List of African writers by country

This is a list of prominent and notable writers from Africa, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars, listed by country.

Algeria

• Jean Amrouche (1907–1962)
• Marguerite Taos Amrouche (1913–1976)
• Rachid Boudjedra (1914– )
• Albert Camus (1913–1960)
• Hélène Cixous (1937–)
• Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)
• Mohammed Dib (1920–2003)
• Tahar Djaout (1954–1993)
• Assia Djebar (1936– )
• Frantz Fanon, originally from Martinique (1925–1961)
• Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962)
• Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989)
• Latifa Ben Mansour (1950– )
• Jorge McDoogal (1907–1962)
• Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995)
• Ahlam Mostaghanemi (1953– )
• Leïla Sebbar
• Jean Sénac (1926–1962)
• Kateb Yacine (1929–1989)

Angola

• José Eduardo Agualusa (1960– )
• Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990)
• Arlindo Barbeitos (1940– )
• Mendes de Carvalho
• Dia Kassembe
• Alda Lara (1930–1962)
• Pedro de Gouveia Leite Mateus
• Mbwango (Reis Luis)
• Manuel Rui Monteiro
• Agostinho Neto (1922–1979)
• Ondjaki
• Pepetela (Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos, 1941–)
• Oscar Ribas (1909–2004)
• Paula Tavares (1952– )
• Amplia Veiga, born in Portugal (1931– )
• José Luandino Vieira (1935– )

Benin

• Berte-Evelyne Agbo, also connected with Senegal
• Francis Aupiais, born in France (1877–1945)
• Olympe Bhêly-Quenum
• Florent Couao-Zotti (1964– )
• Félix Couchoro, also connected with Togo (1900–1968)
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Togo, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire
• Adelaide Fassinou (1955– )
• Béatrice Lalinon Gbado
• Christine Adjahi Gnimagnon, also connected with Senegal
• Paul Hazoumé
• Charles M. Hedji, born in Niger
• Colette Senami Agossou Houeto (1939– )
• Gisèle Hountondji (1954– )
• Paulin J. Hountondji (1942– )
• Paulin Joachim (1931– )
• Barnabé Laye
• Lauryn, also connected with Côte d'Ivoire and Togo, born in France (1978– )
• Hortense Mayaba
• José Pliva (1966– )
• Jean Pliya (1931– )
• Arnold Sènou

Botswana

• Galesiti Baruti
• Caitlin Davies, born in Britain (1964– )
• Unity Dow (1959– )
• Bessie Head, born in South Africa (1937–1986)
• Moteane Melamu
• Barolong Seboni, poet (1957– )
• Andrew Sesinyi
• Mositi Torontle

Burkina Faso

• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, also connected with Côte d'Ivoire (1967– )
• François Djobi Bassolet (d. 2001): journalist, historian, and cultural leader.
• Sarah Bouyain (1968– )
• Simporé Simone Compaore
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (1952– )
• Zarra Guiro (1957– )
• Monique Ilboudo
• Sophie Heidi Kam (1968– )
• Sandra Pierrette Kanzie
• Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922– )
• Gaël Koné (1976– )
• Honorine Mare (1972– )
• Suzy Henique Nikiéma (1983– )
• Adiza Sanoussi
• Marie-Simone Séri, also connected with Senegal
• Malidoma Patrice Some (1956– )
• Prof. Maxime Z. Somé[1]

Burundi

• Donatien Bihute (1940– )
• Antoine Kaburahe (1965– )
• Daniel Kabuto
• Esther Kamatari (1951– )
• Colette Samoya Kiruya (1952– )
• Barbara Kururu Ndimurukundo (1950– )
• David Niyonzima (1959– )
• Marc Rwabahungu (1956– )

Cameroon

• Severin Cecile Abega: Les Bimanes, Le Bourreau, Entre Terre et Ciel
• Marie-Therese Assiga Ahanda
• Paul-Charles Atangana
• Philomene Bassek: author of La Tache de Sang
• Francis Bebey (1929– ) author of Les Trois Petits Cireurs, Agatha Moudio'son, The Ashanti Doll, Enfant Pluie, Ministre et le Griot
• Eno Belinga
• Mongo Beti (pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala) (1932–2001)
• Calixthe Beyala
• Jacques Bonjawo
• Fernando D'Almeida
• Paul Dakeyo
• Jean Marc Ela (1936-): Author of many books of African liberation theology including African Cry and My Faith as an African
• Professor Ndumbe Eyoh
• Patrice Kayo
• Werewere Liking
• Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg
• Guillaume Oyono Mbia: Trois Pretendants un mari
• Engelbert Mveng: author of collection of poems Balafon
• Bernard Nanga: Les Chauve-Souris
• Charles Ngande
• Evelyne Mpoudi Ngole (1953-)
• Etienne B. Noume
• Ferdinand Oyono (1929– )
• Rene Philombe (pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede)
• Francois Sengat-Kuo: author of collection of poems Fleurs de Laterite, Heures rouges, and Collier de Cauris
• David Ndachi Tagne
• Elolongue Epanya Yondo

Cape Verde

• Germano Almeida (1945– )
• Jorge Barbosa
• Leopoldina Barreto
• Amílcar Cabral (1921–1973) (see also Guinea-Bissau)
• Alile Wahnon Ferro (1940– )
• Sergio Frusoni (1901–1975); Poems in the crioulo of São Vicente
• Baltasar da Silva Lopes (1907–1989)
• Manuel Lopes (1907–2005)
• João Cleófas Martins (1901–1970)
• Yolanda Morazzo (1928– )
• Manuel de Novas (1938– )
• Ivone Ramos: (1926– ); short-stories
• Dina Salústio (1941– )
• Ana Julia Monteiro Sança (1949– )
• Rosa de Saron
• Eugénio Tavares (1867–1930)

Central African Republic

• Anurée Blouin (1921– )
• Etienne Goyemide "Le Silence de la Foret"

Chad

• Marie-Christine Koundja (1957– )
• Koulsy Lamko (1959– )

Congo (Brazzaville)

• mother ****** (1959– )
• Silvie Bokoko (1960– )
• Adèle Caby-Livannah (1957– )
• Cucile-Ivelyse Diamoneka (1940– )
• Emmanuel Dongala] (1941– )
• Mambou Aimée Gnali
• Floe Hazoume (1959– )
• Justine M'Poyo Kassa-Vubu (1951– )
• Francine Laurans (1962– )
• Binéka Daniele Lissouba, born in France
• Henri Lopes (1937– ), born in Congo-Kinshasa
• Alain Mabanckou (1966– )
• Jean Malonga
• Jean Makouta Mboukou
• Guy Menga
• Diur N'Thumb
• Theophile Obenga
• Ghislaine Sathoud (1969– )
• Tchicaya U Tam'si (1931–1988)
• Jean-Baptiste Tati-Loutard
• Aleth Felix- Tchicaya (1955– )
• Jeannette Balou Tchichelle (1947– )
• Betty (Elisabeth) Mweya Tol'Ande (1947– )
• Marie-Leontine Tsibinda
• Brigitte Yengo
• Patrice Yengo

Congo (Democratic Republic)– formerly Zaïre

• Léonie Abo, (1945– )
• Raïs Neza Boneza (1979– )
• Amba Bongo
• Lima-Baleka Bosekilolo
• Maguy Kabamba (1960– )
• Christine Kalonji
• Kamanda, Kama Sywor (1952– ) [[2]]
• V.Y. Mudimbe (1941– )
• Kavidi Wivine N'Landu
• Clémentine Nzuji (1944– )
• Sony Labou Tansi (1947–1995)
• Kabika Tshilolo
• Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie
• Lye M Yoka[3]

Cote 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 (1967– )
• 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 (1916– )
• Henriette Diabate
• Muriel Diallo (1967– )
• Gina Dick
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Togo (1932–2003)
• Werewere-Liking Gnepo, also connected with Cameroon (1950– )
• Gilbert G. Groud (1956– )
• Genevieve Koutou Guhl
• Oklomin Kacou
• Simone Kaya (1937– )
• Fatou Kéita
• Alimatou Koné
• Boundou Koné
• Akissi Kouadio
• Adjoua Flore Kouame (1964– )
• Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003)
• 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– )
• Caroline Angèle Yao
• Regina Yaou (1955– )
• Annie Yapobi
• Marion Diby Zinnanti (1960– )

Djibouti

• Waberi Abdourahman (1965– )
• Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (1972– )

Egypt

• Abbas Mahmoud Alakad
• Ahmed Shawki
• Yehia haki
• Yousef El Sebaey
• Nabil Farok
• Mustafa Mahmoud
• Hafez Ibrahim
• Kamel El Shenawy
• Anis Mansour
• Salama Ahmed Salama
• Tawfik El Hakim
• Ali Ahmed Bakathir
• Abdel Rahman El Sharkawy
• Salah Montaser
• Gamal Badawi
• Ahmed Bahgat
• Mohamed Hasanin Hekal
• Gamal El Shaer
• Fahmy Hewidy
• Abdel Rahman El Rafey
• Gamal Al-Ghitani (1945– )
• Leila Ahmed (1940– )
• Hayam Abbas Al-Homi
• Muhammad Aladdin
• Samir Amin (1931– )
• Hussein Bassir
• Abdel Rahman El Abnudi (1938– )
• Mustafa Sadek El-Rafey
• Muhammad Husayn Haykal (1909-1956)
• Taha Hussein (1889–1973)
• Sonallah Ibrahim
• Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)
• Edmond Jabès (1912–1991)
• Naguib Mahfouz, (1911–2006), awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Nawâl El Saadâwi (1931– )
• Salama Moussa (1887–1958)
• Alifa Rifaat (1930–1996)
• Ahdaf Soueif
• Mahmud Taymur
• Tatamkulu Afrika, also connected with South Africa (1920–2002)

Equatorial Guinea

• María Nsué Angüe (1945– )
• Juan Balboa Boneke (1938– )
• Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (1966– )
• Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (1950– )

Eritrea

• Reesom Haile

Ethiopia

• Innānu Āggonāfir (pseudonym of Nagāsh Gabra Māryām)
• Haddis Alemayehu (1910–2003)
• Michael Daniel Ambatchew (1967– )
• Kidist Bayelegne
• Āfawarq Gabra Iyasus (1868–1947)
• Tsehaye Gabre-Medhin (1936–2006)
• Be'alu Girma
• Ābbe Gubaññā
• Ababa Haylemelekot
• Girmācchaw Takla Hāwāryāt
• Moges Kebede
• Mengistu Lammā (1924–1988)
• Tāddasa Lībān
• Nega Mezlekia (1958– )
• Blattengeta Heruy Welde Selassie (1878–1939)
• Sahle Selassie (1936– )
• Demese Tsege
• Hama Tuma (1949– )
• Mammo Wudneh
• Birhānu Zarīhun

Gabon

• Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (1932– )
• Nadele Noele Ango Obiang
• Peggy Lucie Auleley
• Bessora (born in Belgium) (1968– )
• Rene Maran, born near Martinique (1887–1960)
• Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa
• Justine Mintsa (1967– )
• Nadège Noëlle Ango Obiang
• Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954– )

The Gambia

• Lenrie Peters (1932– )
• Alhagi Kah
• Ebou Dibba
• Tijan M. Sallah(1958–)
• Nana Grey-Johnson

Ghana

• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940– )
• Anthony Appiah (1954– )
• Ayi Kwei Armah (1939– )
• Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953)
• Bediako Asare, also connected with Tanzania
• Meshack Asare (1945– )
• Kofi Awoonor (1935– )
• William Boyd (1952– )
• Margaret Busby
• Abena Busia (1953– )
• Akosua Busia (1966– )
• J.E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930)
• Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, from today's Ghana (1757?–1801?)
• Amma Darko (1956– )
• Michael Dei-Anang
• Efua Dorkenoo
• Safro Kwame
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)
• Lawrence Henry Yaw Ofosu-Appiah (1920–1990)
• (John) Atukwei Okai (1941– )
• Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–2005 )
• Nii Ayikwei Parkes (1974– )
• Carl Christian Reindorf
• Efua Theodora Sutherland (1924–1996 )
• Kwakuvi Azasu
• Francis Selormey
• Genevieve Yaa Asantewa Ofori- alias Sante
• Fred McBagonluri (1970– )
• Kofi Anyidoho

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Kofi Aidoo (now a lot attendant in Bethesda) Konadu Asare(1932)

Kenya

• Abdullatif Abdalla
• Sayyid Aidarusi
• Karen Blixen aka Isak Dinesen (1885–1962)
• Rocha Chimera
• Yusuf Dawood
• Mwangi Gicheru
• Moraa Gitaa
• Muyaka bin Haji al-Ghassany
• Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997)
• Francis Imbuga
• Billy Kahora
• Parselelo Kantai
• Peter Kareithi
• Jomo Kenyatta (1892?–1978)
• Leonard Kibera
• Marjorie McGoye
• Mwana Kupona binti Msham
• Micere Mugo (1942– )
• Henry Muoria
• Wahome Muthahi (–2003)
• Joseph Muthee
• Meja Mwangi (1948– )
• Ahmad Nassir
• Hilary Ngweno
• Rebeka Njau (1930– )
• Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha (1952– )
• Asenath Bole Odaga
• Atieno Odhiambo (1945–)
• Margaret Ogola
• Grace Ogot (1930– )
• Henry Ole Kulet (1946-– )
• Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor winner Caine Prize 2003
• Mwangi Ruheni (real Name Nichola Muraguri)
• Halejoetse Tsehlana
• M.G. Vassanji (1950– )
• Ngugi wa Mirii (1951– )
• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938– )
• Koigi wa Wamwere (1949– )
• Daniel Wabala
• Binyavanga Wainaina winner Caine Prize 2002 (1971– )
• Ken Walibora
• Kyallo W. Wamitila [1966, Winner, Jomo Kenyatta Prize (Kiswahili Adult Fiction (2001), (2005) and (2007]
• Gakaara Wanjau

Lesotho

• Moroesi Akhionbare (1945– )
• Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948)
• Mzamane Nhlapo
• Mpho Matsepo Nthunya

Liberia

• Edwin Barclay (1882–1955)
• Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912), born in the Virgin Islands (see also Sierra Leone)
• Wilton G. S. Sankawulo (1943– )

Libya

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

Madagascar

• Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1903–1937)
• Charlotte Arisoa Rafenomanjato (1938 - )
• Michèle Rakotoson (1948 - )
• Flavien Ranaivo (1913 - )
• Elie Rajaonarison

Malawi

• Chiwoza Bandawe
• Steven Chimombo
• Gospel Kazako
• Lawrence Kadziche
• Kondwani Kamiyala
• Stanley Onjezani Kenani
• Ken Lipenga
• Benedicto Okomaatani Malunga
• Jack Mapanje
• Jack McBrams
• Alfred Msadala
• Adamson Muula
• Jika Nkolokosa
• David Rubadiri
• Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
• Willie Zingani

Mali

• Ahmad Baba al Massufi (1556–1627)
• Abdoulaye Ascofaré (1949– )
• Ibrahima Aya (1967– )
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900 or 1901–1991)
• Adame Ba Konaré (1947– )
• Massa Makan Diabaté (1938–1988)
• Souéloum Diagho
• Aïda Mady Diallo
• Alpha Mandé Diarra (1954– )
• Oumou Diarra, born in Yugoslavia (1967– )
• Doumbi Fakoly (1944– )
• Aïcha Fofana (1957–2003)
• Aïssatou Guido (1941– )
• Aoua Kéita (1912–1980)
• Fatouma Keïta (1977– )
• Moussa Konaté (1951– )
• Yambo Ouologuem (1940– )
• Bernadette Sanou Dao (1952– )
• Bamekan Soucko Bathily
• Fanta-Taga Tembely (1946– )
• Aminata Traoré (1942– )
• Falaba Issa Traoré (1930–2003)
• Ahamadou Maiga dit Prince (1974– )

Mauritania

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

Mauritius

• Aime Cesar
• Lilian Berthelot
• Marcel Cabon (1912–1972)
• Raymond Chasle
• Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981)
• Carl de Souza (1949– )
• Ananda Devi
• Jean Fanchette
• Colleen Lindsay, also connected with South Africa
• Edouard Maunick (1931– )
• Dev Virasawmy

Morocco

Main article: List of Moroccan writers

Mozambique

• Paulina Chiziane (1955– )
• Mia Couto (1955– )
• José Craveirinha (1922–2003)
• Luis Bernardo Honwana
• Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa
• Lina Magaia
• Aília Momplé (1935– )
• Amélia Muge (1952– )
• Glória de Santana (1925– )
• Noémia de Sousa (1926– )

Namibia

• Joseph Diescho
• Giselher Werner Hoffmann
• Anoeschka von Meck

Niger

• Boubou Hama
• Djibo Bakary
• Andrée Clair, born and died in France (1916–1982)
• Hélène Kaziende
• Oum Ramatou (1970– )

Nigeria

See: List of Nigerian writers

Rwanda

• Maggy Correa
• Emmanuel Habumuremyi (1972– )
• Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius
• Thérèse Muamini
• Immaculée Ilibagiza
• Yolande Mukagasana
• Benjamin Sehene (1959– )
• Marie-Aimable Umurerwa
• Marie Béatrice Umutesi (1959– )
• Alexis Kagame

São Tomé and Príncipe

• Olinda Beja (1946– )
• Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990)
• Conceição Lima (1962– )
• Caetano da Costa Alegre (1864–1890)
• M. Manuela Margarido (1925– )
• Alda do Espírito Santo (1926– )
• Mario Domingues (1899– )
• José Francisco Tenreiro (1921–1963)

Senegal

See: List of Senegalese writers

Sierra Leone

• Ishmael Beah (1980– )
• Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912), born in the Virgin Islands (see also Liberia)
• Syl Cheney-Coker (1945– )
• Aminatta Forna
• Africanus Horton (1835–1883)
• Delia Jarrett-Macauley

Somalia

• Bashir Sheakh Omar Goth
• Khalid Ali Guul (Wrote more than 54 books)
• Abdulkadir Oromo
• Abdi Aziz Ahmed Gurbiye
• Abdisalam Issa-Salwe
• Abdirahman Mohamed Adam (Af-jar)
• Abdi Sheik Abdi
• Abdi Kusow
• Ahmed Farah Ali 'Idaja'
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali (1969– )
• Cabdulqaadir Xirsi 'Yamyam'
• Cali Xuseen Xirsi (1949– )
• Faarax Maxamed Jaamac 'Cawl' (1937–1992)
• Jaamac Cumar Ciise
• Maxamed Daahir Afrax
• Mahad Ahmed Dhoore(qaransuge)
• Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac 'Gaariye' (1949– )
• Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi
• Mohamed Haji Mukhtar
• Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadrawi' (1941–)
• Nuruddin Farah (1945– )
• Said S. Samatar
• Waris Dirie (1965– )
• Yaasiin Cismaan Keenadiid
• Rage Omaar
• Musa Galaal
• Abdinasir Dirie
• Ahmed Ahmed
• IIbrahim Ahmed
• Abdul Qader Mohammed Mursal (play-wright of Olal iyo Hoyadiis

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South Africa

See: List of South African writers

Sudan

See: List of Sudanese writers

Tanzania

• Abdulrazak Gurnah
• Mark Behr, also connected with South Africa
• Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944– )
• Robert Bin Shaaban (1902–1962)
• Julius Nyerere (1922–1999)
• Hammie Rajab
• Penina Mlama
• Elvis Musiba
• Godfrey Mwakikagile
• Amandina Lihamba
• Edwin Semzaba
• Shafi Adam Shafi
• Chachage Seith Chachage
• Sandra A. Mushi

Togo

• Gad Ami (1958– )
• David Ananou (1917–2000)
• Félix Couchoro, also connected with Benin (1900–1968)
• Richard Dogbeh, also connected with Benin, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire (1932–2003)
• Kossi Efoui (1962– )
• Emilie Anifranie Ehah, also connected with Senegal
• Christiane Akoua Ekue (1954– )
• Alemdjrodo Kangni (1966– )
• Tété-Michel Kpomassie (1941– )
• Pyabelo Chaold Kouly (1943– )
• Lauryn, also connected with Benin and Togo, born in France (1978– )
• Senouvo Agbota Zinsou (1946– )
• Yves-Emmanuel Dogbe (1939– )
• Jeannette D. Ahonsou (1954– )

Tunisia

• Hédi Bouraoui (1932– )
• Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934)
• Gisèle Halimi (1927– )
• Ibn Khaldoun (1332–1406)
• Albert Memmi (1920– )
• Youssef Rzouga (1957– )
• Walid Soliman (1975– )
• Ahmad al-Tifashi (?–1253)

Uganda

• Okot p'Bitek (1931–1982)
• Robert Serumaga (1939–1980)
• Timothy Wangusa (1942– )
• Ayeta Anne Wangusa
• Moses Isegawa (1963– )
• Catherine Samali Kavuma (1960– )
• China Keitetsi (1967– )
• Timothy Kalyegira
• Mahmood Mamdani (1947– )
• Henry Kyemba
• Rajat Neogy (1938–1995)
• Mary Karoro Okurut
• Tarcis Nsobya
• Gorretti Kyomuhendo
• Arthur Gakwandi
• Emmanuel Acheta
• Charles Lubega Mbidde
• Julius Ocwinyo
• Regina Amollo
• Monica Arac de Nyeko
• Jane J. Bakaluba
• Lilliane Barenzi
• Violet Barungi
• Jackee Budesta Batanda
• Grace Birabwe Isharaza
• Jane Kaberuka
• Hope Keshubi
• Mildred Barya Kiconco
• Susan N. Kiguli
• Barbara Kimenye
• Beatrice Lamwaka
• Jane Musoke-Nteyafas
• Beverly Nambozo
• Margaret Ntakarimize
• Sandra Okoed Aimo
• Mary Karooro Okurutv
• Christine Oryema-Lalobo
• Lillian Tindyebwa
• Hilda Twongyeirwe

Zambia

• Solomon Mutswairo (1924– ) (see also Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia)

• Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959– )
• Chenjerai Hove (1956– )
• Doris Lessing, born in Persia (now Iran) (1919– )
• John Marangwanda
• Shimmer Chinodya (1957–– )
• Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987)
• Nozipa Maraire (1966– )
• Charles Mungoshi (1947– )
• Tinashe Severa (1986– )
• Solomon Mutswairo (1924– ) (see also Zambia)
• Alexander McCall Smith, also connected with Botswana (1948– )
• Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988)
• Andrew Plate (1980– )
• Yvonne Vera, also connected with Canada (1964–2005)
• Musaemura Zimunya (1949– )
• Elias Kudzai Manyara (1981–)
• Obediah Mlilo (?–1995)
• Marrily Runoona Kuzonyei

See also

• African Writers Series
• Lists of authors

External links

• Contemporary African Writers/Authors
• Africa Resource Research Data
• Lire les femmes - African women writers