21st-century poets

Ivorian and French writer and painter

poet and politician from Sao Tome and Principe (1926-2010)

Turkish-French sociologist (born 1971)

Barbadian poet (1930–2020)

poet from the Marshall Islands (born 1989)

Cape Verdean poet, human rights activist, government minister and politician

Mongolian writer (born 1944)

São Tomé and Príncipe poet

Zambian politician (1938-2009)

writer and poet (1936-2015)

Tajikistani writer

São Tomé and Príncipe poet, writer and narrator

Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame (1943 – 18 August 2022), known by the pseudonym Hadrawi, was a Somali poet, philosopher and songwriter. Having written many notable protest works, Hadrawi has been likened by some to Shakespeare, and his poetry has been translated into various languages. He is the older brother of Hurre Walanwal, another Somali poet and songwriter.

Chadian writer and artist

Poet, translator and essayist

Bahrani activist and poet

Equatoguinean writer

Cypriot politician

politician in Guinea-Bissau

Guinean poet, novelist and playwright

Kazakh poet and writer (1939–2014)

Andorran author, writer and poet

Kosovar political figure

Laotian writer

Senegalese writer

Ivorian acamedic, poet and short-story writer

Mozambican writer (1963–2014)

Cape Verdean writer (1927-2009)

Ethiopian author, poet and gender equality advocate

Slovenian poet, singer-songwriter

Seychellois poet

Beninese poet, translator and literary scholar

Russian singer

Rwandan poet and activist

Cape Verdean writer

Indian artist, author, diplomat and poet

Senegalese painter, sculptor and actor (1945 – 2017)

Nigerien journalist (–2021)

Kazakhstani poet

Ivorian poet

Thai poet

Salvadorian poet and writer

Armenian-Cypriot writer

Trinidadian journalist, editor and writer

Zimbabwean poet and writer

Andorran writer and poet

comorian writer

nurse, poet and artist (born 1959)

Mauritanian poet

poet, dramatist, translator and teacher from Lesotho (1918–2012)

Bosnian writer

Eritrean writer

Grenadian writer of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and critical essays

Libyan poet, writer, and human rights activist (1962-)

academic, professor of Africana studies, Nigerian writer

Comorian writer

Qatari writer

Mosotho poet

Cameroonian writer

Sudanese journalist and fiction writer