List of African writers by country


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

[Algeria]

See: List of Algerian writers

[Angola]

See: List of Angolan writers

[Benin]

See: List of Beninese writers

[Botswana]

See: List of Burkinabé writers

[Burundi]

See: List of Cameroonian writers

[Cape Verde]

[Central African Republic]

See: List of Republic of the Congo writers

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See: List of Democratic Republic of the Congo writers

[Côte d'Ivoire]

See: List of Ivorian writers

[Djibouti]

See: List of Egyptian writers

[Equatorial Guinea]

[Ghana]

See: List of Ghanaian writers

[Guinea]

See: List of Guinean writers

[Guinea-Bissau]

See: List of Kenyan writers

[Lesotho]

See: List of Malagasy writers

[Malawi]

See: List of Malawian writers

[Mali]

See: List of Malian writers

[Mauritania]

[Morocco]

[Mozambique]

See: List of Mozambican writers

[Namibia]

See: List of Nigerien writers

[Nigeria]

See: List of Nigerian writers

[Rwanda]

See: List of Rwandan writers

[São Tomé and Príncipe]

See: List of Senegalese writers

[Seychelles]

See: List of Sierra Leonean writers

[Somalia]

See: List of South African writers

[Sudan]

See: List of Sudanese writers

[Swaziland]

See: List of Tanzanian writers

[Togo]

See: List of Togolese writers

[Tunisia]

See: List of Tunisian writers

[Uganda]

See: List of Ugandan writers

[Western Sahara]

See: List of Zimbabwean writers