• Source: List of African poets

This is a list of African poets. Contemporary Africa has a range of important poets across many different genres and cultures. Poetry in Africa details more on the history and context of contemporary poetry on the continent.




A


Chris Abani, Nigeria
Maria do Carmo Abecassis, Mozambique
Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudan
Lionel Abrahams, South Africa
P. A. K. Aboagye, Ghana
Mohammed Achaari, Morocco
Chinua Achebe, Nigeria
Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigeria
Elhadi Adam, Sudan
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, Nigeria
Tatamkulu Afrika, South Africa
Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana
Funso Aiyejina, Nigeria
Grace Akello, Uganda
Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami, Morocco
Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi, Morocco
Kaddour El Alamy, Morocco
Abu Salim al-Ayyashi, Morocco
Sebastião Alba, Mozambique
Mike Alfred, South Africa
AlKabli, Sudan
Akilu Aliyu, Nigeria
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, Sudan
Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, Nigeria
Jean Amrouche, Algeria
Ingrid Andersen, South Africa
Tyrone Appollis, South Africa
Eseohe Arhebamen (a.k.a. Edoheart), Nigeria
Khadambi Asalache, Kenya
Nana Asma'u, Nigeria
Hennie Aucamp, South Africa
Mohammed Awzal, Morocco
Ayo Ayoola-Amale, Nigeria
Ali Azaykou, Morocco
Étienne Azéma, Réunion
Jean-Henri Azéma, Réunion
Nnorom Azuonye, Nigeria




B


Mildred Barya, Uganda
Ali Birra, Ethiopia
J. Benibengor Blay, Ghana
Kwesi Brew, Ghana
Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, Côte d'Ivoire
Tanella Boni, Côte d'Ivoire
Ali Bu'ul, Somaliland
Mohammed Ben Brahim, Morocco
Siham Benchekroun, Morocco
Abdelmajid Benjelloun, Morocco
Hafsa Bikri, Morocco
Al-Buzidi al-Bujrafi, Morocco
Philip Begho, Nigeria
Alioune Badara Bèye, Senegal
Gabeba Baderoon, South Africa
Shabbir Banoobhai, South Africa
Sinclair Beiles, South Africa
Robert Berold, South Africa
Vonani Bila, South Africa
Peter Blum, South Africa
Roy Blumenthal, South Africa
Tanella Boni, Côte d'Ivoire
Breyten Breytenbach, South Africa
Dennis Brutus, South Africa
Abena Busia, Ghana
Akosua Busia, Ghana
Guy Butler, South Africa




C


Robert Calvert, South Africa
Roy Campbell, South Africa
Gladys Casely-Hayford, Ghana
Jan F. E. Celliers, South Africa
Steve Chimombo, Mali
Chirikure Chirikure, Zimbabwe
Yvette Christiansë, South Africa
Charl Cilliers, South Africa
J. P. Clark Nigeria
Jack Cope, South Africa
Mia Couto, Mozambique
Jeni Couzyn, South Africa
José Craveirinha, Mozambique
Jeremy Cronin, South Africa
Patrick Cullinan, South Africa
Gary Cummiskey, South Africa
Sheila Cussons, South Africa
Chijioke Amu-Nnadi, Nigeria




D


Mohammed Dib, Algeria
Tahar Djaout, Algeria
Viriato da Cruz, Angola
Bernadette Sanou Dao, Burkina Faso
Mbella Sonne Dipoko, Cameroon
Kwame Dawes, Ghana
Bernard Binlin Dadié, Côte d'Ivoire
Fily Dabo Sissoko, Mali
Souéloum Diagho, Mali
David Diop, Senegal
Achmat Dangor, South Africa
Johann de Lange, South Africa
Dertigers, South Africa
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, South Africa
Isobel Dixon, South Africa
Angifi Dladla, South Africa
Finuala Dowling, South Africa
Saddiq Dzukogi, Nigeria




E


Michael Echeruo, Nigeria
Amatoritsero Ede, Nigeria
Elisabeth Eybers, South Africa
Bushra Elfadil, Sudan
Mohammed Moftahh Elfitory, Sudan
John Eppel, Zimbabwe




F


Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigeria
Allal al-Fassi, Morocco
Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi, Morocco
Achour Fenni, Algeria
Diana Ferrus, South Africa
Kite Fiqi, Somaliland
Sheila Meiring Fugard, South Africa




G


Ahmed Gabyow, Somalia
Gaariye, Somaliland
Abdul Raheem Glailati, Sudan
Keith Gottschalk, South Africa
William Wellington Gqoba, South Africa
Stephen Gray, South Africa
Josué Guébo, Ivory Coast
Mafika Gwala, South Africa




H


Hadraawi, Somalia
Malek Haddad, Algeria
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalia
Gebre Hanna, Ethiopia
Mohammed al-Haik, Morocco
Allal El Hajjam, Morocco
Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi, Morocco
Mohammed al-Harraq al-Alami, Morocco
David Hassine, Morocco
Sulayman al-Hawwat, Morocco
Dorian Haarhoff, Namibia
Helon Habila, Nigeria
Obo Aba Hisanjani, Nigeria
Megan Hall, South Africa
Joan Hambidge, South Africa
Ernst van Heerden, South Africa
C. M. van den Heever, South Africa
Colleen Higgs, South Africa
Christopher Hope, South Africa
Peter Horn, South Africa
Allan Kolski Horwitz, South Africa
Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwe




I


Ismail ibn al-Ahmar, Morocco
Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami, Morocco
Ibn al-Khabbaza, Morocco
Malik ibn al-Murahhal, Morocco
Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Morocco
Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Zakur, Morocco
Ibn Zaydan, Morocco
Chinweizu Ibekwe, Nigeria
Adamou Idé, Niger
Abdi Bashir Indhobuur, Somalia
I. D. du Plessis, South Africa
Ibrahim 'Ali Salman, Sudan
Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudan




J


António Jacinto, Angola
Abu al-Abbas al-Jarawi, Morocco
Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta, Morocco
Ahmed Joumari, Morocco
John Jea, Nigeria
Alan James, South Africa
José Craveirinha, Mozambique
Noémia de Sousa, Mozambique
Wopko Jensma, South Africa
Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede, Nigeria
Liesl Jobson, South Africa
Sarah Johnson, South Africa
Ingrid Jonker, South Africa




K


Ajaib Kamal, Kenya
Jonathan Kariara, Kenya
Bai T. Moore, Liberia
Stanley Onjezani Kenani, Malawi
Mohammed Khammar Kanouni, Morocco
Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, Morocco
Aryan Kaganof, South Africa
Anne Kellas, South Africa
Keorapetse Kgositsile, South Africa
Ntšeliseng ʻMasechele Khaketla, Lesotho
Sheila Khala, Lesotho
Mbongeni Khumalo, South Africa
Olga Kirsch, South Africa
Uys Krige, South Africa
Antjie Krog, South Africa
Anton Robert Krueger, South Africa
Mazisi Kunene, South Africa
Abdellatif Laabi, Morocco
Wafaa Lamrani, Morocco
Ahmed Lemsih, Morocco
Mandla Langa, South Africa
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South Africa
Pule Lechesa, South Africa
C. Louis Leipoldt, South Africa
Douglas Livingstone, South Africa
Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw, South Africa
W. E. G. Louw, South Africa
Taban Lo Liyong, Sudan




M


Christopher Mwashinga, Tanzania
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, Kenya
Jack Mapanje, Malawi
Felix Mnthali, Malawi
Ahmed al-Madini, Morocco
Abdelaziz al-Maghrawi, Morocco
Abderrahman El Majdoub, Morocco
Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi, Morocco
Zindzi Mandela, South Africa
Zahra Mansouri, Morocco
Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwe
Barbara Masekela, South Africa
Al-Masfiwi, Morocco
Lebogang Mashile, South Africa
Dada Masiti, Somalia
Thami Mdaghri, Morocco
Ahmed Mejjati, Morocco
Gcina Mhlophe, South Africa
Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka, Madagascar
Mohammed Bennis, Morocco
Peya Mushelenga, Namibia
Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi, Morocco
Rozena Maart, South Africa
Kim McClenaghan, South Africa
Michelle McGrane, South Africa
Don Maclennan, South Africa
Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, Sudan
D. F. Malherbe, South Africa
Clinton Marius, South Africa
John Mateer, South Africa
Don Mattera, South Africa
Mulumba Ivan Matthias, Uganda
John Matshikiza, South Africa
James Matthews, South Africa
Mzwakhe Mbuli, South Africa
Joan Metelerkamp, South Africa
Ruth Miller, South Africa
Amitabh Mitra, South Africa
Kobus Moolman, South Africa
Rose Moss, South Africa
Isabella Motadinyane, South Africa
Modikwe Dikobe, South Africa
Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, South Africa
Fadhy Mtanga, Tanzania
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South Africa
Malkat Ed-Dar Mohamed, Sudan
Tumi Molekane, Tanzania
Mukotani Rugyendo, Uganda
Micere Githae Mugo, Kenya
Hassan Sheikh Mumin Somalia
Solomon Mutswairo, Zimbabwe
Togara Muzanenhamo, Zimbabwe
Rasaq Malik, Nigeria




N


Hans Daniel Namuhuja, Namibia
Mririda n'Ait Attik, Morocco
Okey Ndibe, Nigeria
Uche Nduka, Nigeria
Echezonachukwu Nduka, Nigeria
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, Kenya
Mostafa Nissaboury, Morocco
Arthur Nortje, South Africa
Pitika Ntuli, South Africa




O


Chike Obi, Nigeria
Okello Oculi, Uganda
Odia Ofeimun, Nigeria
Tanure Ojaide, Nigeria
Atukwei Okai, Ghana
Gabriel Okara, Nigeria
Diego Odoh Okenyodo, Nigeria
Christopher Okigbo, Nigeria
Ben Okri, Nigeria
Olatubosun Oladapo, Nigeria
Onwuchekwa Jemie, Nigeria
D. J. Opperman, South Africa
Niyi Osundare, Nigeria
Romeo Oriogun, Nigeria




P


Okot p'Bitek, Uganda
Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Ghana
Shailja Patel, Kenya
Lenrie Peters, Gambia
William Plomer, South Africa
Louis-Marie Pouka, Cameroon
Karen Press, South Africa




Q


Alfred Themba Qabula, South Africa




R


Lesego Rampolokeng, South Africa
Esther Razanadrasoa (1892–1931), Madagascar
Francis William Reitz, South Africa
Rustum Kozain, South Africa
Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudan
Ras Nas, Tanzania
Shaaban Bin Robert, Tanzania
David Rubadiri, Malawi




S


Peter M. Sacks, South Africa
Abdelhadi Said, Morocco
Arja Salafranca, South Africa
Tijan M. Sallah, Gambia
Dina Salústio, Cabo Verde
Francisco Santos, Angola
Mabel Segun, Nigeria
Jean Sénac, Algeria
Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal
Sipho Sepamla, South Africa
Sjaka Septembir, South Africa
Mohamed Serghini, Morocco
Mongane Wally Serote, South Africa
Shaykh Sufi, Somalia
Warsan Shire, Somalia
Lola Shoneyin, Nigeria
Si Mohand, Algeria
Ari Sitas, South Africa
Adam Small, South Africa
Noémia de Sousa, Mozambique
Wole Soyinka, Nigeria
Lina Spies, South Africa
Bakari Sumano, Mali
Efua Sutherland, Ghana




T


Abdelkarim Tabbal, Morocco
Véronique Tadjo, Côte d'Ivoire
Hemmou Talb, Morocco
Eugène Terre'Blanche, South Africa
Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade, Somalia
Frédéric Pacéré Titinga, Burkina Faso
Mohamud Siad Togane, Somalia
Totius, South Africa
Houcine Toulali, Morocco
Aida Touré, Gabon




V


Mamman Jiya Vatsa, Nigeria
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi, South Africa
Wayne Visser, South Africa
Gert Vlok Nel, South Africa




W


Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Liberia
Phillis Wheatley, Gambia or Senegal
Crystal Warren, South Africa
Stephen Watson, South Africa
Mary Morison Webster, South Africa
George Weideman, South Africa
Ngudia Wendel, Angola
Hein Willemse, South Africa
David Wright, South Africa
Christopher van Wyk, South Africa
Chapanga Wilson, Tanzania




X


Makhosazana Xaba, South Africa
Cali Xuseen Xirsi, Somalia




Y


Mvula ya Nangolo, Namibia
Shadya Yasin, Somalia




Z


Mohamed Zafzaf, Morocco
Moufdi Zakaria, Algeria
Abed Elrahim Abu Zakrra, Sudan
Musaemura Zimunya, Zimbabwe
Abdallah Zrika, Morocco

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