Writers about Africa

Polish-British writer (1857–1924)

Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall was an English primatologist and anthropologist. Regarded as a pioneer in primate ethology, and described by many publications as "the world's preeminent chimpanzee expert", she was best known for more than six decades of field research on the social and family life of wild chimpanzees in the Kasakela chimpanzee community at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Beginning in 1960, under the mentorship of the palaeontologist Louis Leakey, Goodall's research demonstrated that chimpanzees share many key traits with humans, such as using tools, having complex emotions, forming lasting social bonds, engaging in organised warfare, and passing on knowledge across generations, which redefined the traditional view that humans are uniquely different from other animals.

American zoologist, gorilla researcher (1932–1985)

Sudanese doctor and author

Canadian novelist and short story writer (1926-1987)

American author, safari guide, son to Ernest Hemingway (1928–2025)

Congolese writer (1941 - 1985)

American magazine editor

Zimbabwean writer and journalist

an Italian-born Kenyan national, best-selling author, poet, environmental activist, and conservationist

British zoologist

Zimbabwean writer

British academic

Congolese historian and militant