African And African Diaspora Writers
16 entries in the African And African Diaspora Writers compendium.
Mariama BâSenegalese author and feminist whose novels explore women's struggles in postcolonial Africa.Marlon James (novelist)Jamaican novelist and Man Booker Prize winnerMaryse CondéNovelist, critic, and playwright from Guadeloupe, best known for Ségou.Mohamed ChoukriMoroccan author of the censored autobiography For Bread Alone.Muhammed Said AbdullaPioneer of Swahili popular literature and creator of the detective Bwana Msa.Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oKenyan author and advocate for African-language literature.Olaudah EquianoEnslaved African who wrote an autobiography recounting his capture and enslavement.Paulette NardalThe overlooked architect of Négritude who bridged Black worlds.Peter AbrahamsSouth African-born novelist and journalist, settled in Jamaica.Ralph EllisonAuthor of Invisible Man, winner of the National Book Award in 1953.Roxane GayWriter, professor, and editor known for Bad Feminist and Hunger.Kofi AwoonorGhanaian poet and diplomat who carried Ewe oral tradition into modern African literature.Keorapetse KgositsileSouth African poet laureate who bridged African and African-American verse.Jack MapanjeMalawian poet imprisoned without charge or trial.Luís GamaSelf-taught lawyer and abolitionist who won his own freedom.Margaret WalkerAmerican poet and writer of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
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