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Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Zanzibar-born novelist and literary scholar whose work examines colonialism, displacement and the refugee experience. An emeritus professor at the University of Kent, he received the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer known for his work on Saturday Night Live, a long film career spanning comedy and drama, and the production company Happy Madison Productions. His acting and contribution to American humor have been recognized by…
Adebayo Oke-Lawal
Adebayo Oke-Lawal is a Nigerian fashion designer and the founder and creative director of Orange Culture, a label known for combining African references with contemporary silhouettes and examining conventional ideas about masculinity and gendered dress.
Adesua Etomi-Wellington
Adesua Etomi-Wellington is a Nigerian screen and theatre actor whose work includes Nollywood films, television series and stage productions. She won the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Drama for Falling, while more recent reporting has associated…
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is a London-born actor, filmmaker and writer of Nigerian heritage. He is known for playing Simon Adebisi in Oz and Mr Eko in Lost, and for writing and directing Farming, an autobiographical feature drawing on his childhood.
Adut Akech
Adut Akech Bior
Adut Akech Bior, professionally known as Adut Akech, is a South Sudanese-Australian fashion model. Her international runway breakthrough came through Saint Laurent's Spring/Summer 2017 presentation, and her subsequent recognition has included Model of the Year at The Fashion…
Agbani Darego
Agbani Darego is a Nigerian model and former beauty-pageant titleholder who represented Nigeria and won Miss World 2001. Contemporaneous reporting identified her as the first Black African winner of the title.
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei is a Beijing-born Chinese contemporary artist and filmmaker whose multidisciplinary work spans installation, architecture, design, publishing and photography. His work concerning the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, along with his detention in 2011 and subsequent travel…
Akinola Davies Jr
Akinola Davies Jr is a British-Nigerian filmmaker, writer and visual artist known for the Sundance-winning short Lizard and his feature debut, My Father's Shadow.
Ali Baba
Ali Baba is a Nigerian stand-up comedian and entrepreneur widely regarded as a leading figure in the establishment and professionalization of modern Nigerian stand-up comedy. He began performing while at university in 1987 and identifies 1990 as the start of his professional…
Ali Nuhu
Ali Nuhu is a Nigerian actor, director and producer known for his work in Kannywood and Nollywood. Appointed Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation in January 2024, he remained listed in that role by the corporation as of August 2026.
Andrew Tate
Andrew Tate is a British-U.S. dual citizen, former professional kickboxer, and internet personality known for commentary about wealth, masculinity, and male dominance. His public profile has also been shaped by social-media enforcement actions and criminal allegations and…
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an actor and filmmaker known for her Academy Award-winning performance in Girl, Interrupted, feature directing work including In the Land of Blood and Honey and First They Killed My Father, and more than two decades of engagement with UNHCR.
Anna Wintour
Anna Wintour is a British-American fashion journalist and media executive who serves as Global Editorial Director of Vogue and Chief Content Officer of Condé Nast. She previously led American Vogue as editor-in-chief from 1988 to 2025 and has held long-running roles associated…
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Anok Yai
Anok Yai is a fashion model described by fashion sources as South Sudanese-American. She gained broad attention through a photograph taken at Howard University’s 2017 homecoming, later opened Prada’s Fall 2018 show and received the British Fashion Council’s 2025 Model of the…
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AY Makun
AY Makun is a Nigerian stand-up comedian, actor and filmmaker-producer known for the AY Live comedy platform and for producing and starring in Nigerian comedy films, including 30 Days in Atlanta.
Ayo Edebiri
Ayo Edebiri is a Boston-born actor, writer, and voice performer best known for portraying Sydney Adamu in FX's The Bear and voicing Missy Foreman-Greenwald in Netflix's Big Mouth. Her work across acting, television writing, and directing has received major industry recognition.
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Banke Meshida-Lawal
Banke Meshida-Lawal is a Nigerian makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur best known as the founder of BMPro, a beauty business associated with professional makeup services and a cosmetics line.
Basketmouth
Basketmouth, the professional name of Bright Okpocha, is a Nigerian stand-up comedian and entertainment producer known for work across live comedy, television and web series, music projects, acting, and streaming comedy programming.
Bella Hadid
Bella Hadid, born Isabella Khair Hadid, is an American fashion model and the founder of the fragrance brand Ôrəbella. Her modeling career has brought major industry recognition, including Model of the Year honors from Models.com and the British Fashion Council.
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Ben Okri
Ben Okri is a Nigerian-born poet and novelist best known for The Famished Road, which won the 1991 Booker Prize. His work also encompasses short fiction, essays, plays and film scripts.
Bimbo Ademoye
Bimbo Aisha Ademoye
She won the 2023 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy for Selina.
Bobrisky
Bobrisky is a Nigerian social-media personality and socialite who gained broad public attention through Snapchat and Instagram activity, fashion and beauty-related presentation, and controversy surrounding a 2016 social-media event. In 2024, the Federal High Court in Lagos…
Bolanle Austen-Peters
Bolanle Austen-Peters is a Nigerian lawyer, theatre and film director, producer, and cultural entrepreneur. She founded Terra Kulture and BAP Productions, institutions associated with Nigerian stage productions, film, cultural promotion, and creative-skills training.
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