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List of African writers by country

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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

Burkina Faso

See: List of Burkinabé writers

Burundi

Cameroon

See: List of Cameroonian writers

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

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Congo (Brazzaville)

See: List of Republic of the Congo writers

Congo (Democratic Republic) – formerly Zaïre

See: List of Democratic Republic of the Congo writers

Côte d'Ivoire

See: List of Ivorian writers

Djibouti

Egypt

See: List of Egyptian writers

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

The Gambia

Ghana

See: List of Ghanaian writers

Guinea

See: List of Guinean writers

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

See: List of Kenyan writers

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

See: List of Malagasy writers

Malawi

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See: List of Malawian writers

Mali

See: List of Malian writers

Mauritania

* Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1872–1913), Arabic-language writer

[a]* Ibn Razqa (died 1144 AH/1731 AD), poet and scholar

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

See: List of Mozambican writers

Namibia

Niger

See: List of Nigerien writers

Nigeria

See: List of Nigerian writers

Rwanda

See: List of Rwandan writers

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

See: List of Senegalese writers

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

See: List of Sierra Leonean writers

Somalia

South Africa

See: List of South African writers

Sudan

See: List of Sudanese writers

Swaziland

Tanzania

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

Zambia

Zimbabwe

See: List of Zimbabwean writers

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Notes

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