This is a list of novelists from Africa, including those associated with as well as born in specified countries.

A Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigeria P. A. K. Aboagye (1925–2001), Ghana Peter Abrahams (1919–2017), South Africa Nana Achampong (born 1964), Ghana Chinua Achebe (1930–2013), Nigeria Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (born 1988), Nigeria Bayo Adebowale (born 1944), Nigeria Sade Adeniran (born 1960s), Nigeria Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), Nigeria Maxamed Daahir Afrax (living), Somalia Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954), Togo Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023), Ghana Zaynab Alkali (born 1950), Nigeria T. M. Aluko (1918–2010), Nigeria Elechi Amadi (1934–2016), Nigeria David Ananou (1917–2000), Togo Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954), Ghana Lesley Nneka Arimah (born 1983), Nigeria Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939), Ghana Khadambi Asalache (1935–2006), Kenya Bediako Asare (born 1930), Ghana Mary Ashun (born 1968), Ghana Ryad Assani-Razaki (born 1981) Sefi Atta (born 1964), Nigeria Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983), Ghana Adaeze Atuegwu (born 1977), Nigeria Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013), Ghana

B Mariama Bâ (1929–1981), Senegal Rotimi Babatunde (living), Nigeria Yaba Badoe (born 1954), Ghana Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970) Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 1965) Biyi Bandele (1967–2022), Nigeria A. Igoni Barrett (born 1979), Nigeria Empi Baryeh (living), Ghana Jackee Budesta Batanda (living), Uganda Francis Bebey (1929–2001), Cameroon Philip Begho (born 1956), Nigeria Sokhna Benga (born 1967), Senegal Mongo Beti (1932–2001), Cameroon Calixthe Beyala (born 1961), Cameroon Olympe Bhêly-Quénum (born 1928), Benin John Benibengor Blay (born 1915), Ghana Amba Bongo (born 1962), Democratic Republic of the Congo Nazi Boni (1909–1969), Burkina Faso Tanella Boni (born 1954), Côte d'Ivoire André Brink (1935–2015), South Africa Ken Bugul (born 1947), Senegal NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981), Zimbabwe Akosua Busia (born 1966), Ghana Donald Besong (date of birth unknown), Cameroon

C J. E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930), Ghana Faarax M. J. Cawl (1937–1991), Somalia Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945), Sierra Leone Panashe Chigumadzi (born 1991), Zimbabwe Shadreck Chikoti (born 1979), Malawi Brian Chikwava (born 1972), Zimbabwe Shimmer Chinodya (born 1957), Zimbabwe Paulina Chiziane (born 1955), Mozambique J. M. Coetzee (born 1940), South Africa Teju Cole (born 1975), Nigeria Félix Couchoro (1900–1968), Togo Mia Couto (born 1955), Mozambique Chie Chigwedere (born 2006), Zimbabwe

D Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916–2019), Côte d'Ivoire Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959), Zimbabwe Amma Darko (born 1956), Ghana Lawrence Darmani (living), Ghana Nadia Davids (born 1977), South Africa Aïda Mady Diallo (living), Mali Ebou Dibba (1943–2000), The Gambia Jude Dibia (born 1975), Nigeria Boubacar Boris Diop (born 1946), Senegal Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009) Waris Dirie (born 1965) Amu Djoleto (born 1929), Ghana Richard Dogbeh (1932–2003), Benin/Senegal/Ivory Coast Emmanuel Dongala (born 1941), Republic of the Congo Cameron Duodu (born 1937), Ghana

E Kossi Efoui (born 1962), Togo Obi Egbuna (1938–2014), Nigeria Christiane Akoua Ekue (born 1954), Togo Cyprian Ekwensi (1921–2007), Nigeria Mohammad Elsannour (living), Egypt Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017), Nigeria Rosemary Esehagu (born 1981), Nigeria

F Daniel O. Fagunwa (1903–1963), Nigeria Nuruddin Farah (born 1945), Somalia Adélaïde Fassinou (born 1955), Benin Aminatta Forna (born 1964), Sierra Leone Bilkisu Funtuwa (living), Nigeria

G Clifton Gachagua (born 1987), Kenya Petina Gappah (born 1971), Zimbabwe Hawa Jande Golakai (born 1979), Liberia Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014), South Africa Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 1948), Tanzania Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), Ghana

H Helon Habila (born 1967), Nigeria Beyene Haile (1941-2012), Eritrea Bessie Head (1937–1986), South Africa/Botswana Chenjerai Hove (1956–2015), Zimbabwe

I Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (born 1979), Nigeria Emmanuel Iduma (born 1989), Nigeria Monique Ilboudo (born 1959) is an author and human rights activist from, Burkina Faso Jowhor Ile (born 1980), Nigeria Eddie Iroh, Nigeria Moses Isegawa (born 1963), Uganda Festus Iyayi (born 1947), Nigeria

J Dan Jacobson (1929–2014), South Africa Sousa Jamba (born 1966), Angola Delia Jarrett-Macauley (living), Sierra Leone Elnathan John (born 1982), Nigeria

K Legson Kayira (died 2012), Malawi Fatou Keïta (born 1965), Côte d'Ivoire China Keitetsi (born 1976), Uganda Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020), Tanzania Fred Khumalo (born 1966), South Africa

Karen King-Aribisala (living), Nigeria Asare Konadu (1932–1994), Ghana Marie-Christine Koundja (born 1957) Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003), Côte d'Ivoire Benjamin Kwakye (born 1967), Ghana Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1965), Uganda

L Alex La Guma (1925–1985), South Africa Kojo Laing (born 1946), Ghana Mandla Langa (born 1950), South Africa Camara Laye (1928–1980), Guinea Doris Lessing (1919–2013), South Africa Ophelia S. Lewis (born 1961), Liberia Werewere Liking (born 1950), Cameroon/Côte d'Ivoire Lesley Lokko (living), Ghana

M Ignatius Mabasa (born 1971), Zimbabwe Lina Magaia (1940–2011), Mozambique Arthur Maimane (1932–2005), South Africa Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949), Zimbabwe Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1960s), Uganda Charles Mangua (1939–2021), Kenya Sarah Ladipo Manyika (living), Nigeria/UK Nozipa Maraire (born 1964), Zimbabwe Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987), Zimbabwe Zakes Mda (born 1948), South Africa Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978), Ethiopia/US Maaza Mengiste (born 1971), Ethiopia/US Felix Mnthali (born 1933), Malawi Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948), Lesotho Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981), Somalia Nthikeng Mohlele (living), South Africa Tierno Monénembo (born 1947), Guinea Bai T. Moore (1916–1988), Liberia A. S. Mopeli-Paulus (born 1913), Lesotho Fiston Mwanza Mujila (born 1981), Congo Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019)), Zimbabwe David Mungoshi (1949–2020), Zimbabwe Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005), Zimbabwe Meja Mwangi (1948–2025), Kenya Masimba Musodza (born 1976), Zimbabwe

N Glaydah Namukasa, Uganda Njabulo Ndebele (born 1948), South Africa Okey Ndibe (born 1960), Nigeria Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950), Equatorial Guinea Patrice Nganang (born 1970), Cameroon Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015), South Africa Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025), Kenya Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ (born 1971), Kenya Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ (born 1970s), Kenya Rebeka Njau (born 1932), Kenya Lewis Nkosi (1936–2010), South Africa Jérôme Nouhouaï (born 1973), Benin María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017), Equatorial Guinea Martina Nwakoby (born 1937), Nigeria Nkem Nwankwo (1936–2001), Nigeria Flora Nwapa (1931–1993), Nigeria Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (born 1976), Nigeria Stanley Nyamfukudza (born 1951), Zimbabwe

O Chigozie Obioma (born 1986), Nigeria Trifonia Melibea Obono (born 1982), Equatorial Guinea Asenath Bole Odaga (1937–2014), Kenya Taiwo Odubiyi (born 1965), Nigeria Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living), Ghana Margaret Ogola (1958–2011), Kenya Grace Ogot (1930–2015), Kenya Gabriel Okara (1921–2019), Nigeria Irenosen Okojie (living), Nigeria Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974), Nigeria/US Ifeoma Okoye (born 1937?), Nigeria Chinelo Okparanta (born 1981) Isidore Okpewho (1941–2016), Nigeria Ben Okri (born 1959), Nigeria Ukamaka Olisakwe (born 1982), Nigeria Kole Omotoso (1943–2023), Nigeria Yewande Omotoso (born 1980), South African/Nigeria Ondjaki (born 1977), Angola Chibundu Onuzo (born 1991), Nigeria Yambo Ouologuem (1940–2017), Mali Helen Ovbiagele (born 1944), Nigeria Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (born 1968), Kenya Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010), Cameroon Kachi A. Ozumba (living), Nigeria Ayodele Olofintuade (Living), Nigeria

P Nii Ayikwei Parkes (born 1974), Ghana Alan Paton (1903–1988), South Africa Pepetela (born 1941), Angola Lenrie Peters (1932–2009), Gambia Olúmìdé Pópóọlá (living), Nigeria/Germany Tolulope Popoola (living), Nigeria

Q Kwei Quartey (living), Ghana/US

R Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri (1954–2010), Gabon Richard Rive (1931–1989), South Africa Henrietta Rose-Innes (born 1971), South Africa David Rubadiri (1930–2018), Malawi Bonwell Kadyankena Rodgers (born 1991), Malawi

S Stanlake Samkange (1922–1988), Zimbabwe Williams Sassine (1944–1997), Guinea Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956), Ghana Taiye Selasi (born 1979), Ghana/Nigeria Francis Selormey (1927–1983), Ghana Namwali Serpell (born 1980), Zambia Tendai M. Shaba (born 1989), Malawi Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942), Somalia Vamba Sherif (born 1973), Liberia Lola Shoneyin (born 1974), Nigeria Gillian Slovo (born 1952), South Africa Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941), Senegal Wole Soyinka (born 1934), Nigeria

T Véronique Tadjo (born 1955), Côte d'Ivoire Sony Lab'ou Tansi (1947–1995), Democratic Republic of the Congo Miriam Tlali (1933–2017), South Africa Amos Tutuola (1920–1997), Nigeria

U Gracy Ukala (born 1946), Nigeria Adaora Lily Ulasi (born 1932), Nigeria Rems Umeasiegbu (born 1943), Nigeria Chika Unigwe (born 1974), Nigeria

V Yvonne Vera (1964–2005), Zimbabwe Abraham Verghese (born 1955) José Luandino Vieira (born 1935), Angola

W Charity Waciuma (born 1936), Kenya Timothy Wangusa (born 1942), Uganda Zukiswa Wanner (born 1976), South Africa Mary Watson (born 1975), South Africa Myne Whitman (born 1977), Nigeria Zoë Wicomb (1948–2025), South Africa

Y Adrienne Yabouza (born 1965), Central African Republic Balaraba Ramat Yakubu (born 1959), Nigeria

Z Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (born 1955), Malawi Norbert Zongo (1949–1998), Burkina Faso

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