Famous African Canadians

Writers:

Agnant, Marie-Céline (fiction/poetry)

Alexis, André (fiction/drama)

Allen, Lillian (poetry/children's literature)

Alleyne, Vanessa (memoir)

Anderson, Abbot (poetry)

Anderson, Hopeton (poetry/drama)

Antoine, Yves (poetry)

Arthurs, Patrick (poetry)

B

Badoe, Adwoa (children's literature)

Baganda, Usutha [pseud. of Ralph Campbell] (poetry)

Bailey, Peter Bliss (poetry)
Best, Carrie M. (autobiography)
Black, Ayanna (poetry)

Black Katt [Robert O. Brown] (poetry)
Borden, George A. (poetry)
Borden, Walter (drama)
Boyd, George Elroy (drama)
Braithwaite, Diana (poetry/screenplay/theatre)
Braithwaite, J. Ashton (poetry/prose)
Braithwaite, Lawrence (fiction)
Brand, Dionne (poetry/fiction/film/essays)
Breon, Robin (drama/children's literature)
Brown, Rosemary (autobiography)
Browning, Janisse [Gloria Janisse Browning-Leveque] (poetry)
 

C

Cadet, Maurice (poetry)
Callender, Ophelia (poetry)
Civil, Jean (poetry)
Clarke, Austin (fiction/autobiography)
Clarke, George Elliott (poetry)
Compton, Wayde (fiction)
Cooper, Afua (poetry/children's literature)
Crail, Archie (fiction/drama)
Creider, Jane Tapsubei (fiction/autobiography)
Cromwell, Liz (poetry)
Cuevas, Ernesto (fiction)
 

D

Darbasie, Nigel (poetry)
Déluy, José (poetry)
Des Rosiers, Joël (poetry)
D'Oyley, Enid (fiction/children's literature/folklore)
 

E

Edugyan, Esi (fiction)
Elliott, Lorris (fiction/drama)
Elwin, Rosamund (children's literature)
Étienne, Gérard (poetry/prose)
 

F

Foster, Cecil (fiction)
Francois, Ruben (poetry)
 

G

Goddard, Horace (poetry/children's literature)
Gousse, Edgard (poetry)
Green, Truman (fiction)
Grizzle, Stanley George (autobiography)
 

H

Harris, Claire (poetry)
Haughton, Devon (poetry)
Head, Harold (poetry)
Henry, Gale (poetry/children's literature)
Heydorn, Bernard Leon (fiction)
Hill, Lawrence (fiction/children's literature)
 

I

Ishmael, John A. (fiction)
 

J

Jacob, Bianca (drama)
Jacob, Rayda (fiction)
Jacques, Maurice (poetry/fiction)
Jean, Fayolle (poetry)
Jones, Bernice (children's literature)
Joseph, Clifton (poetry)
 

K

Kabamba, Maguy (fiction)
Kauss, Saint-John [John Nelson] (poetry)
Kauss, Saint-Valentin [Valentino Nelson] (poetry)
Keens-Douglas, Ricardo (children's literature/drama)
Kennedy, Cyril J. (poetry)
 

L

Laferrière, Dany (fiction)
Laforest, Jean-Richard (poetry)
Lawrence, Trevor (poetry)
Legagneur, Serge (poetry)
Lewis, [Thelma] Theresa (fiction/poetry)
Lochan, Dick (fiction/poetry)
Loeffelholz, Jocelyn (fiction/poetry)
Longuefosse, Mozart-F. (poetry)
Louis, Michel Salmador (poetry/children's literature)
 

M

Maart, Rozena (poetry/fiction)
Maguire, Dianne (fiction)
Mandiela, Ahdri Zhina (poetry)
Mars, Frantz (fiction)
Mathieu, Marie-Soeurette (poetry/fiction/children's literature)
Mayr, Suzette (poetry/fiction)
Mazebedi, Judge (poetry)
McTair, Roger (drama/poetry/film)
McWatt, Tessa (fiction)
Miguna, Miguna (poetry/fiction)
Mollel, Tololwa (children's literature)
Montague, Masani (fiction)
Moodie, Andrew (drama)
Mougnan, Moise N'Djekornonde (poetry)
 

O

Odhiambo, David Nandi (fiction/drama/poetry)
Ogundipe-Leslie, Molara (poetry)
 

P

Palmer, Everard (children's literature/fiction)
Palmer, Hazelle (fiction)
Parisien, Jean-Eric (fiction)
Parker, Raymond L. (fiction)
Pascale, Sonia (autobiography)
Péan, Stanley (fiction/children's literature)
Pereira, Roger (poetry)
Philip, M. Nourbese (poetry/fiction/essays)
Phelps, Anthony (poetry/fiction/drama)
Pierre, Claude (poetry)
Prince, Althea (fiction/children's literature)
 

R

Renaud, Alix (fiction/poetry)
Roach, Charles (poetry)
Roy, Lynette (children's literature)
 

S

Sadlier, Rosemary (biography/children's literature)
Sadu, Itah (children's literature)
Saint-Charles, Jean (poetry)
Sandiford, Robert Edison (fiction)
Saunders, Charles R. (science fiction/history/screenplays)
Sears, Djanet (drama)
Shadd-Evelyn, Karen (autobiography)
Silvera, Makeda (fiction)
Smith, Charles (poetry)
Suprice, Lenous (poetry)
 

T

Talbot, Carol (memoir/poetry)
Thomas, H. Nigel (fiction/poetry)
Thomas, Ven L. (poetry/children's literature)
Tudor, Beverley Ethelina (children's literature)
Tynes, Maxine (poetry/children's literature)
 

U

Uhindu-gingala, Ginganj (poetry)
 

V

VanDyke, Janice (children's literature)
Vera, Yvonne (fiction)
 

W

Walcott, Rinaldo (essays)
Walls, Bryan E. (fiction)
Ward, Frederick (poetry/fiction/drama)
Watson, Edward (poetry)
Wesley-Daye, Gloria (poetry)
White, Michael (poetry)
Woods, David (poetry/drama)