Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by occupation/Poets - Africa
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This table of missing women biographies was generated using Wikidata for Wikipedia:WikiProject Women/Women in Red. See WP:WikiProject Women in Red/Redlist index for other lists by focus area or by country.
The table can be sorted by clicking on column headers. The 'sitelinks' column indicates the number of links to information about the women on other wikipedias (including commons, source and quote) and is often an indicator of a biography article on another language wikipedia. Sitelinks can be accessed via the wikidata link in the 'item' column.
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! name ! image ! description ! country of citizenship ! date of birth ! date of death ! place of birth ! place of death ! wikidata item ! site links |
| Mahria El Aghlabia
| | {{Infobox person | name = Mahria El Aghlabia | image = | birth_date = -00T | birth_place = Kairouan | death_date = -00T | death_place = Mecca | nationality = Ifriqiya | other_names = | occupation = poet }} poet (900–907) ♀ | Ifriqiya | 9th century | 907 | Kairouan | Mecca | 1 |
| Mencía de Figueroa
| | Spanish poet | 1410s | 1444 | Q6010182 | 1 |
| Fatemeh Bint Mohammad Hanafi
| | 15th century Persian woman writer | Egypt | 1451 | 1534 | Cairo | | 1 |
| Fatma xanım Ani
| | {{Infobox person | name = Fatma xanım Ani | image = | birth_date = -00T | birth_place = Istanbul | death_date = -00T | death_place = Yenişehir | nationality = Turkey, Ottoman Empire | other_names = }} | 17th century | 1710 | Istanbul | 4 |
| Dorothea Gosen
| | South African poet | 1774 | | | | 1 |
| Fitnat Khanum
| | Ottoman Turkish poet | 1842-11-26 | 1911 | | 1 |
| Makbule Leman
| | Ottoman poet (1865-1898) | 1865 | 1898 | Istanbul | Q6033806 | 1 |
| Antoinette Carinus-Holzhausen
| | South African writer and poet | 1883-07-22 | 1945-03-15 | | Pretoria | 1 |
| Amina Mohamed Naguib
| File:Amina Mohamed Naguib Al-Alam, V1, Page 473.jpg | Egyptian poet | Khedivate of Egypt | 1887 | 1917 | Cairo | Cairo | 1 |
| Maria Zampa
| | Greek poet | 1888 | 1933 | Adana | Athens | 1 |
| Munira Tawfiq
| | {{Infobox person | name = Munira Tawfiq | image = | birth_date = -00T | birth_place = Port Said | death_date = -22T00:00: | death_place = Alexandria | nationality = Khedivate of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt, Kingdom of Egypt, Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic | other_names = | occupation = poet, literary }} poet and literary (1893–1965) ♀ | Khedivate of Egypt | 1893 | 1965-10-22 | 1 |
| Hilda Postma
| | South African poet and writer | 1895-09-07 | 1993-08-01 | | | 1 |
| Kharboucha
| | Moroccan singer | Morocco | 19th century | 20th century | | | Q6765566 | 3 |
| Noor Abdulmajeed
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 20th century | | Cairo | | 4 |
| Nafia Abid
| poet | 1903 | | Ioannina | | 1 |
| İffet Halim Oruz
| | Turkish poet, writer, women's rights activist | 1904 | 1993-08-20 | Istanbul | Istanbul | 1 |
| Almas Duwaik
| | Lebanese writer and poet | Ottoman Empire | 1904 | 1978-10-28 | Beirut | 1 |
| أبكار السقاف
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1913-01-04 | 1989 | Cairo | 2 |
| Jalīlah Riḍā
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1915-12-31 | 2001-03-12 | Cairo | 3 |
| Emma Horn
| | South African poet | 1917 | | | | 1 |
| Afifa al-Hisni
| | Syrian teacher and poet | Ottoman Empire | 1918-12-15 | 2003-09-12 | Damascus | Damascus | 2 |
| Nelly Vaucher-Zananiri
| | 1900- | Egypt | 1920 | 1984-05 | | | 1 |
| Gulpérie Efflatoun Abdalla
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1921 | | | | 0 |
| Malak ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1921-10-19 | 1999-11-28 | Tanta | 2 |
| Aziza Harun
| | Syrian poet | Alawite State | 1923 | 1986-02-12 | Latakia | Damascus | 4 |
| Fluri Abdel-Malik
| Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1925 | 1983-01-16 | Mansoura | 1 |
| Amineh Qutb
| | Egyptian poet (1927-2007) | Egypt | 1927 | 2007 | | | 3 |
| Aisha Debbagh
| | Syrian poet | First Syrian Republic | 1927 | | Aleppo | | 1 |
| Eveleen Castelyn
| | South African poet | 1928-06-17 | 2004-12-05 | Pretoria | 1 |
| Nadia Guendouz
| File:Plaque 6 Rue Nadia Guendouz - Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine (FR93) - 2022-06-23 - 2.jpg | Algerian poet | 1932-02-26 | 1992-04-04 | Algiers | Algiers | 2 |
| Sherifa Fathy
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1933-01-01 | 2007-12-19 | Helwan | al-Giza | 2 |
| Zina Mahjoub
| | Sudanese poet | Sudan | 1933-10-05 | 1957-05-28 | | | 1 |
| علية الجعار
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1935 | 2003 | Tanta | | 3 |
| Sílvia do Rosario Silveira de Bragança
| File:Sílvia Bragança, widow of Aquino de Bragança. 01.jpg | Portuguese-Mozambican painter and teacher | 1937 | 2020-09-21 | Goa | 1 |
| Souad Guellouz
| | Tunisian teacher, novelist and poet | French protectorate of Tunisia | 1937-12-30 | | Aryanah | | 1 |
| Zoubeida Bchir
| | Tunisian writer | French protectorate of Tunisia | 1938-02 | 2011-08-21 | Tunisia | Tunis | 4 |
| Rita Mensah-Amendah
| | Togolese writer | Togo | 1940 | | Dakar | | 0 |
| Nadia Ghalem
| | novelist | 1941-06-26 | | Oran | | 2 |
| Hayat Abu al-Nasr
| | Egyptian writer and poet | Egypt | 1942-04-08 | | Cairo | | 2 |
| بوساحة مبروكة
| | Algerian writer | Algeria | 1943 | | | | 1 |
| Amal Jarrah
| | Syrian poet | First Syrian Republic | 1945 | 2004-02-06 | Beirut | 2 |
| Rosa Smit
| | South African poet | 1945 | | | | 1 |
| Marlise Joubert
| South African poet | 1945-12-17 | | Elim | | 1 |
| Elisabeth Mweya Tol'Ande
| DRC poet and writer | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1947-07-07 | | Kinshasa | | 3 |
| Ikram Al-Assi
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1948 | 2013-04-01 | | | 1 |
| Najette Ouerghi
| | Tunisian poet | French protectorate of Tunisia | 1949-12-25 | | | 1 |
| Mona Soliman
| | Egyptian writer | Egypt | 20th century | | Egypt | | 2 |
| تماضر شيخ الدين
| | Sudanese poet | Sudan | 20th century | | | | 4 |
| Juka Fatou Jabang
| | Gambian poet | 20th century | | | | 1 |
| Eglal Errera
| | Egyptian writer | Egypt | 1950 | | | 0 |
| Batoul Alaoui
| | Moroccan author and poet | Morocco | 1950 | | Ouazzane | | 1 |
| Tata Milouda
| Moroccan artist | Morocco | 1950 | | | | Q3515996 | 1 |
| Rachida Madani
| | Moroccan poet | Morocco | 1951 | | Tangier | | 1 |
| Rika Cilliers
| | South African poet | 1951 | 1999-04-27 | | | Q2017417 | 2 |
| Hafidha Kara Biben
| | Tunisian poet and writer | French protectorate of Tunisia | 1951-04-09 | | Bizerte | | 1 |
| Victoire Issembe
| | writer | Gabon | 1952-11-17 | | | 0 |
| Khadija Abi Bakr Maalainaine
| | Moroccan poet | Morocco | 1953 | | Tiznit | | 1 |
| Touria Ikbal
| | Moroccan poet, translator, Sufi expert | Morocco | 20th century | | | Q3533952 | 1 |
| Afaf Al-Sadiq
| | Sudanese poet and academic | Sudan | 1954 | 2018-01-06 | Khartoum | Jizan | 3 |
| Zineb Laouedj
| | Algerian Poet | Algeria | 1954 | | | 0 |
| Martjie Bosman
| | South African poet | 1954-09-19 | | | | 1 |
| أمينة مريني إدريسي
| | Moroccan poet | Morocco | 1955 | | Fez | | 1 |
| Iman Bakri
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1955 | | Cairo | | 2 |
| Karen Kuhn
| | South African poet | 1955 | | | | 1 |
| Najet Adouani
| | Tunisian poet, writer and journalist | French protectorate of Tunisia | 1956 | | El Hamma | | 1 |
| 'Aisha Idris al-Maghribi
| | Libyan poet (1956-) | Libya | 1956 | | Benghazi | | 0 |
| باته بنت البراء
| | Mauritanian politician | 1956 | | Mederdra | | 1 |
| Betsie van Niekerk
| | South African poet | 1956 | | | | 1 |
| Maria Alexandre Dáskalos
| | poet | Angola | 1957 | 2021-03-20 | Huambo | | 2 |
| Amel Safta
| | Tunisian actress and poet | Tunisia | 1957-12-05 | | Benghazi | | 3 |
| Matilda Alica Cynthia Johnson
| | Gambian poet | 1958 | | | | 1 |
| Fatma Qandil
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1958 | | Suez | | 1 |
| Fatiha Morchid
| Moroccan poet | Morocco | 1958-03-14 | | | Q6822721 | 1 |
| Carole Darricarrère
| | French poet | 1959 | | Abidjan | | 1 |
| Sharifah El-Sayyed
| | Egyptian writer | Egypt | 1959 | | Cairo | | 3 |
| Kanguimbu Ananaz
| | Angolan poet, psychologist and social consultant | Angola | 1959 | | | 1 |
| Marie-Thérèse Ambassa Betoko
| | Cameroonian poet | Cameroon | 1959-01-19 | | Yaoundé | | 1 |
| Khadija Elallam
| | Moroccan poet | Morocco | 1959-04-04 | | | 1 |
| Nadia Nouasser
| | Algerian poet | Algeria | 1960 | | Annaba | | 1 |
| Toki Mabogunje
| | Nigerian lawyer, broadcaster, poet and business consultant | Nigeria | 1961-02-07 | | | | 0 |
| Eliza Kentridge
| | South African poet | 1962 | | | 0 |
| Zahiya Muhammad 'Ali
| | Libyan poet and short-story writer (1964-1986) | Libya | 1964 | 1986 | Al-Marj | | 0 |
| حنان عبد القادر
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1964-12-21 | | | | 2 |
| إيزابيل كمال
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1964-12-28 | | Cairo | | 1 |
| Souad Labbize
| Algerian novelist | Algeria | 1965-03-25 | | | | 1 |
| Siham Bouhlal
| | Moroccan author, translator and writer | Morocco | 1966 | | | 4 |
| هناء رشاد
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1968-08-29 | | | | 1 |
| alya abdel salam
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1968-10-12 | | | | 1 |
| Rawda Al-Haj
| File:Rawda Al-Haj, The Munathara Initiative - Mar 3, 2017.jpg | Sudanese poet | Democratic Republic of Sudan | 1969 | | Kassala | | 2 |
| Nihād Ibrāhīm
| | Egyptian translator | Egypt | 1971-01-01 | | Cairo | | 1 |
| Sónia Sultuane
| | Mozambican artist and poet | 1971-03-04 | | Maputo | | 2 |
| Mendi Obadike
| File:Mendi+Keith 2013 03 (crop 2).png | American poet and professor (b. 1973) | Nigeria | 1973 | | | | 0 |
| Frances le Roux
| | South African poet | 1973 | | | | 1 |
| فاطمة بوهراكة
| File:صورة للشاعرة و الباحثة فاطمة بوهراكة.jpg | Moroccan writer | Morocco | 1974 | | Fez | | 1 |
| Khairia Boubtan
| | Tunisian writer and poet | Tunisia | 1974 | | Tunis | | 1 |
| Zahra Yusra
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 1974 | | Cairo | | 0 |
| Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyuwa
| | Ugandan poet | Uganda | 1976 | | | | 0 |
| Carina Stander
| | South African poet | 1976 | | | | 1 |
| Martina Klopper
| | South African poet | 1976 | | | | 1 |
| جيهان سليمان
| | Egyptian journalist | Egypt | 1977-04-03 | | Cairo | | 2 |
| Énia Lipanga
| | Mozambican poet, activist and cultural agitator | 1977-04-04 | | Maputo | | 3 |
| Fatima Maaroufi
| | Moroccan poet | Morocco | 1977-10-30 | | | | 3 |
| Ouahiba Chaoui
| | Algerian poet | Algeria | 1978 | | Sétif | | Q3357900 | 2 |
| Christelle Nadia Fotso
| | Cameroonian poet and lawyer | Cameroon | 1978-12-08 | | Yaoundé | | 2 |
| Julienne Baseke Nzabandora
| | journalist and human rights activist in the DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1979 | | | 1 |
| Ana Silva (artiste)
| | Angolan poet | Angola | 1979 | | Calulo | | 1 |
| Ngnima Sarr
| | Senegalese rapper | Senegal | 1980s | | Senegal | | 2 |
| Ayavi Lake
| File:Ayavi Lake PORTRAIT.jpg | Quebec short story writer and poet | 1980-02-19 | | Dakar | | 1 |
| Radina Al-Filali
| | Libyan poet (1961-) | Libya | 1981 | | Tripoli | | 0 |
| Mouna Ouafik
| | Moroccan journalist and poet (1981–) | Morocco | 1981-03-29 | | Rabat | | 1 |
| Noha Behman
| Egyptian writer and translator | Egypt | 1983-06-01 | | | 1 |
| Shaimaa Sabagh
| Egyptian civil rights activist, poet | Egypt | 1984-01 | 2015-01-24 | | 5 |
| Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann
| | Kenyan-German artist, poet, photographer and filmmaker | 1985 | | Bonn | | 1 |
| Artemisa Semedo
| | Spanish-Capoverdian artist, poet, actress, activist and sociologist | 1985 | | Assomada | | 2 |
| Susan Smith
| | South African poet | 1985-02-10 | | De Aar | | 1 |
| Mouna Baazaoui
| | Tunisian poet | Tunisia | 1985-06-10 | | | 1 |
| Amee Slam
| Ivorian poet | 1985-07-25 | | Bouaké | | 1 |
| Genna Gardini
| | South African poet | 1986 | | | 0 |
| Essie Kelly
| | French-Ivorian novelist, poet and lawyer | 1986-10-12 | | | | 1 |
| Keotshephile Motseonageng
| | Performing artist: poet, singer, actress, dancer, image model and a Business woman. | Botswana | 1987-12-19 | | | 0 |
| Soukaina Habiballah
| | Moroccan novelist and poet | Morocco | 1989 | | | 1 |
| Na Hassi
| | Malagasy poet | 1989 | | | 0 |
| Kokoè Essénam Kouevi
| | Togolese writer | Togo | 1990-04-16 | | Lomé | | 0 |
| Tariro Ndoro
| | Zimbabwean Poet and Storyteller. | Zimbabwe | 1991 | | Harare | | 0 |
| Hibotep
| | Ethiopian DJ | Ethiopia | 1992-08-15 | | | 1 |
| Deqo Nuh Yunis Abdi
| | Somali poet | Somalia | 1994 | | Hargeisa | | 1 |
| Juliana Mbengono
| Equatorial Guinean author (born 1996) | 1996-05-18 | | Ebibeyin | | 2 |
| Lame Pusetso
| | Motswana multi award author, Poet, and Publisher | Botswana | 1997-04-26 | | | | 0 |
| Tanatsei Gambura
| | Zimbabwean-born multidisciplinary artist, poet | Zimbabwe | 1999 | | | | 0 |
| Timb Sara
| Cameroonian author of a collection of poems | Cameroon | 1999-10 | | | | 1 |
| Monelle
| File:Monelle press shot studio image.jpg | South African R&B singer/songwriter and author | 1999-10-06 | | | | 0 |
| Angel Agnes Smith
| | Nigerian writer | Nigeria | 2000 | | | 0 |
| Azza Riad
| | Egyptian translator | Egypt | 20th century | | Cairo | | 1 |
| Maholy Razanadrasoa
| | Malagasy poet and writer | 2000 | | | | 0 |
| Amel Farah
| | Egyptian journalist | Egypt | 20th century | | | | 2 |
| Hanan Mofeed Fawzy
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 20th century | | | | 2 |
| ناهد السيد
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | 20th century | | | 1 |
| Khensani Sayiya
| | South African Poet | 2000-07-26 | | | 0 |
| Botlhale Boikanyo
| | South African Actress and Poet | 2001-05-23 | | Mahikeng | | 0 |
| Lala Touray
| | Gambian Author | 2003 | | | | 0 |
| Amina Said Ali
| | Somali poet and author | Somalia | | | | | Q4746349 | 3 |
| Hatice Nakiye Hanım
| | Turkish writer, translator and poet | | | | | Q6041233 | 2 |
| Rihana Bachir
| | Moroccan poet | Morocco | | | | | 1 |
| Ny Eja
| | Artist in the field of literature | | | | | 2 |
| Nacera Mohamadi
| Algerian journalist | Algeria | | | | | 1 |
| Olufunmi Aluko
| | Nigerian poet and author | Nigeria | | | | | 1 |
| Erika Barnard
| | South African poet | | | | | 1 |
| فخر الدولة أسواني
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | | | Aswan | | 1 |
| Mehria Tmimi
| | poet from ifriqiya | Ifriqiya | | 903 | Kairouan | | 1 |
| Rika Cloete
| | South African poet | | | | | 1 |
| Analise Carstens
| | South African poet and writer | | | | | 1 |
| Melanie Grobler
| | South African poet | | | | | 1 |
| Lina Gugat
| | South African poet | | | | | 1 |
| Laila al Maghrabi
| File:Young Laila al Maghrabi.jpg | Arabic poet and broadcaster | Sudan | | 1999-03-29 | | | 1 |
| Nacima Qorane
| | Poet from Somaliland | | | | | 0 |
| Tevhîde Hanım
| | {{Infobox person | name = Tevhîde Hanım | image = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Ottoman Empire | other_names = | occupation = poet }} poet ♀ | | | | | 1 |
| Ntsiki Mazwai
| | South African born poet and Sister of Thandiswa Mazwai who uses music to translate and enhance her poetic abilities | | | | | 0 |
| Amina Zreik
| | Tunisian novelist and poet | Tunisia | | | Kairouan | | 1 |
| Carmela Oyono
| | Equatorial Guinean writer, poet and radio and television scriptwriter | | | Mongomo | | 1 |
| Evelyne Pèlerin Ngo Maa
| | Cameroonian storyteller and poet | Cameroon | | | | | 0 |
| Jhoyce Oto
| | Caermoonian poet, architect and diversity advisor | Cameroon | | | | | 0 |
| Sāmiyah Ḥasan Sāʿātī
| | Egyptian writer and academic | Egypt | | | England | | 1 |
| Nada Emam
| | Egyptian writer | Egypt | | 2020-11-11 | | | 1 |
| Aicha Ammor
| | Moroccan novelist and poet | Morocco | | | | | 1 |
| Dipe Jola
| | Nigerian poet | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Jakky Bankong-Obi
| | Nigerian poet | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Daisy Odey
| | Nigerian poet | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Iyanu Adebiyi
| | Nigerian poet | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
| | Nigerian poet and essayist | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Zeinab Mubarak
| | Egyptian writer | Egypt | | | Cairo | | 1 |
| Nawal Mahny
| | Egyptian writer | Egypt | | | | 1 |
| Wiem Ghadess
| | Tunisien writer | Tunisia | | | | | 1 |
| Tinah Mnumzana
| | South African actress | | | | | 0 |
| Lanaire Aderemi
| | Nigerian poet | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Carole Lokossou
| | beninese artist, actress, vocalist, dancer, and feminist | Benin | | | | | 4 |
| Fatima Belyamoune
| | Moroccan poet and screenwriter | Morocco | | | | 1 |
| Chinwe Azubuike
| | Nigerian poet | Nigeria | | | Lagos | | 1 |
| Khadija Soqdali
| | Moroccan actress, playwright and poet | Morocco | | | | | 1 |
| Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
| | Poet | Kenya | | | | | 0 |
| Yolande Elebe Ma Ndembo
| | Congolese journalist and poet | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | | | | 3 |
| Najwa Zahran
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | | | | | 0 |
| Nura 'Ali Zayd
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | | | | | 0 |
| Iman Ahmad Yusuf
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | | | | 0 |
| Fatima 'Abd al-Maqsud Yusuf
| | Egyptian poet | Egypt | | | | | 0 |
| Dalanda Telly Dieng
| | Guinean poet | Guinea | | | Conakry | | 0 |
| Nabila Qandil
| | Egyptian lyricist | Egypt | | 1988-01-14 | Cairo | 2 |
| Zayyanatu Abdullahi
| | poet | Nigeria | | | | 0 |
| Mihret Kebede
| File:Mihret-kebede-schamrock-2022-02.jpg | artist and poet from Ethiopia | Ethiopia | | | Dessie | | 0 |
| Bahari Ruth
| | Rwandan poet | Rwanda | | | | | 1 |
| Neema Komba
| | Tanzanian poet and writer | Tanzania | | | | | 0 |
| Sarah Lubala
| | Congolese-born poet and author | | | Kinshasa | | 0 |
| Aida Hamza
| | Tunisian poet, novelist and storyteller | Tunisia | | | | | 0 |
| Thato Angela Chuma
| | Creative entrepreneur, Singer, Curator, Poet & Writer | Botswana | | | | | 0 |
| Tânia Tembe
| | Mozambican actress and singer | | | Maputo | | 1 |
| Ôté ngando
| | Cameroonian poet and slammer | Cameroon | | | | | 0 |
| Afi Gbegbi
| | Togolese playwright | Togo | | | | | 0 |
| Lynda Koudache
| | Algerian novelist | Algeria | | | | | 1 |
| Farida Aït Ferroukh
| | Algerian writer | Algeria | | | | 1 |
| Diedre Badejo
| | book writer/author | Nigeria | | | Harlem | | 0 |
| Artemisa Ferreira
| | Cape Verdean film director, producer, poet, screenwriter and editor | | | | | 0 |
| Mazzi Wampamba
| | Ugandan author | Uganda | | | Kampala | | 0 |
| Sarah Aluko
| | Nigerian British living poet | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Chekwube Danladi
| | Nigerian writer | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Olakitan Aladesuyi
| | Nigerian poet | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Alemtsehay Wedajo
| | Ethiopian actress, playwright and poet | Ethiopia | | | | | 0 |
| Fatma Ben Mahmoud
| | Tunisian writer and poet | Tunisia | | | Tunis | | 1 |
| Claudia Anthony
| | Sierra Leonean journalist and poet | | | | | 0 |
| Sahar Othmani
| | Tunisian poet | Tunisia | | | | | 1 |
| Elizabeth Osayande
| | Nigerian Journalist | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Rawda Elhaj
| | Sudanese poet, journalist and writer | Sudan | | | | | 0 |
| Nduta Waweru
| | journalist, communication specialist and poet in Kenya | Kenya | | | | | 0 |
| Lindiwe Nkutha
| | Short Stories Author and Poet | | | Soweto | | 0 |
| Grace Kim Barlow
| | South African-American financier | | | | | 0 |
| Sannah Mokone
| | South African economist | | | | | 0 |
| Robin Winckel-Mellish
| | poet, writer and storyteller | | | | | 0 |
| Natisha P. Parsons
| | a writer | Zimbabwe | | | | | 0 |
| Sue Nyamnjoh
| | Author | Cameroon | | | Cameroon | | 0 |
| Rosemary Argente
| | a writer and a poet | Malawi | | | | | 0 |
| Poety Rebely
| | Malagasy poet | | | | 0 |
| Ivie Ivana Osagie (Ivana Osagie)
| | entrepreneur/ founder and Managing Director of PWR Advisory | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Yasmina Nuny
| | freelance journalist in Guinea-Bissau | | | Portugal | | 1 |
| Abimbola Abatta
| | journalist and poet based in Nigeria | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Salimata Togora
| Malian writer | Mali | | | | | 1 |
| Danai S. Mupotsa
| | Zimbabwean literary academic and poet | Zimbabwe | | | Harare | | 0 |
| Carolyne Acen
| | Ugandan poet | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Lillian Akampurira Aujo
| | poet | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Linda Nabasa
| | Poet, short story writer, playwright, actress and theatre producer | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Gloria Kiconco
| | Poet, essayist, and zine-maker | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Martha Byoga
| | Radio Presenter | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Rashida Namulondo
| | Ugandan actress, performance poet, youth worker, and founder of The Sophie Muwanika Institute of Art for Change. | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Carolyne Miriam Acen
| | Ugandan poet, spoken word artist, editor, and activist | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Arao Ameny
| | Ugandan born Poet, Writer, Editor, and Journalist based in Maryland | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Nunu Umuringa Butare
| | Ugandan poet and fashion designer | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Ber Harriet Anena
| | Ugandan writer and poet | Uganda | | | | 0 |
| Beverly Nambozo Nsengiyunva
| | Ugandan poet | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Mercy Geno Apachi
| | Ugandan poet | Uganda | | | | | 0 |
| Agatha Rachael Akullu
| | Ugandan literacy activist | Uganda | | | | 0 |
| Joan St Leger Lindbergh
| | South Africa author and poet | | | | | 0 |
| Farrah Fray
| | Libyan feminist poet | Libya | | | | | 0 |
| Amina Saïd Hazam
| File:Amina-Saïd Hazam (21e Maghreb des Livres, Paris, 7 et 8 février 2015).jpg | French-Algerian poet, writer, journalist and teacher | | | Oran | | 0 |
| Nora M. Barghati
| | Libyan poet | Libya | | | | | 0 |
| Sarah Uheida
| | Poet, writer, academic, businesswoman | Libya | | | | | 0 |
| Fatima Kried
| | Libyan writer, poet and filmmaker | Libya | | | | | 0 |
| Fatima Darz
| | Libyan actor, painter and poet | Libya | | | | | 0 |
| فاطمة الزهراء بنيس
| | Moroccan poet | Morocco | | | | | 1 |
| Bala Diamuakua Anne
| | Congolese writer | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | | | | 0 |
| Fakhrriyyah Hashim
| | founding member of Feminist coalition | Nigeria | | | | 0 |
| Etenat Awol
| | Ethiopian poet | Ethiopia | | | | | 0 |
| Fikir Getachew
| | Ethiopian poet | Ethiopia | | | | | 0 |
| Mekdes Jemberu
| | Ethiopian poet | Ethiopia | | | | | 0 |
| Badrīyah Ibrāhīm al-Ashhab
| | Libyan poet | Libya | | | | | 0 |
| Hannatu T. Abdullahi
| | poet, teacher | Nigeria | | | | | 0 |
| Nawal El Sheikh
| | Sudanese poet | Sudan | | | | | 0 |
| Tsiky Rabenimanga
| | Malagasy poet and writer | | | | | 0 |
| Ampelagie
| | Malagasy poet-writer, journalist and filmmaker | | | | | 0 |
| Fanja Rakotoandrainibe
| | Malagasy poet | | | | | 0 |
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