Mongo Beti (1932–2001)

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1. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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2. Chinua Achebe

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3. Mongo Beti

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4. Camara Laye

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5. Ayi Kwei Armah

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6. Ama Ata Aidoo

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7. Wole Soyinka

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8. Cheikh Hamidou Kane

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9. Bessie Head

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10. Zakes Mda

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11. Okot P'Bitek

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12. Ferdinand Oyono

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13. Ousmane Sembène

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14. Mariama Bâ

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15. Jorge Icaza

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16. Chenjerai Hove

    Author of Bones

17. Germano Almeida

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18. Mia Couto

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19. Ali Ghalem

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20. Emmanuel Dongala

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