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182 writers · from across the continent
Every written tradition in Africa begins with an oral one. The authors gathered here worked at that threshold — translating the weight of cultures into sentences that could cross oceans and centuries. Their books are both private and communal, personal and ancestral.
Browse by name below. Each author page carries their major works, their awards, the languages they wrote in, and — where available — the country they came from. The archive is incomplete; the work of filling it is ongoing.
Abiola Irele
Philosophy
Achille Mbembe
Philosophy
Aïcha Gaddafi
Philosophy
Aimé Césaire
Philosophy
Aime Mpane
Philosophy
Alain Badiou
Philosophy
Alain Locke
Philosophy
Alain Mabanckou
Philosophy
Al-Farabi
Philosophy
Al-Ghazali
Philosophy
Ali A. Mazrui
Philosophy
Ali Mazrui
Philosophy
Al-Kindi
Philosophy
Ama Ata Aidoo
Philosophy
Amilcar Cabral
Philosophy
Amos Tutuola
Philosophy
Angela Davis
Philosophy
Antjie Krog
Philosophy
Augustine of Hippo
Philosophy
Ayi Kwei Armah
Philosophy
Aziz Fall
Philosophy
Ben Okri
Philosophy
Bernard Boxill
Philosophy
Bessie Head
Philosophy
Binyavanga Wainaina
Philosophy
Boubacar Boris Diop
Philosophy
Breyten Breytenbach
Philosophy
Buchi Emecheta
Philosophy
Camara Laye
Philosophy
Catherine Malabou
Philosophy
Chantal Mouffe
Philosophy
Charles Mills
Philosophy
Cheikh Anta Diop
Philosophy
Chielozona Eze
Philosophy
Chika Okeke-Agulu
Philosophy
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Philosophy
Chinua Achebe
Philosophy
Claude Ake
Philosophy
Clémentine Nzuji
Philosophy
Cornel West
Philosophy
D.A. Masolo
Philosophy
Dambudzo Marechera
Philosophy
Danielle Allen
Philosophy
Denise Ferreira da Silva
Philosophy
Didier Kaphagawani
Philosophy
Diké Aké
Philosophy
Ebrima Sall
Philosophy
E. J. Alagoa
Philosophy
Ellen Kuzwayo
Philosophy
Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze
Philosophy
Ezekiel Mphahlele
Philosophy
F. Abiola Irele
Philosophy
Falaiye Oluremi
Philosophy
Fania Noël
Philosophy
Fatou Diome
Philosophy
Felwine Sarr
Philosophy
Femi Taiwo
Philosophy
Florence Masebe
Philosophy
Frank Ukadike
Philosophy
Frantz Fanon
Philosophy
Fred Moten
Philosophy
Gabriella Ghermandi
Philosophy
Gaston Berger
Philosophy
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Philosophy
George Yancy
Philosophy
Godwin Sogolo
Philosophy
Grâce Decca
Philosophy
Grace Ogot
Philosophy
Grada Kilomba
Philosophy
Hortense Spillers
Philosophy
Howard McGary
Philosophy
Ibn Khaldun
Philosophy
Ibn Rushd
Philosophy
Ifi Amadiume
Philosophy
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué
Philosophy
Jacques Derrida
Philosophy
James Emmanuel Kwegyir Aggrey
Philosophy
Janheinz Jahn
Philosophy
Jean-Godefroy Bidima
Philosophy
Jean-Marc Ela
Philosophy
Jenerali Ulimwengu
Philosophy
John Mbiti
Philosophy
John S. Mbiti
Philosophy
Julius Nyerere
Philosophy
Keguro Macharia
Philosophy
Kofi Annan
Philosophy
Kofi Kissi Dompere
Philosophy
Kojin Karatani
Philosophy
Kole Omotoso
Philosophy
Kopano Ratele
Philosophy
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosophy
Kwame Nkrumah
Philosophy
Kwasi Wiredu
Philosophy
Lansana Keita
Philosophy
Léonce Ndikumana
Philosophy
Léon-Gontran Damas
Philosophy
Léonora Miano
Philosophy
Leopold Sedar Senghor
Philosophy
Leopold Sédar Senghor
Philosophy
Lewis R. Gordon
Philosophy
Lionel Koffi Djokoua
Philosophy
Lucius Outlaw
Philosophy
Mabogo Percy More
Philosophy
Magema Fuze
Philosophy
Mahmood Mamdani
Philosophy
Malebranche Okonkwo
Philosophy
Manthia Diawara
Philosophy
Maria Lugones
Philosophy
Mariama Bâ
Philosophy
Mariane Ibrahim
Philosophy
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
Philosophy
Martinican philosopher and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon
Philosophy
Micere Githae Mugo
Philosophy
Michael Onyebuchi Eze
Philosophy
Mogobe Ramose
Philosophy
Molefi Kete Asante
Philosophy
Mongo Beti
Philosophy
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
Philosophy
Nadia Yala Kisukidi
Philosophy
Nelson Maldonado-Torres
Philosophy
Neville Alexander
Philosophy
Ngũgĩ wa Mirii
Philosophy
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Philosophy
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Philosophy
Niyi Osundare
Philosophy
Nkiru Nzegwu
Philosophy
Okot p'Bitek
Philosophy
Olaudah Equiano
Philosophy
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Philosophy
Olúmúyìwá Ògúnsẹ̀mítàn
Philosophy
Olu Oguibe
Philosophy
Oumar Diagne
Philosophy
Ousmane Kane
Philosophy
Ousmane Sembène
Philosophy
Oyekan Owomoyela
Philosophy
Oyeronke Oyewumi
Philosophy
Paget Henry
Philosophy
Patrice Nganang
Philosophy
Patricia Hill Collins
Philosophy
Patricia McFadden
Philosophy
Paulin Hountondji
Philosophy
Percy Qoboza
Philosophy
Phyllis Ntantala
Philosophy
Pius Adesanmi
Philosophy
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
Philosophy
Reiland Rabaka
Philosophy
Rokhaya Diallo
Philosophy
Ruth Simbao
Philosophy
Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Philosophy
Safiya Sinclair
Philosophy
Safro Kwame
Philosophy
Samir Amin
Philosophy
Seloua Luste Boulbina
Philosophy
Severino Ngoenha
Philosophy
Simon Gikandi
Philosophy
Sindiwe Magona
Philosophy
Sophie Oluwole
Philosophy
Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Philosophy
Stephen Bantu Biko
Philosophy
Steve Biko
Philosophy
Susan Buck-Morss
Philosophy
Sylvia Wynter
Philosophy
Taban Lo Liyong
Philosophy
Tariq Ramadan
Philosophy
Teferra Worqneh
Philosophy
Thabo Mbeki
Philosophy
Thaddeus Metz
Philosophy
Theophile Obenga
Philosophy
Tsenay Serequeberhan
Philosophy
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Philosophy
Tunde Bewaji
Philosophy
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe
Philosophy
Vera Chirwa
Philosophy
Véronique Tadjo
Philosophy
V. Y. Mudimbe
Philosophy
Walter Rodney
Philosophy
Wambui Mwangi
Philosophy
Wole Soyinka
Philosophy
Wunyabari O. Maloba
Philosophy
Yambo Ouologuem
Philosophy
Yvonne Vera
Philosophy
Zakes Mda
Philosophy