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Awards, lists (for example top 20 whatever) that start establishing notability. Especially looking for lists or awards that are posthumous or for lifetime achievement so as to get people from the past and not just the current moment.
The 2010 Garden City Literary Festival honored 50 Nigerian writers
[1] Daily Independent (Lagos), Copyright © 2011 Daily Independent. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). Don't know why only 48 of the 50 were listed.
Chinua Achebe
Adenubi Mobolaji
Adewale-Gabriel Toyin
Adichie Chimamanda
Agary Kaine
Funso Aiyejina
Akpan Uwem
Alkali Zaynab
T. M. Aluko
Elechi Amadi
J.P. Clark
Cyprian Ekwensi
Akachi Ezeigbo
D.O. Fagunwa
Femi Fatoba
Abubakar Gimba
Helon Habila
James Henshaw
Ogaga Ifowodo
Chukwuemeka Ike
Abubakar Imam
Esiaba Irobi
Festus Iyayi
Karen King-Aribisala
Flora Nwapa
Adaobi Nwaubani
Odia Ofeimun
Ezenwa Ohaeto
Tanure Ojaide
Gabriel Okara
Wale Okediran
Christopher Okigbo
Ifeoma Okoye
Ben Okri
Kole Omotosho
Femi Osofisan
Niyi Osundare
Ola Rotimi
Ken Saro-wiwa
Mabel Segun
Zulu Sofola
Bode Sowande
Soyinka
Ibrahim Tahir
Amos Tutuola
Mamman Vatsa
Ahmed Yerima
Sefi Atta
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"Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/art-of-africa-the-50-best-african-artists-426441.html Chosen by a panel
Oga Steve Abah , PLAYWRIGHT (Nigeria)
Chinua Achebe , AUTHOR (Nigeria)
David Adjaye , ARCHITECT (Tanzania)
Newton Aduaka , FILM DIRECTOR (Nigeria)
Mahmoud Ahmed , MUSICIAN (Ethiopia)
Ama Ata Aidoo , PLAYWRIGHT (Ghana)
Amadou AND
Mariam , MUSICIANS (Mali)
Ayi Kwei Armah , AUTHOR (Ghana)
Les Ballets Africains, DANCERS AND MUSICIANS (Guinea) formed by Guinean choreographer
Keita Fodeba
Biyi Bandele , AUTHOR (Nigeria)
Sokari Douglas Camp , ARTIST (Nigeria)
Boyzie Cekwana , CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER (South Africa)
Souleymane Cisse , FILM DIRECTOR (Mali)
Lueen Conning , PLAYWRIGHT (South Africa)
Tsitsi Dangarembga , AUTHOR (Zimbabwe)
Toumani Diabate , MUSICIAN (Mali)
Dilomprizulike , ARTIST (Nigeria)
Cesaria Evora , SINGER (Cape Verde)
Samuel Fosso , PHOTOGRAPHER (Cameroon)
Flora Gomes , FILM DIRECTOR (Guinea-Bissau)
Pierre Atepa Gouidaby , ARCHITECT (Senegal)
Mahamat Saleh Haroun , FILM DIRECTOR (Chad)
Delia Jarrett-Macauley , AUTHOR (Sierra Leone)
Salif Keita , MUSICIAN (Mali)
Khaled , MUSICIAN (Algeria)
Abdoulaye Konate , ARTIST (Mali)
konono No 1 , MUSICIANS (Congo) with band leader
Mawangu Mingiedi
Femi Kuti , MUSICIAN (Nigeria)
Faustin Linyekula , CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER (Congo)
Vincent Mantsoe , CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER (South Africa)
Zola Maseko , FILM DIRECTOR (South Africa)
Souad Massi , SINGER (Algeria)
Youssou N'Dour , MUSICIAN (Senegal) and band
Super Etoile de Dakar
Kettly Noel , CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER (Haiti/Mali)
Idrissa Ouedraogo , FILM-MAKER (Upper Volta/Burkina Faso)
Tracey Rose , ARTIST (South Africa)
Ibrahim El Salahi , ARTIST (Sudan)
Ousmane Sembene , FILM-MAKER (Senegal)
Abderrahmane Sissako , FILM DIRECTOR (Mauritania/Mali)
Wole Soyinka , DRAMATIST, NOVELIST, POET (Nigeria)
Rachid Taha , MUSICIAN (Algeria)
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o , AUTHOR (Kenya)
Tinariwen , MUSICIANS (Mali)
Rokia traore , MUSICIAN (Mali)
Binyavanga Wainana , AUTHOR (Kenya)
Zola , MUSICIAN (South Africa)
Athol Fugard , PLAYWRIGHT (South Africa)
K'naan , RAPPER (Somalia)
Oumou Sy , FASHION DESIGNER (Senegal)
Then a few artists the author reccommended though these were not all chosen by the panelists:
Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century
[5] a juried list from the Zimbabwe International Book Fair
Literature for children
Meshack Asare , Ghana **
Sosu's Call Sub-Saharan Publishers
Hayam Abbas Al-Homi , Egypt
Adventures of a Breath Atfalna
Charles Mungoshi , Zimbabwe
Stories from a Shona Childhood Baobab Books
Veronique Tadjo , Côte d'Ivoire
Mamy Wata et le monstre Nouvelles éditions ivoriennes
Creative writing
`Abd al-Rahman Abnudi , Egypt
al-Mawt `ala al-asfalt Atlas
Chinua Achebe , Nigeria
Arrow of God Heinemann
Chinua Achebe , Nigeria **
Things Fall Apart Heinemann
Ama Ata Aidoo , Ghana
Anowa Longman
Germano Almeida , Cape Verde
O testamento do Sr. Napumoceno da Silva Araújo Ed. Caminho
Armah, Ayi Kwei Ghana
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Heinemann
Bâ, Amadou Hampâté Mali
L'étrange destin de Wangrin Union générale d'éditions
Bâ, Mariama Senegal **
Une si longue lettre Nouvelles éditions africaines
Ben Jelloun, Tahar Morocco
La nuit sacrée Seuil
Beti, Mongo Cameroon
Le pauvre Christ de Bomba Présence africaine
Brink, André South Africa
A Dry White Season Penguin
Bugul, Ken Senegal
Riwan, ou le chemin de sable Présence africaine
Cheney-Choker, Syl Sierra Leone
The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar Heinemann
Chraibi, Driss Morocco
Le passé simple Gallimard
Coetzee, J.M. South Africa
Life and Times of Michael K Secker & Warburg
Mia Couto , Mozambique **
Terra sonâmbula Ed. Caminho
José Craveirinha , Mozambique
Karingana ua Karingana Academica
Bernard Dadié , Côte d'Ivoire
Climbié Editions Segiers
Dangarembga, Tsitsi Zimbabwe **
Nervous Conditions Women's Press
Dib, Mohammed Algeria
Algérie, La grande maison, L'incendie, Le métier à tisser Le Seuil
Birago Diop , Senegal
Les contes d'Amadou Koumba Présence africaine
Boubacar Boris Diop , Senegal
Murambi ou le livre des ossements Stock
Assia Djebar , Algeria **
L'amour, la fantasia J.C. Lattes
Buchi Emecheta , Nigeria
The Joys of Motherhood Alison and Busby
Daniel O. Fagunwa , Nigeria
Ogboju ode ninu igbo irunmale Nelson
Nuruddin Farah , Somalia
Maps Pan Books
Athol Fugard , South Africa
The Blood Knot Simondium Publishers
Jamal al-Ghitani , Egypt
Zayni Barakat GEBO
Nadine Gordimer , South Africa
Burgher's Daughter Jonathan Cape
Bessie Head , South Africa
A Question of Power Heinemann
Bernardo Honwana , Mozambique
Nos matamos o cão tinhoso Academica
Chenjerai Hove , Zimbabwe
Bones Baobab Books
Moses Isegawa , Uganda
Abessijnse Kronieken Uigeverij De Bezige Bij
Jordan, Archibald Campbell South Africa
Ingqumbo yeminyanya Lovedale Press
Joubert, Elsa South Africa
Die Swerdjare van Poppie Nongena Tafelberg
Kane, Cheikh Hamidou Senegal
L'aventure ambiguë Editions Juillard
Khosa, Ungulani Ba Ka Mozambique
Ualalapi AEMO
Kourouma, Ahmadou Côte d'Ivoire
Les soleils des indépendances Le Seuil
Laye, Camara Guinea
L'enfant noir Plon
Magona, Sindiwe South Africa
Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night David Philip Publishers
Mahfouz, Naguib Egypt **
The Cairo Trilogy Maktabet Misr
Marechera, Dambudzo Zimbabwe
House of Hunger Heinemann
Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho **
Chaka Morija Sesuto Book Depot
Monenembo, Tierno Guinea
Un attieké pour Elgass Le Seuil
Mutwa, Vusamazulu Credo South Africa
Indaba, My Children Blue Crane Books
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Kenya
Caitaani Mutharaba-ini Heinemann
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Kenya **
A Grain of Wheat Heinemann
Niane, Djibril Tamsir Senegal
Soundjata ou l'épopée mandingue Présence africaine
Nyembezi, Sibusiso South Africa Inkinnsela yaseMgungundlovu Shuter and Shooter
Okigbo, Christopher Nigeria
Labyrinths Heinemann
Ben Okri , Nigeria
The Famished Road Spectrum Books
Ferdinand Oyono , Cameroon
Le vieux nègre et la médaille Editions Juillard
Okot P'Bitek , Uganda
Song of Lawino Heinemann
Pepetela Angola
A geração da utopia Dom Quixote
Nawal Saadawi , El Egypt
Woman at Point Zero Zed Books
Salih El Tayyib Sudan
Season of Migration to the North Heinemann
Williams Sassine , Guinea
Le jeune homme de sable Présence africaine
Sembene, Ousmane Senegal
Les bouts de bois de Dieu Le livre contemporain
Senghor, Léopold Sédar Senegal **
Ouevre poétique Le Seuil
Serote, Mongane South Africa Third World Express David Philip Publishers
Robert Bin Shabaan , Tanzania
Utenzi wa vita vya uhuru East African Literature Bureau
Sony Labou Tansi Congo
La vie et demie Seuil
Aminata Sow Fall , Senegal
La grève des battus Nouvelles éditions africaines
Soyinka, Wole Nigeria
Death and the King's Horsemen Spectrum
Tchicaya U Tam'si Congo
Le mauvais sang - feu de brousse - à trisse-coeur P.J. Swald
Amos Tutuola , Nigeria
The Palm-wine Drinkard Faber
Yvonne Vera , Zimbabwe
Butterfly Burning Baobab Books
José Luandino Vieira , Angola Nós os do Makulusu [União dos Escritores Angolanos]
B.W. Vilakazi , South Africa
Amal'eZulu Witwatersrand University Press
Kateb Yacine , Algeria Nedjma Le Seuil
Scholarship/non-fiction
Samir Amin , Egypt
Accumulation on a World Scale Monthly Review Press
Ifi Amadiume Nigeria
Male Daughters, Female Husbands Zed Books
Mario de Andrade Angola
Os nacionalismos africanos Sa da Costa
Anthony Appiah Ghana
In My Father's House Oxford University Press
Amilcar Cabral , Guinea-Bissau
Unity and Struggle Monthly Review Press
Rocha Chimera , Kenya
Kiswahili, past, present and future horizons Nairobi University Press
Cheikh Anta Diop , Senegal **
Antériorité des civilisations nègres Présence africaine
Efua Doorkenoo , Ghana
Cutting the Rose Minority Rights Group
J.E. Casely Hayford , Ghana
Ethiopia Unbound Cass
Paulin Hountondji , Benin
Sur la philosophie africaine François Maspero
Samuel Johnson , Nigeria
The History of the Yorubas G. Routledge & Sons
Jomo Kenyatta , Kenya
Facing Mount Kenya Secker & Warburg
Joseph Ki-Zerbo , Burkina Faso
Histoire de l'Afrique noire Hatier
Antjie Krog , South Africa
Country of My Skull Jonathan Cape
Amina Mama , Nigeria
Beyond the Mask, Race, Gender and Identity Routledge
Mahmood Mamdani , Uganda
Citizen and Subject James Currey Publishers
Nelson Mandela , South Africa
Long Walk to Freedom Little Brown
Eugene Marais , South Africa
Die Siel van die Mier J.L. van Schaik
Albert Memmi , Tunisia
Portrait du colonisé suivi de portrait du colonisateur L'Etincelle
Eduardo Mondlane , Mozambique
The Struggle for Mozambique Penguin
Ezekiel Mphahlele , South Africa
Down Second Avenue Faber & Faber
V.Y. Mudimbe , Dem. Rep. of Congo
The Invention of Africa Indiana University Press
Kwame Nkrumah , Ghana
Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah Nelson
Sol Plaatje , South Africa
Native Life in South Africa P.S. King
Wole Soyinka , Nigeria **
Ake: The Years of Childhood Rex Collings
Charles Van Onselen , South Africa
The Seed is Mine David Philip Publishers
National Magazine Awards
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Past Awards