List of African poets
This is a list of African poets. Contemporary Africa has a range of important poets aross many different genres and cultures. Poetry in Africa details more on the history and context of contemporary poetry on the continent. Including nation of poetry (Somalia)
A
- Agyei-Baah Adjei, Ghana
- Chris Abani, Nigeria
- Maria do Carmo Abecassis, Mozambique
- Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudan
- Lionel Abrahams, South Africa
- Henrique Abranches, Angola
- P. A. K. Aboagye, Ghana
- Mohammed Achaari, Morocco
- Chinua Achebe, Nigeria
- Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigeria
- Elhadi Adam, Sudan
- Adamou Idé, Niger
- 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 (poet), South Africa
- Amina Said Ali, Somalia
- 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
- Ali Birra, Ethiopia
- J. Benibengor Blay, Ghana
- Kwesi Brew, Ghana
- Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo, Côte d'Ivoire
- Tanella Boni, Côte d'Ivoire
- Mohammed Ben Brahim, Morocco
- Siham Benchekroun, Morocco
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (historian), 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
- Breyten Breytenbach, South Africa
- Dennis Brutus, South Africa
- Guy Butler (poet), South Africa
- Mildred Barya, Uganda
C
- Robert Calvert, South Africa
- Roy Campbell, South Africa
- 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
- José Craveirinha, Mozambique
- Jeremy Cronin, South Africa
- Patrick Cullinan, South Africa
- Gary Cummiskey, South Africa
- Sheila Cussons, South Africa
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
- Donovan Mitchell, South Africa
- Finuala Dowling, South Africa
E
- Michael Echeruo, Nigeria
- Amatoritsero Ede, Nigeria
- Elisabeth Eybers, South Africa
- Bushra Elfadil, Sudan
- Mohammed Moftahh Elfitory, Sudan
- John Eppel, Zimbabwe
F
- Achour Fenni, Algeria
- Allal al-Fassi, Morocco
- Abd al-Rahman al-Fazazi, Morocco
- Femi Fani-Kayode, Nigeria
- Sheila Meiring Fugard, South Africa
G
- Ahmed Gabyow, Somalia
- Keith Gottschalk, South Africa
- William Wellington Gqoba, South Africa
- Stephen Gray, South Africa
- Mafika Gwala, South Africa
- Abdul Raheem Glailati, Sudan
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
- Hasan Hayle, Somalia
- Megan Hall, South Africa
- Joan Hambidge, South Africa
- Ernst van Heerden, South Africa
- C. M. van den Heever, South Africa
- Colleen Higgs, South Africa
- Robert Homem, 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
- 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
- Wopko Jensma, South Africa
- 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
- Mohammed Khammar Kanouni, Morocco
- Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, Morocco
- Aryan Kaganof, South Africa
- Anne Kellas, South Africa
- Keorapetse Kgositsile, South Africa
- 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
L
- 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
- Zahra Mansouri, Morocco
- Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwe
- Al-Masfiwi, Morocco
- Dada Masiti, Somalia
- Ambrose Massaquoi, Sierra Leone
- Thami Mdaghri, Morocco
- Ahmed Mejjati, Morocco
- 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
- D. F. Malherbe, South Africa
- Clinton Marius, South Africa
- John Mateer, South Africa
- John Matshikiza, South Africa
- James Matthews, South Africa
- Mzwakhe Mbuli, South Africa
- Joan Metelerkamp, South Africa
- Abdul Milazi, South Africa
- Ruth Miller, South Africa
- Amitabh Mitra, South Africa
- Chuma Mmeka, Nigeria
- Kobus Moolman, South Africa
- Rose Moss, South Africa
- Isabella Motadinyane, South Africa
- Modikwe Dikobe, South Africa
- Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, South Africa
- Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South Africa
- Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, Sudan
- Zina Mahjoub, Sudan
- Malkat Ed-Dar Mohamed, Sudan
- Tumi Molekane, Tanzania
- Mukotani Rugyendo, Uganda
- Micere Githae Mugo, Kenya
- Mulumba Ivan Matthias, Uganda
- Solomon Mutswairo, Zimbabwe
- Togara Muzanenhamo, Zimbabwe
N
- Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, Kenya
- Nagbe, Liberia
- Mririda n’Ait Attik, Morocco
- Mostafa Nissaboury, Morocco
- Hans Daniel Namuhuja, Namibia
- Okey Ndibe, Nigeria
- Uche Nduka, Nigeria
- Echezonachukwu Nduka, Nigeria
- Arthur Nortje, South Africa
- Pitika Ntuli, South Africa
O
- Chike Obi, Nigeria
- Okello Oculi, Uganda
- Tanure Ojaide, Nigeria
- Atukwei Okai, Ghana
- Gabriel Okara, Nigeria
- Diego Odoh Okenyodo, Nigeria
- Christopher Okigbo, Nigeria
- Olatubosun Oladapo, Nigeria
- Onwuchekwa Jemie, Nigeria
- D. J. Opperman, South Africa
- Niyi Osundare, 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
- David Rubadiri, Malawi
- Lesego Rampolokeng, South Africa
- Francis William Reitz, South Africa
- Rustum Kozain, South Africa
- Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudan
- Ras Nas, Tanzania
- Shaaban Bin Robert, Tanzania
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S
- Peter M. Sacks, South Africa
- Abdelhadi Said, Morocco
- Arja Salafranca, South Africa
- 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
- Si Mohand, Algeria
- Ari Sitas, South Africa
- Adam Small (writer), South Africa
- Noémia de Sousa, Mozambique
- Wole Soyinka, Nigeria
- Lina Spies, South Africa
- Bakari Sumano, Mali
- Musinga Yuhi Seth,Namibia
T
- Frédéric Pacéré Titinga, Burkina Faso
- Aida Touré, Gabon
- Véronique Tadjo, Côte d'Ivoire
- Abdelkarim Tabbal, Morocco
- Hemmou Talb, Morocco
- Houcine Toulali, Morocco
- Toyin Adewale-Gabriel, Nigeria
- Abdillahi Suldaan Mohammed Timacade, Somalia
- Mohamud Siad Togane, Somalia
- Eugène Terre'Blanche, South Africa
- Totius (poet), South Africa
- Poseidon Tsautsau, Zimbabwe
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
- Phillis Wheatley, Senegal
- Crystal Warren, South Africa
- Stephen Watson, South Africa
- Mary Morison Webster, South Africa
- George Weideman, South Africa
- 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
- 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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