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List of African writers
African Writers:
This is a list of literary figures from Africa, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars.
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- Maïmouna Abdoulaye , Senegal (1949- )
- Léone Abo , Congo (Democratic Republic) (1945- )
- 'Abd Al-Rahman Abnudi, Egypt
- Josette D. Abondio , Côte d'Ivoire
- Peter Abrahams, South Africa
- Chinua Achebe, Nigeria (1930- )
- Remi Adedeji , Nigeria (1937- )
- Anne-Marie Adiaffi , Côte d'Ivoire (1951- )
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria (1977- )
- Christine Adjahi Gnimagnon , Benin/Senegal
- Tatamkula Afrika , South Africa/Egypt (1920-2002)
- José Eduardo Agualusa , Angola (1960- )
- Berte-Evelyne Agbo , Benin/Senegal
- Colette Senami Agossou Houeto , Benin (1939- )
- Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (Djibouti) (1972- )
- Gamal Al-Ghitani , Egypt
- Hayam Abbas Al-Homi , Egypt
- Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana (1940- )
- Tolu Ajayi, Nigeria
- Marie-Danielle Aka , Côte d'Ivoire
- Marie Giselle Aka , Côte d'Ivoire (born in the Lebanon) (1971- )
- Haddis Alemayehu , Ethiopia
- Germano Almeida, Cape Verde
- T.M. Aluko, Nigeria (1918- )
- Ifi Amadiume , Nigeria
- Michael Daniel Ambatchew , Ethiopia (1967- )
- Samir Amin , Egypt
- Jean Amrouche , Algeria (1907-1962)
- Marguerite Taos Amrouche , Algeria (1913-1976)
- Assamala Amoi , Côte d'Ivoire (born in France), (1960- )
- Mario Pinto de Andrade, Angola
- Nadele Noele Ango Obiang , Gabon
- María Nsué Angüe, Equatorial Guinea (1945- )
- Emilie Anifranie Ehah , Togo/Senegal
- Anthony Appiah, Ghana
- Ayi Kwei Armah , Ghana
- Clotilde Armstrong , Senegal (1929- )
- Bediako Asare, Ghana/Tanzania
- Meshack Asare , Ghana (1945- )
- Abdoulaye Ascofaré, Mali
- Michele Assamoua , Côte d'Ivoire (originally from France) (1941- )
- Annick Assemian , Côte d'Ivoire (born in France) (1952- )
- Therese Assiga Ahanda , Cameroon
- Peggy Lucie Auleley , Gabon
- Kofi Awoonor, Ghana (1935- )
- Ibrahima Aya, Mali
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- Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Mali
- Mariama Bâ, Senegal (1929-1981)
- Adame Ba Konaré , Mali
- Sirah Balde de Labe , Guinea
- Jeannette Balou Tchichelle , Congo-Brazzaville (1947- )
- Francoise Balogun , Nigeria
- Shabbir Banoobhai, South Africa (1949- )
- Nadine Bari , Guinea (born and lives in France) (1940- )
- Leopoldina Barreto , Cape Verde
- Aïssatou Barry , Guinea (1959- )
- Kesso Barry , Guinea (1948- )
- Mariama Barry , Guinea/Senegal
- Philomène Bassek , Cameroon (1957- )
- Angle Bassolé-Ouédraogo , Burkina Faso/Côte d'Ivoire
- Mark Behr , South Africa/Tanzania
- Virgine Belibi , Cameroon
- Tahar Ben Jelloun, Morocco
- Sokhna Benga, Senegal
- Lilian Berthelot , Mauritius
- Monique Bessomo , Cameroon (1954- )
- Bessora , Gabon (born in Belgium) (1968- )
- Mongo Béti , Cameroon
- Calixthe Beyala , Cameroun (1961- )
- Khadi Sy Bizet , Côte d'Ivoire
- Noëlle Bizi Bazouma , Congo (1959- )
- Anurée Blouin , Central African Republic (1921- )
- Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum, Senegal
- Silvie Bokoko , Congo-Brazzaville (1960- )
- Fatou Bolli , Côte d'Ivoire
- Amba Bongo , Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Tanella Boni , Côte d'Ivoire
- Isabelle Boni-Claverie , Côte d'Ivoire
- Angeline Solange Bonono , Cameroon
- Lila-Baleka Bosek?Ilolo , Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Rachid Boudjedra , Algeria (1914-)
- Hédi Bouraoui, Tunisia
- Sarah Bouyain , Burkina Faso (1968- )
- William Boyd, Ghana
- Francy Brethenoux-Seguin , Senegal
- Breyten Breytenbach, South Africa (1939- )
- Andre Brink, South Africa
- Akosua Busia, Ghana
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- Marcel Cabon , Mauritius (1912-1972)
- Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissau/Cape Verde
- Adèle Caby-Livannah , Congo-Brazzaville (1957- )
- Laye Camara , Guinea
- Albert Camus, Algeria (1913-1960), awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Marie Anne Caro , Côte d'Ivoire
- G.E. Casely-Hayford , Ghana
- Jeanne de Cavally , Côte d'Ivoire (1926- )
- Hilda ?Mamapele Chaleka (1944- )
- Pyabelo Chaold Kouly , Togo (1943- )
- Driss Charaïbi , Morocco
- Raymond Chasle , Mauritius
- Syl Cheney-Cocker , Sierra Leone
- Rocha Chimera , Kenya
- Paulina Chiziane, Mozambique (1955- )
- Mohammed Choukri , Morocco
- Aïssatou Cisse , Senegal
- Fanny Fatou Cissé , Côte d'Ivoire (1971- )
- Aïssatou Cissokho , Senegal
- Andrée Clair , Niger (born and died in France) (1916-1982)
- Sara Pinto Coelho, São Tomé and Príncipe (1913-1990)
- J.M. Coetzee, South Africa (1940- ), awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Josiane Cointet , Guinea (born and lives in France)
- Simporé Simone Compaore , Burkina Faso
- Lima Conceição , São Tomé and Príncipe (1962- )
- Maggy Correa , Rwanda
- Caetano da Costa Alegre, São Tomé and Príncipe (1864-1890)
- Micheline Coulibaly , Côte d'Ivoire (born in Vietnam) (1950-2003
- Bryce Courtenay, South Africa (1933-)
- Mia Couto, Mozambique
- José Craveirinha, Mozambique
- Jeremy Cronin , South Africa
- Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, from today's Ghana (1757?-1801?)
- Patrick Cullinan , South Africa
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- Bernard Binlin Dadié , Côte d'Ivoire
- Tsitsi Dangarembga, Zimbabwe
- Achmat Dangor , South Africa
- Amma Darko , Ghana
- Marie Claire Dati Sabze , Cameroon
- Malcolm de Chazal, Mauritius (1902-1981)
- Ingrid de Kok , South Africa (1951- )
- Jacques Derrida, Algeria (1930-2004)
- Carl de Souza , Mauritius (1949- )
- Ananda Devi , Mauritius
- Aïssatou Diagne Deme , Senegal
- Mohammed Dib, Algeria (1920-2003)
- Henriette Diabate , Côte d'Ivoire
- Nafissatou Dia Diouf , Senegal (1973- )
- Aïda Mady Diallo , Mali
- Koumanthio Zeinab Diallo , Guinea (1956- )
- Mariana Kesso Diallo , Guinée
- Muriel Diallo , Côte d'Ivoire (1967- )
- Nafissatou Niang Diallo , Senegal (1941-1982)
- Aïssatou Diam , Senegal?
- Cucile-Ivelyse Diamoneka , Congo (1940- )
- Alpha Mandé Diarra, Mali
- Oumou Diarra , Mali (born in Yugoslavia) (1967- )
- Marion Diby Zinnanti , Côte d'Ivoire (1960- )
- Gina Dick , Côte d'Ivoire
- Mame Younousse Dieng , Senegal
- Aminata Sophie Dièye , Senegal (1973- )
- Sandile Dikeni , South Africa
- Modikwe Dikobe , South Africa
- Fatou Diome , Senegal (1968- )
- Birago Diop, Senegal
- Boubacar Boris Diop, Senegal
- Cheikh Anta Diop , Senegal
- Coumba Diouf , Senegal (lives in USA)
- Aïsha Diouri , Senegal (1974- )
- Diur N?Thumb , Congo
- Tahar Djaout , Algeria (1954-1993)
- Assia Djebar , Algeria (1936-)
- Alda do Espirito Santo, São Tomé and Príncipe (1926- )
- Mario Domingues , São Tomé and Príncipe (1899- )
- Emmanuel Dongala Congo
- Lydie Dooh Bunya , Cameroon (1933- )
- Efua Dorkenoo , Ghana
- C.J. Driver , South Africa
- K. Sello Duiker, South Africa
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- Marie Félicité Ebokea , Cameroon
- Edmond Amran El Maleh , Morocco (1917- )
- Nawâl El Saadâwi, Egypt (1931- )
- Geneviève Ekomba, see Marie Charlotte Mbarga Kouma
- Christine Akoua Ekue , Togo
- Buchi Emecheta, Nigeria
- Stella Engama , Cameroon (1955- )
- Olaudah Equiano, from today's Nigeria (contested) (1745?-1797)
- Alda Esprito Santo , São Tomé and Príncipe
- Nathalie Etoké , Cameroon (born in France) (1977- )
- Ahmed Essop , South Africa
- Eliabeth Ewombe-Moundo , Cameroon
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- Francis O. Ohanyido , Nigeria, (1970-)
- Daniel O. Fagunwa , Nigeria
- Khadi Fall , Senegal (1948- )
- Kimé Dirama Fall , Senegal
- Jean Fanchette , Mauritius
- Frantz Fanon, Algeria (born in Martinique) (1925-1961)
- Nurudin Farah , Somalia
- Adelaide Fassinou , Benin (1955- )
- Aleth Felix- Tchicaya , Congo-Brazzaville (1955- )
- Mouloud Feraoun , Algeria (1913-1962)
- Alile Wahnon Ferro , Cape Verde, 1940
- Ruth First, South Africa (1925-1982)
- Aïcha Fofana , Mali (1957-2003)
- Mercedes Fouda , Cameroon
- Lynne Freed , South Africa
- Athol Fugard, South Africa ((1932- )
- Sheila Fugard , South Africa
- Dan Fulani , Nigeria
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- Gad Ami , Togo (1958- )
- Absa Gassama , Senegal
- Mambou Aimée Gnali , Congo-Brazzaville
- Nadine Gordimer, South Africa (1923- ), awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Jeremy Gordin , South Africa
- Stephen Gray , South Africa
- Aïssatou Guido , Mali (1941- )
- Zarra Guiro , Burkina Faso (1957- )
- Mafika Gwala , South Africa
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- Reesom Haile , Eritrea
- Khadidjatou (Khady) Hane , Senegal
- Corinne Happy , Cameroon (1958- )
- Floe Hazoume , Congo-Brazzaville (1959- )
- Bessie Head, South Africa (1937-1986)
- Jeannine Herrmann-Grisius , Rwanda
- Bruce Hewett , South Africa
- Luis Bernado Honwano , Mozambique
- Christopher Hope , South Africa
- Gisèle Hountondji , Benin (1954- )
- Paulin J. Hountondji, Benin (1942-)
- Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwe
- Emma Huismans , South Africa
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- Kayemb "Uriël" Nawej, Le Nlongi ,Congo (Democratic Republic),1964
- Maguy Kabamba , Congo (Democratic Republic) (1960- )
- Oklomin Kacou , Côte d'Ivoire
- Viviane Kadio, see Oklomin Kacou
- Christine Kalonji , Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Sophie Heidi Kam , Burkina Faso (1968- )
- Esther Kamatari, Burundi (1951- )
- Sylvie Kande , Senegal (born in France)
- Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Senegal
- Sandra Pierrette Kanzie , Burkina Faso
- Farida Karodia , South Africa (1942- )
- Dia Kassembe , Angola
- Catherine Samali Kavuma , Uganda
- Simone Kaya , Côte d'Ivoire (1937- )
- Hélène Kaziende , Niger
- Aoua Kéita , Mali (1912-1980)
- Fatou Kéita , Côte d'Ivoire
- Fatouma Keïta , Mali (1977- )
- Modibo Sounkalo Keita , Mali
- China Keitetsi , Uganda
- Ken Bugul , Senegal (1947- )
- Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya, (1892?-1978)
- Euphrase Kezilahali , Tanzania (1944- )
- Abdelkébir Khatibi , Morocco
- Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine , Morocco
- Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa , Mozambique
- Marie-Angèle Kingué , Cameroon
- Joseph Ki-Zerbo , Burkina Faso
- Ingrid de Kok
- Moussa Konaté, Mali
- Alimatou Koné , Côte d'Ivoire
- Boundou Koné , Côte d'Ivoire
- Gaël Koné , Burkina Faso (1976- )
- Akissi Kouadio , Côte d'Ivoire
- Adjoua Flore Kouame , Côte d'Ivoire (1964- )
- Marie-Christine Koundja, Chad (1957- )
- Ahmadou Kourouma, Côte d'Ivoire
- Genevieve Koutou Guhl , Côte d'Ivoire
- Antije Krog , South Africa
- Thérèse Kuoh Moukoury , Cameroon (1938- )
- Ellen Kuzwayo , South Africa (1914- )
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- Abdellatif Laabi , Morocco
- Sony Labou Tansi , Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Ayavi Lake , Senegal, (1980- )
- Béatrice Lalilon Gbado , Benin
- David Lambkin , South Africa
- Anne Landsman , South Africa
- Alda Lara, Angola (1930-1962)
- Francine Laurans , Congo (1962- )
- Lauryn , Togo/Benin/Côte d'Ivoire (born in France) (1978- )
- Camara Laye , Guinea
- Doris Lessing, Zimbabwe (born in Persia, today's Iran) (1919- )
- Colleen Lindsay , Mauritius/South Africa
- Binéka Daniele Lissouba , Congo (born in France)
- Douglas Livingstone, South Africa (born in Malaysia) (1932-1996)
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- Lina Magaia , Mozambique (1945- )
- Sindiwe Magona, South Africa (1943- )
- Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt (1911-1994), awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Aminata Maïga Ka , Senegal (1940- )
- Amina Mama , Nigeria
- Mahmood Mamdani , Uganda
- Mouloud Mammeri , Algeria (1917-1989)
- Nelson Mandela, South Africa (1918- )
- Tita Mandeleau , Senegal (1937- )
- Manïssa , Côte d'Ivoire
- Chris Mann , South Africa
- Nozipa Maraire, Zimbabwe (1966- )
- Eugène Marais , South Africa
- Rene Maran , Gabon (born near Martinique) (1887-1960)
- Honorine Mare , Burkina Faso (1972- )
- Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwe
- M. Manuela Margarido , São Tomé and Príncipe (1925- )
- Mary Lee Martin-Koné , Côte d'Ivoire (born in USA)
- Andrew Martens , South Africa
- Amie-Claire Matip , Cameroon (1938- )
- Don Mattera , South Africa
- Edouard Maunick , Mauritius
- Hortense Mayaba , Benin
- M?Bamekan Soucko Bathily , Mali
- Marie Charlotte Mbarga Kouma , Cameroon (1941- )
- Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma, see Ken Bugul
- Annette Mbaye D?Erneville , Senegal (1926- )
- Chantal Magalie Mbazoo-Kassa , Gabon
- Ndèye Comba Mbengue Diakhaté , Senegal
- James McClure, South Africa
- Zakes Mda , South Africa
- Mariama Méité , Côte d'Ivoire (1967- )
- John van Melle, South Africa (born in the Netherlands) (1887-1953)
- Albert Memmi, Tunisia
- Nega Mezlekia , Ethiopia
- Régine Mfoumou-Arthur , Cameroon (1972- )
- Gcina Mhlophe , South Africa (1959- )
- Rachid Mimouni , Algeria (1945-1995)
- Justine Mintsa , Gabon (1967- )
- Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho (1876-1948)
- Benjamin Moloise , South Africa
- Aília Momplé , Mozambique (1935- )
- Tierno Monénembo , Guinea
- Isabelle Montplaisir , Côte d'Ivoire
- Yolanda Morazzo, Cape Verde (1928- )
- Diana Mordasini , Senegal
- Ahlam Mostaghanemi, Algeria
- Casey Motsisi , South Africa
- Phaswane Mpe, South Africa
- Ezekiel Mphahlele, South Africa
- Evelyne Mpudi Ngnole , Cameroon (1953- )
- Jusitne M'Poyo Kassa-Vubu , Congo (1951- )
- Oswald Mtshali , South Africa
- Thérèse Muamini , Rwanda
- V.Y. Mudimbe , Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Amélia Muge , Mozamibque (1952- )
- Micere Mugo , Kenya (1942- )
- Yolande Mukagasana , Rwanda
- Charles Mungoshi , Zimbabwe
- Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa , South Africa
- Betty (Elisabeth) Mweya Tol'Ande , Congo, (1947- )
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- Rosalie Nana , Côte d'Ivoire (1962- )
- Justine Nankam , Cameroon
- Jabula Ndebele , South Africa
- Alix Ndefu , Cameroon (1974- )
- Aminata Ndiaye , Senegal (1974- )
- Catherine N?Diaye , Senegal (1952- )
- Marie Ndiaye , Senegal (born in France) (1967- )
- Fatou Sow Ndiaye , Senegal
- Ndèye Doury Ndiaye , Senegal (1936- )
- Mariama Ndoye , Senegal
- Jeanne Mgo Maï , Cameroon (1933- )
- Geneviève Ngosso Kouo , Cameroon
- Marie Julie Nguetse , Cameroon
- Mzamane Nhlapo , Lesotho
- Anne Marie Niane , Senegal (born in Vietnam) (1950- )
- Djibril Tamsir Niane , Senegal
- Mame Bassine Niang , Senegal (1951- )
- Fatou Niang Siga , Senegal (1932- )
- Goley Niantié Lou , Côte d'Ivoire
- Mike Nicol , South Africa
- Marlene van Niekerk , South Africa
- Suzy Henique Nikiéma , Burkina Faso (1983- )
- Rebeka Njau , Kenya (1930- )
- Josette Eveyne Njock , Cameroon
- Rabiatou Njoya , Cameroon (1945- )
- Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana (1909-1972)
- Kavidi Wivine N?Landu , Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Arthur Nortje, South Africa (1942-1970)
- Mpho ?Masepo Nthunya , Lesotho
- Francine N?Toumi, see Francine Laurans
- Martina Awele Nwakoby , Nigeria (1937- )
- Flora Nwapa , Nigeria (1931-1993)
- Nadine Nyangoma , Guinea-Bissau (born in Belgium)
- Sibusiso Nyembezi , South Africa
- Clémentine Nzuji , Congo (Democratic Republic) (1944- )
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- Nadège Noëlle Ango Obiang , Gabon
- Asenath Bole Odaga , Kenya
- Grace Ogot , Kenya (1930- )
- Molara Ogundipe , Nigeria
- Tanure Ojaide , Mauritius (1948- )
- Christopher Okigbo, Nigeria
- Ben Okri, Nigeria
- Osonye Tess Onwueme , Nigeria (1955- )
- Yambo Ouologuem , Mali (1940- ) Mali
- Sembène Ousmane , Senegal
- Helen Ovbiagele , Nigeria (1944- )
- Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroon
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- Jehan Sadat, Egypt (1933- )
- Tayeb Salih, Sudan
- Dina Salústio , Cape Verde (1941- )
- Colette Samoya Kiruya , Burundi (1952- )
- Ana Julia Monteiro Sança , Cape Verde (1949- )
- Bernadette Sanou Dao , Mali (1952- )
- Adiza Sanoussi , Burkina Faso
- Glória de Santana , Mozambique (1925- )
- Rosa de Saron , Cape Verde
- Williams Sassine , Guinea
- Ghislaine Sathoud , Congo-Brazzaville (1969- )
- Riana Scheepers , South Africa
- Alan Scholefield , South Africa
- Olive Schreiner, South Africa (1855-1920)
- Leila Sebbar , Algeria
- Marinette Secco , Côte d'Ivoire (born in France) (1921- )
- Mama Seck Mbacke , Senegal
- Ahmed Sefrioui , Morocco
- Sahle Sellassie , Ethiopia (1936- )
- Ousmane Sembène, Senegal
- Jean Sénac , Algeria (1926-1962)
- Fama Diagne Sène , Senegal (1969- )
- Léopold Senghor, Senegal (1906-2001)
- Sipho Sepamla , South Africa
- Mongane Wally Serote, South Africa (1944- )
- Robert Bin Shaaban, Tanzania
- Marie-Simone Séri , Burkina Faso/Côte d'Ivoire
- Haïdara Fatoumata Sirantou , Côte d'Ivoire
- Gillian Slovo , South Africa
- Adam Small , South Africa
- Alexander McCall Smith, Zimbabwe/Botswana
- Wilbur Smith, South Africa (1932- )
- Zulu Sofolo , Nigeria (1935?/1938?- )
- Kelwyn Sole , South Africa
- Ahdaf Soueif, Egypt
- Noémia de Sousa, Mozambique (1926- )
- Aminata Sow Fall , Senegal (1941- )
- Amina Sow Mbaye , Senegal (1937- )
- Wole Soyinka, Nigeria (1934- ), awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Wilma Stockenstrom , South Africa (1933- )
- Efua Theodora Sutherland , Ghana (1924- )
- Khady Sylla , Senegal (1963- )
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- Véronique Tadjo, Côte d'Ivoire (1955- )
- Tchicaya U Tam'si , Congo (Brazzaville)
- Paula Tavares , Angola (1952- )
- Fanta-Taga Tembely , Mali (1946- )
- José Francisco Tenreiro , São Tomé and Príncipe (1921-1963)
- Can Themba , South Africa (1924-1969)
- Marie Bernadette Tiendrébéogo , Guinea (1958- )
- Miriam Tlali , South Africa (1933- )
- Abibatou Traoré, Senegal (1973- )
- Gabre-Medhin Tsegaye , Ethiopia (1936- )
- Kabika Tshilolo , Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Marie-Leontine Tsibinda , Congo-Brazzaville
- Hama Tuma , Ethiopia (1949- )
- Marie Rose Turpin , Senegal (1957- )
- Amos Tutuola, Nigeria
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- Ugonna Wachuku, Nigeria (1971- ), has been living in Geneva, Switzerland since March 1996
- Ngugi wa Mirii, Kenya (1951- )
- Ngugi wa Thiongo, Kenya (1938- )
- Graham Walker , South Africa
- Myriam Warner Vieyra , Senegal (born in Guadeloupe) (1939- )
- Stephen Watson, South Africa (1955- )
- Werewere-Liking Gnepo , Cameroon/Côte d'Ivoire (1950- )
- Zoe Wicomb , South Africa
- Ken Wiwa, Nigeria
- Mammo Wudneh, Ethiopia
- Christopher van Wyk , South Africa
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