 3 September 1996 as chairman of the Council of State, which governed Liberia following the overthrow and murder of former dictator Samuel K. Doe, and the end of the presidency of Amos Sawyer. ...

Libya

  • Sadiq Al-Naihoum
  • Farag Al-Fakhri
  • Ibrahiem El-kouni

Madagascar

Jean Joseph Rabearivelo (1901 - 1937), was a Malagasy poet writing in both Malagasy and French. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Michèle Rakotoson is a writer, journalist, and film maker from Madagascar. ...

Malawi

  • Steven Chimombo
  • Stanley Onjezani Kenani
  • Ken Lipenga
  • Jack Mapanje
  • Jack McBrams
  • Paul Tiyambe Zeleza

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Mali

Abdoulaye Ascofaré (April 20, 1949 in Gao - ) is a Malian poet and filmmaker. ... Ibrahima Aya is a Malian writer. ... Amadou Hampâté Bâ (January or February 1900 or 1901 in Bandiagara, Mali – May 15, 1991 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast) was a Malian writer and ethnologist. ... Adame Ba Konaré is a noted Malian historian and writer who is married to Alpha Oumar Konaré, former President of Mali. ... Massa Makan Diabaté (1938 - January 27, 1988) is a Malian historian, author, and playwright. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alpha Mande Diarra is a Malian author, born in 1954. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, Југославија in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Doumbi Fakoly (born January 1, 1944) is a Malian writer. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Aoua Kéita(1912-1980) was a Malian independence activist and writer from Mali. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Moussa Konaté is a Malian writer, born in 1951 in Kita (Mali). ... Yambo Ouologuem (born August 22, 1940) is a Malian writer. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Bernadette Sanou Dao is an author of Burkina Faso born in Bamako on February 25, 1952. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Dr. Aminata Traoré Aminata Dramane Traoré (born 1942) is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. ... This article is about the year. ... Falaba Issa Traoré (1930 – August 8, 2003) was a Malian writer, comedian, playwright, and director. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

Mauritania

  • Moussa Diagana
  • Moussa Ould Ebnou
  • Mohammed al-Shankiti
  • Abderrahmane Sissako

Mauritius

1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Malcolm de Chazal (1902-1981) was a Mauritian writer, painter, and visionary, known especially for his Sens-Plastique, a work consisting of several thousand aphorisms and pensées. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Edouard Joseph Marc Maunick (September 23, 1931, Mauritius) was an African poet, critic, and translator. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Morocco

Tahar Ben Jelloun(Arabic: طاهر بنجلون) (born in Fez, 1944) is a Moroccan poet and writer. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Mohamed Choukri is a Moroccan author who is best known for his autobiography For Bread Alone (al-Khubz al-Hafi), which was described by American writer Tennessee Williams as A true document of human desperation, shattering in its impact. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Driss Chraïbi (born July 15, 1926) is a Moroccan author whose novels deal with colonialism and are often semi-autobiographical. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Edmond Amran El Maleh is a Moroccan novelist, he was born in the city of Safi in 1917, to a Jewish family. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Ibn Battuta (1304–1377). ... Events 20 July - Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence. ... Events January 17 – Gregory XI enters Rome. ... Abdellatif Laabi was born in 1942 in Fes, Morocco. ... Fatima Mernissi is a contemporary Moroccan feminist writer. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... The first page of an 18th century Sous Berber manuscript of Muḥammad Awzals al-Ḥawḍ, part I (adapted from N. v. ... Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... Tashelhiyt (also Shilha, native name: taÅ¡lḥiyt, French: tachelhit or chleuh, Arabic: تشلحيت) is a Berber language of southern Morocco, spoken by between 8 and 10 million people. ...

Mozambique

Paulina Chiziane (born 4 June 1955, Manjacaze, Mozambique) is an author of novels and short stories in the Portuguese language. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mia Couto (born 5 July 1955, Beira, Mozambique), born António Emílio Leite Couto, is considered Mozambiques foremost novelist. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... José Craveirinha (born 28 May 1922, Lourenço Marques, now Maputo; died 6 February 2003, Maputo) is considered the greatest poet of Mozambique. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luis Bernado Honwano is a Mozambican author. ... Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (also spelled as Ungulani ba ka Khosa) is a Mozambican writer. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Carolina Noémia Abranches de Sousa Soares (born 1926 died 2003) is a poet from Mozambique who writes in the Portuguese language. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Niger

Andrée Clair(1916-1982) is a writer who was born and died in France, but is associated with Niger. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oum Ramatou is a writer born in Niamey in 1970. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Nigeria

See: List of Nigerian writers List of prominent Nigerian authors Abimbola Lagunju Abiola Adegboyega Adebisi Thompson Adaoa Lily Ulasi (1932– ) Aderemi Raji-Oyelade Afolabi Olabimtan Akeem Lasisi Akilu Aliyu Akin Adesokan Akinwunmi Isola Alexander Orok Amatoritsero (Godwin) Ede Amina Mama Aminu Kano Amos Tutuola Andy Abulu Angela Nwosu Anita Omoiataman Ihaza Anne Axis Austyn Njoku...


Rwanda

Benjamin Sehene Benjamin Sehene (b. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Emmanuel Habumuremyi (b. ...

São Tomé and Príncipe

1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Sara Pinto Coelho (born 1913, São Tomé e Príncipe; died 1990, Portugal) was a writer of fiction and plays in the Portuguese language. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the year. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Caetano da Costa Alegre (April 26, 1864_April 18, 1890) was a Portuguese poet. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (born 1926, São Tomé e Príncipe), known as Alda do Espírito Santo, is a poet working in the Portuguese language. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

Senegal

See: List of Senegalese writers This is a list of prominent Senegalese authors A - G Maïmouna Abdoulaye (1949- ) Christine Adjahi Gnimagnon, also connected with Benin Berte-Evelyne Agbo, also connected with Benin Emilie Anifranie Ehah, also connected with Togo Clotilde Armstrong (1929- ) Mariama Bâ (1929-1981) Mariama Barry, also connected with Guinea Sokhna Benga...


Sierra Leone

Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912) was a Liberian educator and statesman. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Syl Cheney-Coker (right) with Wole Soyinka during a panel on writers in exile at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in April, 2001. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Africanus Horton (1835-1883), also known as James Beale, was a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone. ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Somalia

1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl (often credited as Faarax MJ Cawl) (born 1937) is a Somali writer born in Hargeisa, Somalia. ... Nuruddin Farah (born 1945) is a Somali novelist particularly concerned with womens liberation in postcolonial Somalia. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources, so as to avoid its being considered... Said Sheikh Samatar Ph. ... Abdi A. Sheik-Abdi was born in Somalia and currently resides in the United States of America. ... Abdi Mohamed Kusow is professor of sociology and anthropology at Oakland University, Rochester. ... Abdisalam Mohamed Issa-Salwe is a lecturer in Information Systems at Thames Valley University in the United Kingdom. ... Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (Ph. ... Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali ( ), born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969 [1] in Mogadishu, Somalia, is a Dutch feminist and politician, daughter of Hirsi Magan Isse. ...

South Africa

see List of South African writers This is a list of writers from South Africa. ...


Sudan

Tayeb Salih is a noted Sudanese writer. ... Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908 — 1976) was former foreign minister, then prime minister of Sudan and an important writer who has published several volumes of poetry in the Arabic language. ... Awn Alsharif Qasim Awn Al-Sharif Qasim (Arabic: عون الشريف قاسم ) (June 16, 1933 – January 19, 2006) was a prolific writer, a prominent scholar, a powerfull commnity leader and one of the Sudans leading experts on Arabic language and literature. ... Ra’ouf Musad (sometimes known as Raouf Moussad-Basta) is an Arab playwright, journalist and novelist who was born in Sudan to Egyptian parents, moved to Egypt as a teenager and has lived in various countries, both in the Arab world and in Europe, during the past 30 years. ... Leila Aboulela (1964 — present) is a Sudanese writer and playwright. ... Ahmad Baba Al Massufi (1556-1627) was a writer and political leader in what is now western Sudan. ... Events January 16 - Abdication of Emperor Charles V. His son, Philip II becomes King of Spain, while his brother Ferdinand becomes Holy Roman Emperor January 23 - The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. ... Events A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia. ... Ibrahim Ali Salman (‎إبراهيم علي سلمان‎), poet of the Manasir Ibrahim Ali Salman (‎إبراهيم علي سلمان‎) is the most famous contemporary poet of the Arab Manasir who inhabit the area of the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Northern Sudan. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Abdul Raheem Glaiati was a Sudanese poet, author and newspaper editor. ... Malkat Ed-Dar Mohamed Abdullah (1920 — 1969) was a Sudanese novelist, composer, and poet. ...

Tanzania

Mark Behr is a South African author. ... Professor Euphrase Kezilahabi is a contemporary Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar, born April 13, 1944, in Ukerewe, Tanganyika (now in Tanzania). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Robert Bin Shaaban, also known as Robert Shaaban (1909-1962), was a Tanzanian poet and author who supported the preservation of African verse traditions. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Togo

1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Ananou is a writer from Togo, and the author of:Le Fils du fétiche ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Tété-Michel Kpomassie is a writer from Togo, and the author of An African in Greenland. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Senouo Agbota Zinsou is togolese writer and the author of: La Tortue Qui Chante, Yévi et Léléphant Chanteur, Le Médicament ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Tunisia

Hédi André Bouraoui (born July 16, 1932 in Sfax, Tunisia) is a Tunisian/Canadian poet, novelist and academic, who regularly deals with themes involving the transcendence of cultural boundaries. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Abou-Al-kacem ECHEBBI was born in Tozeur in 1909. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gisèle Halimi (born 1927) is a Tunisian lawyer, activist, and author. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Albert Memmi (born December 15, 1920) is a Tunisian-born French writer and essayist. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Translator and writer born on april 11, 1975 in Tunis (Tunisia) Walid Soliman followed his secondary studies in the Sadikia (the first modern secondary school in Tunisia, founded in 1875). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Ahmad al-Tifashi (or Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Tīfāchī). Born in Tunisia, died 1253. ...

Uganda

Moses Isegawa (born August 10, 1963 in Uganda) is an author. ... Rajat Neogy (1938–1995), a Ugandan of Indian ancestry, was a writer, poet, publisher and founder of Transition Magazine. ... Okot pBitek (1931 – 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for the English version of his Song of Lawino, a long poem dealing with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up the urban life and wishes everything to be Westernised. ...

Western Sahara

Zambia

Solomon Mangwiro Mutswairo (b. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)

Shimmer Chinodya Tsitsi Dangarembga. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chenjerai Hove (born February 9, 1956) is a Zimbabwean poet, novelist and essayist. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Doris Lessing, CH, OBE (born October 22, 1919), is a British writer, born Doris May Taylor in Kermanshah, Persia (Iran). ... The Persian Empire was a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Dambudzo Marechera (1952-1987) was a Zimbabwean novelist and poet. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nozipo Maraire (born 1966) is a Zimbabwean writer. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Charles Mungoshi (b. ... Solomon Mangwiro Mutswairo (b. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alexander (R.A.) Sandy McCall Smith (1948 -) is a writer and emeritus professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Dr. Yvonne Vera (September 19, 1964 - April 7, 2005) was an award-winning author from Zimbabwe. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Musaemura Bonas Zimunya is one of Zimbabwes most important contemporary writers. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Elias Kudzai Manyara (b. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


See also

African writers series has been published by Heinemann since 1962. ... The following are lists of authors and writers: // By name A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z By type of writing or genre List of biographers List of childrens literature...

External links

  • Contemporary Africa Database
  • Contemporary African Writers/Authors
  • Africa Resource Research Data

 

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