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• Peter Abrahams, 1919-2017
  • Africa is a Country blog: "Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams' Country, " February 13, 2017. By Tyler Fleming. (New York)
  • The Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica): "Literary icon Peter Abrahams is dead," January 19, 2017
  • The New York Times: "Peter Abrahams, a South African Who Wrote of Apartheid and Identity, Dies at 97," January 22, 2017
  • Sunday Times (Johannesburg): "Peter Abrahams, writer who exposed pre-apartheid racism," January 29, 2017.
• Chinua Achebe, 1930-2013
  • AfricanWriter.Com: "An Evening with Chinua Achebe," October 2009, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC  and related posts (USA)
  • AfroMarxist, via YouTube.com: Chinua Achebe, interviewed in 1964 by Lewis Nkosi and Wole Soyinka, on his two novels "Things Fall Apart " and "No Longer At Ease."  Video
    
  • BBC News: "Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies," March 22, 2013 (London, UK)
  • The Guardian. (Online): "The significance of Chinua Achebe's short stories--Part 1 -and- Part 2 By Prof. Adekunle Mamudu, October 2017. (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • The Independent. (Online): "Father of African literature,' Achebe, 82, dies after short illness,"
    March 22, 2013 (London, UK)
  • London Review of Books: "Things Left Unsaid," by Chimamanda Adichie, October 11, 2012
    Review of: There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012) by Chinua Achebe. (London, UK)
  • The New York Times: Excerpt--"The Education of a British-Protected Child" by Chinua Achebe,
    December 15, 2009. (New York)
  • Postcolonial & postimperial literature in English: Chinua Achebe and his works (Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island) -- via Columbia University Libraries
    
  • RealNews. (Online): Sights and sounds of Ogidi, May 23, 2013 (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • Vanguard. (Online): Chinua Achebe: Exit of a Literary Giant, March 23-28, 2013  (Lagos, Nigeria) A series of articles
• Yacub Addy, 1931-2014
  • Interview with Yacub Addy (September 2010) (World Music Central, Durham, North Caroline )
    An interview of Addy, celebrated Ga musician and university professor, while he was a NEA National Heritage Fellow in the United States.
  • Wynton Marsalis: Drummer Yacub Addy dies [December 18, 2014]," January 22, 2015 (New York)
  • Yacub Addy (2012) (National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC)
  • Yacub Addy on Facebook (USA)
• Africa Cartoons: Encyclopedia of African Political Cartooning (Prof. Tejumola Olaniyan, University of Wisconsin--Madison, USA)
  This site features sample work of and biographical information on over 180 cartoonists from around the African continent. "...when finished...As appropriate, there will be links to news, interviews, reviews, journalistic articles and scholarly books and essays on cartooning in Africa generally, and individual cartoonists."
  
  
• African Diaspora Biography on the Internet (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, 1875-1927
  
  • Columbia University Libraries-Burke Library Archives: James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, 1875-1927 -- Papers (New York)
    --See also: Finding Aid (10 items)
  • Dictionary of African Christian Biography (Boston, Massachusetts): "Aggrey, James Emman Kwegyir" (1998)
    
  • Howard University Libraries, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Manuscript Collections: Aggrey, J.E. Kwegyir, 1878-1927---Papers (Washington, DC)
    --See also: Finding Aid (15 pages in PDF format)
  • Modern Ghana: "Dr. J. E. Kwegyir Aggrey is rather special," March 22, 2007. (Accra, Ghana)
    
• Ama Ata Aidoo, 1942-2023
  • "The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo." (2014) Directed and produced by Yaba Badoe. (Fadoa Films, UK)
    --Director/producer's commercial site ; see also: kweli.news (kweliTV)
    
  • British Broadcasting Corporation: "Ama Ata Aidoo: Ghana's famous author and feminist dies." May 31, 2023. (London, UK)
    --See also: BBC HARDtalk: "Ama Ata Aidoo: celebrating women in Africa." Interview, July 21, 2014. Audio
  • Brittle Paper: "100 Writers Celebrate Ama Ata Aidoo’s Life and Work," June 26, 2023. (Madison, Wisconsin)
    
  • The Conversation: "Ama Ata Aidoo: the pioneering writer from Ghana left behind a string of feminist classics." June 7, 2023. By Rose A. Sackeyfio. (Washington, DC)
    
  • Graphic Online: "Ghanaian writer Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo is dead," May 31, 2023. (Accra, Ghana)
  • The New York Times: "Ama Ata Aidoo, groundbreaking Ghanaian writer, dies at 81." June 5, 2023. (New York)
  • Postcolonial & postimperial literature in English: Ama Ata Aidoo (2002) (Prof. George P. Landow and his students at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island)
  • Radical Books Collective: "Ama Ata Aidoo: Five Decades of Killjoy Feminism." September 22, 2022. (USA) --via YouTube.com
    --This event was organized in collaboration with Africa is a Country, Brittle Paper, and The Armah Institute of Emotional Justice.
  • Royal Africa Society: An Audience with Ama Ata Aidoo. July 12, 2014. (London, UK) --via YouTube.com
    
  • Scholar & Feminist Online: "Negotiating with the Diaspora: An interview with Ama Ata Aidoo (Fall 2005) Issue 7, Spring 2009. (Barnard College, Columbia University, New York)
    
  • The Toyin Falola Interviews (Austin, Texas): "A Panel Discussion on Ama Ata Aidoo," July 2, 2023. -- via YouTube.com
    With Ashraf Aboul-Yazid, Bisi Adjapon, Dr. Akwasi Aidoo, Dr. Wale Okediran, H.E. Abena Busia, and Prof. Peter Amuka.
    
• Jacob Festus Ade Ajayi, 1929-2014
  • African Studies Association of the United States: "Professor Jacob Festus Ade Ajayi (1929-2014): A Eulogy with a Dirge" by Toyin Falola (August 12, 2014) (--via Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
  • The Guardian (Online): "Jacob Festus Ade Ajayi (1929-2014)," August 24, 2014 (London, UK)
• Samir Amin, 1931-2018
  • Al-Ahram (Egypt): "Remembering Egyptian economist and Marxist thinker Samir Amin," August 13, 2018 ; "World acclaimed Marxist thinker Samir Amin dies," August 12, 2018
  • CODESRIA--Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (Dakar, Sénégal): 15th General Assembly, Programme in Memory of Samir Amin, December 20, 2018--Part 1 --and-- Part 2 --via YouTube.com
    --See also: Samir Amin: Intellectuel organique au service de l'émancipation du Sud. (2011) Par Demba Moussa Dembélé.
  • Mail & Guardian (South Africa): "Salute to a Giant African Academic," August 17, 2018. By Patrick Bond, University of the Witwatersrand, School of Governance, Johannesburg.
    
  • Monthly Review (USA): "Samir Amin: September 3, 1931--August 12, 2018" --and-- "Samir Amin at 80" (October 2011) By John Bellamy Foster.
  • Pambazuka news (UK): "Samir Amin eulogy" (August 27, 2018)  By Carlos Lopes.
    
  • Review of African Political Economy (UK): "Revolutionary change in Africa: an interview with Samir Amin." (February 2017)
  • Sud quotidien (Sénégal): "Témoignages d'économistes sur un 'intellectuel hors-pair'," le 14 août 2018
• Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, 1938-1997
  • Fela! The Musical. (New York) 2009-2010 official web site
    
  • The Shrine: The Unofficial Website for Fela Kuti and Afrobeat Music (Julio Punch, The Netherlands)
    
  • New Museum of Contemporary Art: "Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti," July 11 -- September 28, 2003 Exhibition---New Digital Archive (New York)
    
  • Africaman Original. (Carter Van Pelt; via Afrobeat.Music.Blogspot.Com)
    Originally appeared in The Beat, v. 5/6, 1997.
    
  • Special issue of NTAMA: Journal of African Music and Popular Culture on Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (September 1998) (Universität Hildesheim, Germany)
• Eisha Stephen Atieno-Odhiambo, 1947-2009
  • Daily Nation. (Online): "Remembering Atieno-Odhiambo" by David William Cohen (March 4, 2009)
    
  • H-Africa Discussion List: "Over My Shoulder: Remembering Atieno Odhiambo," by David William Cohen (February 28, 2009)(H-Net Discussion Network, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
• Kofi Awooner (George Awooner-Williams), 1935-2013
  • BBC News: "Kofi Awooner: Remembering a Ghanaian poet," September 23, 2013 (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  • ModernGhana.com: Tribute to Prof. Kofi Awooner, September 23, 2013 (Accra, Ghana)
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ -- Web Dossier (2007) (Library, Documentation and Information, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, The Netherlands)
  
• Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1854-1927) et la Mouridiyya
  • Murid Islamic Community in America on Shaykh A. Bamba (New York)
    
  • Hizbut Tarqiyyah -- Khâdimu-R-Rasûl: Le Serviteur Privilégé du Prophète (Paix et Salut sur Lui) (Touba, Sénégal)
    • Le site de Hizbut-Tarqiyyah Siège et du Centre Culturel à Touba.
    • Aperçu sur sa vie et son oeuvre -- Le Serviteur Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba
  • Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (2001) (Touba-Internet, France)
    Une entrée biographique du fondateur de la confrérie et celles de ses sucusseurs, avec quelques oeuvres litteraires choisies, et des autres pertinentes informations.
  • For more information on the "Mourides", see also: Passport to Paradise, a past exhibition at the UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles.
  
  
• Biyi Bandele-Thomas (1967-2022)
  • The Africa Report (Paris): "Nigeria: Author, playwright and filmmaker Biyi Bandele dies at 54," August 10, 2022
  • Brittle Paper (USA): "100 African Writers Celebrate Biyi Bandele's Life and Work," August 15, 2022.
    
  • The Conversation (Johannesburg): "Biyi Bandele: A Serial Storyteller Who Elevated Nigerian Culture," August 19, 2022. By Ezinne Ezepue.
  • The Guardian (Lagos): "For Biyi Bandele, Who Snapped and Snapped Out," August 14, 2022. By Sola Adeyemi.
    
  
  
• Francis Bebey (1929-2001)
  • Africultures.com: Biographie de Francis Bebey (Paris, France)
  • Francis Bebey (Discographie) (Afromix.Org, Fabrice Gaillard, Paris)
    
• Mongo Beti (1932-2001) on the Web
  • Grioo.Com: Mongo Beti 1932-2001 (mars 2003)
  • "Mongo Beti et nous." par Boubacar Boris Diop (Cercle Social, le 19 février 2002; via << Nouveau millénaire, Défis libertaires >>, Philippe Coutant, Nantes, France)
• Stephen Biko (1946-1977) on the Internet
  • DISA--Digital Innovation South Africa (Durban): Steve Biko (1946-1977): biography and resources (2017)
    
  • SAHO--South African History Online (Pretoria): Steve Biko: Stephen Bantu Biko (1946-1977)
  • Steve Biko Foundation (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Edward Wilmot Blyden, 1832-1912
  • Amsterdam news. (New York): "Edward Wilmot Blyden: Father of the Pan-African Paradigm," February 1, 2018.
    
  • Boston University, School of Theology--History of Missiology: "Blyden, Edward Wilmot (1832-1912)"
    
  • Edward Wilmot Blyden: A "virtual museum" (published in 1995) on the great pan-Africanist (Eleumuno R. Blyden)
  • From West Africa to Palestine. (1873) by Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- Freetown, Sierra Leone: T.J. Sawyer Publishers. 201 pages. via Google Books.
  • Liberia's offering: being addresses, sermons, etc. (1862) by Rev. Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- New York: John A. Gray. 167 pages. --via Google Books
  • The origin and purpose of African colonization, being an annual discourse delivered at the 66th anniversary of the American Colonization Society...Washington, DC, Sunday, January 14, 1883. by Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- Washington, DC: Published at the request of the Society. 22 pages. --via Google Books.
  • Pambazuka news. (UK): "Edward Wilmot Blyden, grandfather of African liberation," July 6, 2011. By Cameron Duodu.
    
  • Sierra Leone Telegraph. (Freetown): "Edward Wilmot Blyden--Father of Pan-Africanism is a constant source of new perspectives long after his death," August 3, 2017.
    
  • West Africa before Europe: and other addresses, delivered in England in 1901 and 1903. (1905) by Edward Wilmot Blyden. -- London: C.M. Phillips. 158 pages. --via Google Books
• Albert Adu Boahen, 1932-2006
  • "How Adu Boahen unlocked Ghana's history," by Cameron Duodu (October 10, 2008) ModernGhana.Com (Accra, Ghana)
  • "In Memoriam: An appreciation of Professor A. Adu Boahen (1932-2006)" by Kwabena Akurang-Parry, Shippensburg University, June 2, 2006. (GhanaWeb,.Com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • "Tribute to Prof. Albert Kwadwo Adu Boahen" by Kwame Donkoh Fordwor. (June 6, 2006) GhanaHomePage (Francis Kojo Awuku Akoto, Finland; Rob Bellaart, GhanaWeb.Com, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• Dennis Brutus, 1924-2009
  • Global Voices Online: "South Africa : A Glowing Tribute to Dennis Brutus," by Njeri Wangari, Jan 6, 2009 (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  • H-AfrLitCine Discussion Network: Obituary and commentaries by Ken Harrow, Patrick Bond, & others, December 26, 2009 (H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
  • Mail & Guardian. (Online): "Poet and protester Dennis Brutus dies," Dec 27 2009 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
  • Northwestern University Libraries--Archives: Finding Aid for Dennis Brutus Papers, 1960-1984 (Evanston, Illinois)
  • South African History Online (SAHO): Dennis Brutus, 1924-2009 (Pretoria, South Africa)
• Amilcar Cabral, 1924-1973
  • RFI Archives d'Afrique: Portrait d'Amilcar Cabral, le 30 octobre 2009 (Radio France Internationale, Paris)
    
  • Amílcar Cabral: Libertador, 1924-1973 (Carlos Pinto Santos ; via DHnet--Rede Direitos Humanos na Internet, Brazil)
    
  • Amilcar Cabral Symposium, 9-12 September 2004, Praia, Cape Verde (via CODESRIA-Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Dakar, Senegal)
    This web page offers a biography, a bibliography, and related information.
• Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, 1946-2023
  • AfroPop Worldwide (New York): "Stella Chiweshe to build culture center in Zimbabwe," December 12, 2020.
    
  • The Conversation (Johannesburg): "Stella Chiweshe: Zimbabwe's mbira queen, rebel music star and pioneer," January 24, 2023. By Gibson Ncube.
  • The Guardian (London): Stella Chiweshe obituary
  • Stella Chiweshe Official site
  • For more on "Mbira music", see Mbira, via "Music and Dance of Africa" on the Internet, Columbia University Libraries
• Aminata Diaw Cissé, 1959-2017
  • CODESRIA--Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique (Dakar)
    • "La fuite des Cerveaux n’est pas prête de s’estomper..." (mars 2016) Entretien avec Aminata Diaw Cissé.
    • "Individualisme Moral, Libéralisme et Nation State Building: les silences de la pensée politique africaine." (décembre 2005) par Aminata Diaw Cissé, Africa in Search of Development: What went wrong?", XI General Assembly of CODESRIA, Maputo, Mozambique.
  • Journal universitaire. (Online): "Décès du Professeur Aminata Diaw Cissé, le 14 avril 2017 (Dakar)
  • UNESCO news (Paris): "Aminata Diaw-Cissé : On ne peut mettre fin aux violences sexistes sans comprendre la construction sociale qui leur sert d’arrière-plan." (novembre 2012)
• Cheikh Hassan Cissé, 1945-2008
  • Shaykh Imam Hassan Ali Cissé (Zakariya Wright, The Tariqa Tijaniyya, USA)
    
  • African American Islamic Institute (Kaolack, Senegal ; New York, Detroit, and Atlanta, USA)
    See also: Noor Ala Noor -- Home Page of the AAII in Detroit, Michigan
  • Décès de l'Imam Hassan Cissé: le protecteur des enfants et de la mère s'en est allé (le 16 août 2008) Le Soleil. (Online) (Dakar, Sénégal)
    
  • Seneweb.Com sur l'Imam Hassan Cissé:
    • Disparition de l'imam Cissé, érudit et humaniste, le 14 août 2008 (Agence de Presse Sénégalaise, Dakar, Sénégal)
      "...Imam de la mosquée de Médina Baye [Kaolack] depuis le 9 avril 1982, Cheikh Hassan Cissé était l'une des figures marquantes des Niassènes, une branche de la Tidjanya."
      
    • Le Sénégal perd un homme multi-dimensionnel...le 15 août 2008 (L'Observateur, Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Veuillez voir aussi: El Hadj Ibrahima Niasse: le grand-père de Cheikh Hassan Cissé
• John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, 1935-2020
  • The Conversation: "J.P. Clark: the 'pepper' of the Niger Delta activism stew." November 12, 2020. By Destiny Idegbekwe. (Washington, DC)
    
  • The News: "J P Clark: Intimate Revelations by Friends, Colleagues, Children." November 13, 2020. (Nigeria)
  • Okayafrica: "Legendary Nigerian Poet and Writer John Pepper Clark Dies." October 14, 2020. (New York)
    
  • The Vanguard: "The pen drops as renowned poet, playwright, J.P. Clark dies." October 14, 2020. (Nigeria)
    
• Bernard Binlin Dadié, 1916-2019
  • Abidjan.net (Côte d'Ivoire): "Disparition de Bernard Dadié: un hommage national sera bientôt organisé," le 11 mars 2019
  • Ferloo.com (Senegal): "'Bernard Binlin DADIE, un écrivain ivoirien engagé pour un monde meilleur,' par M. Amadou Bal Ba," le 10 mars 2019.
  • Le Patriote. (Côte d'Ivoire): "Décès du Père de la Littérature Ivoirienne," le 12 mars 2019.
    
• Mamadou Dia, 1910-2009
  • RFI Archives d'Afrique: Portrait de Mamadou Dia, du 20 au 11 décembre 2009 (Radio France Internationale, Paris)
    
  • Archipo.Net--Audiothèque:  Mamadou Dia (Dakar, Sénégal)
    
• Blaise Diagne, 1872-1934
  • Blaise Diagne (1872-1934)  (Tidiane N'Diaye, France)
    
  • "Blaise Diagne, au deputé ...et mairie de Lourmarin" (Au-Senegal.Com, Dakar, Sénégal)
  • "Blaise Diagne (1872-1934), premier député noir à l'assemblée nationale française" (le 14 avril 2004) (Grioo.Com, Paris, France)
• Dictionary of African Christian Biography (Overseas Ministries Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut)
  The site provides information on the project itself and the online dictionary with entries in English, French, and Kiswahili. "The DACB is a multilingual electronic database containing biographies of African Christian leaders, evangelists, and lay workers. Biographies are of those persons chiefly responsible for laying the foundations and advancing the growth of Christian communities in Africa."
• Amady Aly Dieng, 1932-2015
  • 2stv Senegal: L'Entretien : Amady Aly Dieng (avril 2012) (Dakar, Senegal) --via YouTube.com
    
  • "Amady Aly DIENG (22 février 1932 – 14 mai 2015), un nationaliste homme de savoir et de conviction, témoin de notre temps, intellectuel engagé et polémiste." Par Amadou Bal Ba. (Paris, France)
  • Dieng, Amady Aly. Mémoir d'un étudiant africain, volume 1 et volume II. -- Dakar, Sénégal: CODESRIA, 2011.
  • Entretien avec Amady Aly Dieng: lecture critique d’un demi-siècle de paradoxes. Entretien réalisé par Abderrahmane Ngaïdé. -- Dakar, Sénégal: CODESRIA, 2012.
  • Le Maitron: "Dieng, Amady Aly" Dictionnaire biographique, mouvement ouvrier, mouvement social. (Paris, France)
  • Présence Africaine: Amady Aly Dieng [1932-2015]. 2014/2 (N° 190) ; via Cairn.info.  (Paris, France)
• Alioune Diop, 1910-1980
  • Ferloo.Com: "Alioune Diop: un intellectuel humaniste..." par Amadou Bal Ba (juillet 2014) (Dakar, Senegal)
    
  • Grio.Com: "Alioune Diop, fondateur de la maison d'édition Présence Africaine," le 3 août 2010 (Paris, France)
  • Ker Gingimbre: "Centenaire de la naissance de Alioune Diop (Présence Africaine)," le 8 janvier 2010 (Dakar, Senegal)
  • Radio France Internationale: "Présence Africaine s'installe au coeur de l'université de Dakar," le 12 mars 2011 (Paris, France)
• Birago Diop, 1906-1989
  • Ferloo.com: "Birago Diop, poète, conteur, et traditionnaliste sénégalais...": par Amadou Bal Ba, le 9 juillet 2016 (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Birago Diop: la plume raboutée (Patrice Birago Neveu et al., France)
    Sur ce site, on peux trouver beaucoup de renseignements à propos du auteur de Contes d'Amadou Koumba. (1947) et d'autres livres importants (y compris une page d'interviews qui s'ecoutent avec RealPlayer).
• Cheikh Anta Diop, 1923-1986
  
  • Cheikh Anta Diop (Revue Ankh, Paris, France)
    
  • Cheikh Anta Diop, the pharaoh of knowledge (Momodou Camara, Nijii, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • "Cheikh Anta Diop, restaurateur de la conscience noire" (janvier 1998). Fabrice Hervieu Wané, Le monde diplomatique. (Online), janvier 1998. (Paris, France)
• John Langalibalele Dube, 1871-1946
  • Dictionary of African Christian Biography: Dube, John Langalibalele (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • South African History Online: John Langalibalele Dube (Cape Town, South Africa)
  • South Africa Overcoming Apartheid: "John Langalibalele Dube" (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan)
• Nokutela Mdima Dube, 1873-1917
  • Africa is a Country: "Nokutela Mdima Dube–the forgotten founding figure of African nationalism in South Africa," November 26, 2013 (USA)
  • The Journalist. (Online): "Nokutela Mdima Dube: The original Mother of the Nation," August 27, 2019. (Cape Town, South Africa)
  • South African History Online: "Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube" (Cape Town, South Africa)
• Cyprian Ekwensi, 1921-2007
  
  • "Cyprian Ekwensi." (2001) (Charles R. Larson, American University, Washington, DC; Extracts from The ordeal of the African writer, pub. by Zed Books, 2001) BPN newsletter (Online); no. 29 (December 2001). -- Oxford, UK: Bellagio Publishing Network, 1994-
  • "What Cyprian Ekwensi meant to me." (2001) (Kole Omotoso, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa) BPN newsletter (Online); no. 29 (December 2001). -- Oxford, UK: Bellagio Publishing Network, 1994-
• Buchi Emecheta, 1944-2017
  • African Arguments (London): "Remembering Buchi Emecheta...my mother," by Sylvester Onwordi, February 1, 2017
  • The Guardian (Lagos): "Of Buchi Emecheta and womankind," March 14, 2017
  • The Guardian (London): "Buchi Emecheta, pioneering Nigerian novelist, died aged 72," January 26, 2017
    --See also: Obituary (February 3, 2017)
  • Postcolonial Web: "Buchi Emecheta: An Overview" (Prof. George Landow et al., Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island)
  • The Punch (Lagos): "Nigerian writers mourn Buchi Emecheta," January 31, 2017
  • Vanguard. (Lagos): "Renowned literary icon, Buchi Emecheta drops pen at 72," January 29, 2017
  • Wasafiri (London): "A Sort-of Career: Remembering Buchi Emecheta," by Jane Bryce (February 2017)
• Okwuchukwu Emmanuel "Okwui" Enwezor, 1963-2019
  • Africanah.org: "Interview with Okwui Enwezor, director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany." June 1, 2014. By Daniela Roth. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
    
  • Aperture: "In Okwui Enwezor's Final Exhibition, An Urgent Portrait of American Life," March 12, 2021. (New York)
    
  • Artnews: "Okwui Enwezor, Pivotal Curator of Contemporary Art, is Dead at 55," March 15, 2019. (Los Angeles)
    
  • Britannica.com: "Okwui Enwezor: Nigerian-born art curator." March 15, 2019. (Chicago)
    
  • The Conversation: "The legacy of Okwui Enwezor--the curator who exhibited Africa to the world." March 27, 2019. (Waltham, Massachusetts)
    
  • Enwezor, Okwui. "Archive Fever: Photography between History and the Monument." (2008)  Excerpt from: Archive fever : uses of the document in contemporary art. Edited by Okwui Enwezor. (New York, N.Y. : International Center of Photography ; Göttingen : Steidl Publishers, 2008)  -- Reprinted 2014, via Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina.
    
  • The Guardian: "Nigerian Art Historian, curator, Okwui Enwezor, dies at 55," March 17, 2019. (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • The New York Times: "Okwui Enwezor, Curator Who Remapped the Art World, Dies at 55," March 18, 2019 (New York)
  • "The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994" Exhibition (via Universes in universe -- Worlds of Art, Pat Binder & Gerhard Haupt, Berlin, Germany)
    Curator: Okwui Enwezor ; Co-Curators: Rory Bester, Lauri Firstenberg, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Mark Nash.
  • Third Text: "Okwui Enwezor (1963-2019)," May 16, 2019. By Claire Bishop. (London)
    
• Olaudah Equiano, c1745-1797
  • Equiano Foundation Online
    "The Equiano Foundation aims to provide a valuable educational vehicle through which to resurrect, restore, and celebrate the meaningful contribution of Olaudah Equiano to Western, African, and African American culture..."
  • Equiano's World: Gustavus Vassa and the Abolition of the Slave Trade (Prof. Paul Lovejoy and others, York University, Toronto, Canada)
    "This project on Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano) focuses on the movement to abolish the trans-Atlantic slave trade and ultimately to emancipate the Africans and their descendants who had been enslaved...This website is divided into different sections that establish the context in which Vassa lived, explore the places where he traveled, and the people whom he knew..Studying Equiano provides access to primary documents, published scholarly analysis and web links relevant to the times and places of Vassa's life."
  • Excerpts from "Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery" Web Site (PBS Online; WGBH Interactive, WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts)
    -- Frontispiece of Equiano's autobiography (1789)
    -- A note about Equiano and an excerpt from Chapter 2 of "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African" (1789)
• Cesária Évora, 1941-2011
  • Afropop Worldwide: Cesaria Evora (New York)
  • Cesaria Evora -- Site Officiel (2011) (Sony Music Entertainment France)
    A multi-media site in French ; Portuguese ; or, English.
  • Cesaria Evora (2003) (Lusafrica, Paris, France)
    A brief profile and discography in English, with short music excerpts. See also: Portuguese version.
  • Radio France Internationale: "Cap-Vert: mort de Cesaria Evora, la Diva aux pieds nus," le 17 décembre 2011 (Paris, France)  -- See also English translation (via AllAfrica.Com)
    
  • Sapo Cabo Verde: Site Especial Cesária Évora -- Obrigado Cize (Praia, Cape Verde)
    --Veja a reportagem da TCV (video)
• Brenda Fassie, 1964-2004
  • Music.Org: Brenda Fassie profile
  • SouthAfrica.Info: "Brenda Fassie, Township Madonna" (May 12, 2004)
    
  • South African History Online: Brenda Fassie (2004)
  
  
• Safi Faye, 1943-2023
  • African Arguments: "Safi Faye: farewell to a pioneer filmmaker," February 24, 2023 (London)
  • African Film Festival: "Safi Faye: Biography" -and- "Safi Faye: Selbé et tant d'autres," January 11, 2023. (New York)
    
  • African Women in Cinema Blog: "Safi Faye : La Grande Référence - 1943-2023 - A Tribute, 'I dared to make a film!'" February 24, 2023. By Beti Ellerson. (Howard University, Washington, DC)
    
  • Africiné: "A propos de Mossane entretien d'Olivier Barlet avec Safi Faye," le 1 novembre 1997. (Paris)
    
  • Cinema Escapist: "Revisiting Safi Faye, One of Africa's Underrated Female Fimmakers," October 21, 2018. (USA)
  • Le Quotidien: "Disparition de Safi Faye: Générique de fin pour une pionnière," le 25 février 2023. (Dakar, Sénégal)
    
  • YouTube.com: Safi Faye's "Kaddu Beykat" (1976), with English subtitles. (Posted by "XX")
    
  
  
• Fela (See above)
  
• Francophone African poets in English translation (University of Florida, Gainesville)
  This collection of texts provides some basis for studying in English of the works of J.-J. Rabearivelo, Leopold S. Senghor, Bernard Dadié, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Annette M'Baye, David Diop, Francis Bebey, William J.F. Syad, Paulin Joachim, G.F.T. U Tam'si, & J.-B. Tati Loutard.
• Athol Fugard (1932-- ) Playwright (Iain Fisher, The Netherlands)
  A brief biographical sketch of this well-known South African writer-director, commentaries on Fugard's plays, and a host of links to related web pages and sites.
• Nadine Gordimer, 1923-2014
  • Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana): Guide to the Nadine Gordimer Papers in the Lilly Library
  • Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg): "Anti-apartheid writer Nadine Gordimer dies," July 14, 2014
  • The New York Times (New York): "Nadine Gordimer, Novelist Who Took on Apartheid, is dead at 90," July 14, 2014
  • Nobel Prize in Literature 1991--Nadine Gordimer (The Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden)
    --See also: April 2005 Interview
    --Plus: "Nadine Gordimer and the South African Experience" by Per Wästberg (2001)
  • Postcolonial & postimperial literature in English: Nadine Gordimer (Prof. George P. Landow and his students at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island)
  • South African History Online (Cape Town): Nadine Gordimer
    
  
  
• Abdulrazak Gurnah, 1948--
  • Africa is a Country: "Abdulrazak Gurnah's skepticisms," October 8, 2021. By Nicole Rizzuto. (New York)
  • Africa in Words (University of Sussex, UK)
    --"Q&A with Abdulrazak Gurnah about latest novel 'Afterlives': 'These stories have been with me all along…'," March 26, 2021.
    --" Review: A Reckoning with East Africa’s Colonial Histories – Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 'Afterlives'," March 20, 2021. By Florian Stadtler.
  • Al Jazeera--English: "In Tanzania, Gurnah’s Nobel Prize win sparks both joy and debate," October 9, 2021.. (Doha, Qatar)
  • Brittle Paper: "103 African Writers Respond to Abdulrazak Gurnah' s Nobel Prize Win," October 12, 2021. (Madison, Wisconsin)
    
  • The Conversation: "Abdulrazak Gurnah: what you need to know about the Nobel prize-winning author," October 7, 2021. (Waltham, Massachusetts)
    
  • The Guardian: Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the 2021 Nobel prize in literature," October 7, 2021 (London, UK)
  • The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize for Literature 2021--Abdulrazak Gurnah (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Postcolonial Text: "'Arriving at writing': A Conversation with Abdulrazak Gurnah." (2019) By Anupama Mohan and Sreya M Datta. (Paris, France)
  • Wasafiri: "Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature," October 8, 2021. (London, UK)
  
  
• Bessie Head, 1937-1986
  • Bessie Amelia Head, 1937-1986 (Bessie Head Heritage Trust, Serowe, Botswana)
    This biographical site on the celebrated literary figure also includes information from 2009 about the "Bessie Head Papers" housed in the Khama III Memorial Museum.
  • Khama Museum Archives, Khama III Memorial Museum (2019-)
    
  • Postcolonial studies: Bessie Head Blog. (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
  • South African History Online: Bessie Amelia Head (South Africa)
• Paulin J. Hountondji, 1943-2024
  • The Conversation: "Paulin J. Hountondji: a tribute to one of Africa’s greatest modern thinkers," February 2, 2024. By Sanya Osha. (Washington, DC)
  • The New York Times: "Paulin Hountondji, Revolutionary African Philosopher dies at 81," March 19, 2024. (New York)
  • Radical philosophy. (Online): "On African Philosophy." (1983) By Paulin J. Hountondji. (London, UK)
  • RCCS annual review (Online): "Knowledge of Africa, Knowledge by Africans: Two Perspectives on African Studies." (September 2009) By Paulin J. Hountondji. -- Coimbra, Portugal: Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
• INA--Institut national de l'audiovisuel: Grands Entretiens -- Afrique(s) (Paris, France)
  Un vidéothèque qui contient des entretiens avec Abdou Diouf, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Joaquim Chissano, Frederik de Klerk, Boris Boubacar Diop, Nurruddin Farah, Kenneth Kaunda, Mac Maharaj, Claude Ernest Ndalla, Wole Soyinka, Wangari Maathai, Alpha Oumar Konare.
• Francis Abiola Irele, 1936-2017
  • "African Studies as Discipline and Vocation." (2014) 2014 Bashorun MKO Abiola lecture at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association of the United States. --via YouTube.com
  • The Guardian. (Online): "Abiola Irele dies at 81," July 4, 2017 (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • H-AfrLitCine: Abiola Irele 1936-2017" (July 4, 2017) By Adéléké Adéẹ̀kọ́, current President of the African Literature Association. (USA)
  • The News (Online): "Abiola Irele: A Tribute to the Master," July 3, 2017 (Independent Communications Network Ltd., Lagos, Nigeria)
• The Journalist: "Pioneers" (South Africa)
  [Begun in August 2014], the Journalist is a media project which seeks to bring context to stories, including this archive of biographical portraits of great South African writers and journalists. "...with the principle aim of unearthing the history buried away by the erstwhile apartheid, in a bid to obliterate the legacy built by Africans, particularly in the literary world."
• Ahmed Kathrada, 1929-2017
  • Mail and Guardian. (Online): "Tributes pour in for 'giant of the struggle' Ahmed Kathrada," March 28, 2017 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • News24.com: Round-up: Tributes Honoring Ahmed Kathrada," March 28, 2017 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • Polity.org.za: "Ahmed Kathrada Obituary, March 28, 2017 (Creamer Media, Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • South African History Online: Ahmed Kathrada (Cape Town, South Africa)
• Kenneth David  Kaunda, 1924-2021
  • BBC News: "Kenneth Kaunda: Zambia's first president dies age 97," June 17, 2021. (London, UK)
  • Black Star News: "Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda dies--Africa loses last of original pan-African giants," June 17, 2021. (New York)
  • The Conversation: "Kenneth Kaunda, the last giant of African nationalism and benign autocrat left a mixed legacy," June 17, 2021. By Gavin Evans. (Braamfontein, South Africa)
  • Lusaka times: "President Edgar Lungu declares 21 days of national mourning," June 17, 2021. (Lusaka, Zambia)
    
• Modibo Keita, 1915-1977 (via BamaNet, France)
  Un site pittoresque qui est dédié au premier président de la République du Mali. Le site comprend un recueil des discours de Keita, des photos, et même 17 fichiers vidéos. Remarque: l'auteur de ce site a décidé de fournir un accompagnement de musique.
• Salif Keita (1949--) on the Web
  • Opiyo Oloya Interviews Salif Keita (April 23, 1996) (Rootsworld on Africa)
  • Salif Keita -- Site Officiel (Paris, France)
    Sur ce site, on peut lire une biographie, une discographie, quelques interviews, un vidéo, et plusieurs photos.
• Mathieu Kérékou, 1933-2015
  • FranceTV.Info "Géopolis" (Paris): "Mathieu Kérékou, l'homme de la Conférence nationale," le 16 octobre 2015
  • The New York Times (New York): "Mathieu Kérékou, Dictator Who Ushered in Democracy in Benin, Dies at 82." (Oct. 15, 2015)
  • La Nouvelle Tribune (Cotonou): "Bénin: le caméléon s'en est allé," le 17 octobre 2015
  • Radio France Internationale (Paris): "Bénin: Mort de Matheiu Kérékou, le dictateur marxiste devenu démocrate." (le 14 octobre 2015)
• Seretse Khama, 1921-1980
  • Khama III Memorial Museum: Seretse Khama (Serowe, Botswana)
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (UK): Sir Seretse Khama (1921-1980)
    
  • South African History Online (South Africa): President Seretse Khama
    
  • University of Botswana, History Department (Gaborone): Seretse Khama, 1921-1980. A brief biography by Neil Parsons.
    
• Sibongile Khumalo, 1957-2021
  • Music.org.za:  Khumalo, Sibongile (South Africa)
    
  • SABC News: "Legendary singer Sibongile Khumalo has passed on," January 28, 2021. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
  • YouTube.com: Sibongile Khumalo at SABC2's "Africa Café" (2011) -and- "Sibongile Khumalo" YouTube Channel
    
• Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 1922-2006
  • Africultures: "Joseph Ki-Zerbo, l'héritage de la pensée (décembre 2006)" (Paris)
  • leFaso.Net: "Décès de Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo" (décembre 2006) -et- "Un baobab est tombé" (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
  • Fondation Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
    La Fondation Joseph Ki-Zerbo pour l’Histoire et le Développement Endogène de l’Afrique, en abrégé Fondation Joseph Ki-Zerbo a été créée en 29 Janvier 2010.
    --Veuillez voir surtout: Une petite biographie ; trois documents bibliographiques ; et, plusieurs hommages
  • Grioo.Com: "Le professeur Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922-2006)" (Paris)
  • << Joseph Ki-Zerbo: Identités / Identité pour l'Afrique >> -- un film de Dani Kouyaté (Roubaix, France)
    -- Voir aussi: Video: Hommage à Joseph Ki-Zerbo --via Africamaat.com
  • Radio France Internationale, Mémoire d'un continent: "Cinq ans d'après: l'actualité de Joseph Ki-Zerbo," le 10 décembre 2011 par Elikia M'Bokolo, avec Lazare Ki-Zerbo. Audio (Paris, France)
• Ahmadou Kourouma, 1927-2003
  • Ahmadou Kourouma at the complete review (December 2003) The complete review. (Online) (USA)
  • << Ahmadou Kourouma, le guerrier terrassé >> (Afrik.Com, Paris, France) ... avec quelques liens aux résumés des ouvrages de Kourouma.
  • Décès de l'écrivain Ahmadou Kourouma, le 11 décembre 2003. Grioo.Com (Paris, France)
  • Ahmadou Kourouma, ou la dénonciation de l'intérieur (1999) -- An African novelist's inside story. Le Courrier de l'Unesco. (Online) March 1999.
• Sotigui Kouyaté, 1936-2010
  • Africine.org: Décès de Sotigui Kouyaté--"Le plus grand acteur africain" a joué sa Dernière scène. Extrait du journal sénégalais Le Quotidien. (Online), le 19 avril 2010
  • Africultures "Biographie" sur Sotigui Kouyaté, avril 2010 (Paris)
  • Cinéafrique.Org, Le blog!: "Je n'oublierai jamais Sotigui Kouyaté," par Anoumou Amekudji, le 2 mai 2010
  • Le Faso.Net: "Le grand comédien Sotigui Kouyaté est mort...," le 18 avril 2010 -et- "Le grand homme sera inhumé à Ouagadougou," le 20 avril 2010
  • The Guardian. (Online): Sotigui Kouyaté Obituary, May 2, 2010 (London)
  • Radio France International: Décès du comédien burkinabé Sotigui Kouyaté," le 19 avril 2010 (avec un petit interview sur vidéo)
  • Wal Fadjri. (Online): "Décès du comédien Sotigui Kouyaté: Clap de fin pour le sage griot d'Afrique,"
    le 19 avril 2010 (Dakar, Sénégal)
• Mazisi Kunene, 1930-2006
  • Mail & Guardian. (Online): "Shaka epic born anew, in isiZulu," March 16, 2017 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • The Mazisi Kunene Foundation (Glenwood, South Africa)
    --See especially: Accomplishments of the Foundation
  • "Mazisi Kunene, South African Poet Laureate, Anti-apartheid Leader, and UCLA Professor (August 2006)" (UCLA Center for African Studies, Los Angeles, California)
  • UKZN "Literary Tourism": Mazisi Kunene (August 2006) (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
• Ellen Kuzwayo, 1914-2006
  • "Ellen Kuzwayo dies (April 19, 2006)" Sunday times. (Online) (Cape Town, South Africa)
  • "Ellen Kuzwayo: tireless campaigner for women's rights in apartheid South Africa" by Shola Adenekan (April 24, 2006) The Guardian. (Online) (London, UK)
  • "Ellen Kuzwayo Tribute" by Radiyah Shakur (April 2006) Black-History-Month (UK) (London, UK)
    
  • "Bigger than fear -- Remembering Ellen Kuzwayo" by Shaija Patel (May 18, 2006) AfricaFiles. (Toronto, Canada)
• Lucky Dube, 1964-2007
  Official web site of the very popular South African reggae music artist, with biography, discography, videography, song lyrics, press cuttings, and a few short audio files.
• Patrice Lumumba, 1925-1961
  • The Africa Center, Museum for African Art, New York: "A Congo Chronicle: Patrice Lumumba in Urban Art" (1999)
    Exhibition catalog. Guest curator, Bogumil Jewsiewicki. The exhibition included a series of nearly 50 paintings by Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu, an influential artist of the 1970s.
  • The Africa Report: DRC: Lumumba’s speech of independence was the nail in his coffin," January 15, 2021. (Paris, France)
  • African Arguments: "Lumumba assassination: new angle on the 20th century’s longest murder-conspiracy." July 2, 2024. By Mohamed Kheir Omer. (London)
    
  • Belgium. Chambre des représentants: Documents parlementaires, les conclusions, et le rapport de la Commission (2001) d'enquête parlementaire chargée de déterminer les circonstances exactes de l'assassinat de Patrice Lumumba et l'implication éventuelle des responsables politiques belges dans celui-ci, novembre 2001. (Brussels, Belgium)
  • Buala.org: "Patrice Lumumba, 60 years later." January 2021. By Margarida Calafate Ribeiro. (Lisbon)
    
  • CADTM--Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt: "In memory of Patrice Lumumba, assassinate on 17 January 1961." January 17, 2021. By Eric Toussaint. (Liege, Belgium)
  • Grioo.Com: La dernière lettre de Patrice Lumumba (novembre 1960). Le 5 novembre 2003. (Paris, France)
    
  • Lumumba -- Zietgeist Films (New York)
    Promotional site: Video clips from the recently-released film, schedule of showings in the USA, information about the film's director, Raoul Peck -- including an audio clip from an interview. There are also brief summaries of Patrice Lumumba, the struggles of the Congolese people in Congo (Zaire), and information about the making of the film ; plus promotional links.
  • RFI Archives d'Afrique: Portrait de Patrice Emery Lumumba, du 6 au 13 novembre 2009 (Radio France Internationale, Paris)
    
  • University of Kansas Libraries: The Last Days of Lumumba: The Late Lion of the Congo, A Drama. (1961) By Thomas Iguh. -- Onitsha, Nigeria, A. Onwudiwe & Sons, 1961? Onitsha Market Literature. (Lawrence, Kansas)
• Albert John Luthuli, 1898-1967
  • Luthuli Museum Department of Arts and Culture. (Groutville, South Africa)
    --See especially: Biography -and- Speeches of Albert John Luthuli.
• Baaba Maal, 1953--
  • Baaba Maal (1953--) -- Official Site (English)
    
    This promotional web site features a recent press releases, interviews, color photos and slideshows, video and audio files, boutique, and concert information.
  • RFI sur Baaba Maal (Paris)
• Wangari Maathai, 1940-2011
  • BBC News: "Kenyan collects Nobel peace prize (December 10, 2004)...and related stories. (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  • Benedictine College: "Wangari Maathai Day, March 3." (Atchison, Kansas)
    
  • The Nobel Peace Prize 2004 -- Wangari Maathai (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • The Green Belt Movement: About Wangari Maathai (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • University of Pittsburgh: "Wangari Maathai Trees and Garden to be Dedicated," September 18, 2013. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
    
  • Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya
    
• Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane, 1930-2013
  • Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS): "Obituary for Bernard Magubane" by his daughter, Prof. Zine Magubane, Boston College (April 24, 2013). (East Lansing, Michigan)</li>
    
  • CODESRIA--Council for the Development of the Social Sciences in Africa: "Tribute to Bernard Makhosezwe Magubane." By Jimi Adesina. (April 12, 2013) (Dakar, Senegal)
  • "Interview with Ben Magubane," by William Minter. (March 15, 2004) Excerpt from No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000. Edited by William Minter, Gail Hovey, and Charles Cobb Jr. Published by Africa World Press in 2007.
  • South African History Online--Biography: "Professor Bernard Magubane." (May 24, 2013) (Cape Town, South Africa)
• Naguib Mahfouz, 1911-2006
  • Afrik.Com: "Le prix Nobel de littérature Naguib Mahfouz s'en est allé" (August 2006) (Paris)
  • Al-Ahram Weekly: "A master and his mantle" (August 2006) (Cairo, Egypt)
  • BBC News: Obituary--Naguib Mahfouz (August 30, 2006) (London, UK)
• Miriam Makeba, 1932-2008
  • Biography.Com: Miriam Makeba (USA)
    
  • Mail & Guardian (Online): "SA mourns Miriam Makeba" (November 15, 2008) -- Obituary (November 11, 2008) (South Africa)
  • Music in Africa: "The Legacy of Iconic Singer Miriam Makeba and Her Art of Activism," March 4, 2022. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
• Malangatana Valente Ngwenya, 1936-2011
  • AllAfrica.Com: "Mozambique: Nation's Greatest Painter Dies," AIM Reports, January 5, 2011 (New York)
    
  • Kulungwana--Associação para o Desenvolvimento Cultural: Malangatana (Maputo, Mozambique)
    
  • The Mail & Guardian. (Online): "Mozambican painter Malangatana dies in Portugal," January 5, 2011 (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
  • Malangatana interview in August 2007, Maputo, Mozambique via YouTube.Com
• Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013
  • African National Congress (South Africa): Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (2013)
  • BBC News (UK): Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013
    --See also: Nelson Mandela Memorial Service, December 10, 2013
  • Mail & Guardian (South Africa): Nelson Mandela: Tribute to an Icon
    --See also: "Nelson Mandela dies" (Dec. 5, 2013)
  • Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013 -- Web Dossier (December 2013) Compiled by the Library, Documentation, and Information Department of The African Studies Centre, University of Leiden. (Leiden, The Netherlands)
    A bibliography of resources--online and print.
  • News24 (South Africa): Nelson Mandela Special Report (December 2013)
  • The New York Times: "Death of Nelson Mandela" (December 5-10, 2013)
    --See also: Mandela's Struggles in Posters (December 6, 2013)
  • Republic of South Africa: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 18 July 1918--5 December 2013 (Pretoria/Tshwane)
  • SAHA Gallery of Posters on Mandela (December 2013) South African History Archive, South Africa
  • "The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela": an intimate portrait of one of the century's greatest leaders. ("Frontline"/WGBH Television and Boston/PBS Online)
    The web site contains a synopsis of the television program, photos, interviews, anecdotes, a chronology, and information about ordering the video and transcripts and the teachers' guide.
  • The Nelson Mandela Foundation (Cape Town, South Africa)
    • "...a non-profit organisation which focuses on dialogue and advocacy, and memory and legacy work, founded by Nelson Mandela in 1999." The foundation has three main areas of work: the Life and Time of Nelson Mandela, Dialogue for Social Justice, and promoting  Nelson Mandela International Day [July 18]."
    • 20th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture (November 12, 2022): Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley --via YouTube.com
      
    • Mandela 100 -- Nelson Mandela Centenary (2018)
      --16th Annual Lecture, July 17, 2018 -- Delivered by Former U.S. President Barack Obama
      • Transcript: Obama's full speech (via The Nelson Mandela Foundation)
        --See also: "Barack Obama's message to South Africa and the world," July 18, 2018 (via Politicsweb)
      • Commentaries & coverage: Cheryl Hendricks & Kevin Gottschalk of The Conversation (South Africa) ; Pippa Green of the Daily Maverick (South Africa) ; "In Celebrating Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama Indicts Trumpism" by Jelani Cobb, in The New Yorker (USA)
    • The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
      
      • "...inaugurated on 21 September 2004, and endorsed as the core work of the Foundation in 2006. The Centre focuses on three areas of work: the Life and Time of Nelson Mandela, Dialogue for Social Justice and Nelson Mandela International Day."
      • All Exhibitions
        
      • Negotiating Democracy: 1990-1994: How South Africa's Democracy Was Forged, May 2020
        
        This site features an online photographic exhibition. "The 2nd of February this year marked the 30th anniversary of the unbanning of the liberation movements in South Africa and the inauguration of the country’s transition to democracy...in collaboration with African National Congress (ANC) veteran and author Khulu Mbatha...His collection of photographic images of ANC leaders in 1990 will form the fulcrum for a reflection on the negotiation process. "
  • The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Nelson Mandela Resource Guide (New York)
    
  • South African History Online: Nelson Mandela (Pretoria, Tshwane, South Africa)
    The site features a biographical text, with photographs, and a documents archive. "...created by SAHO to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday on 18 July 2008...launched on 26 June 2008, a significant date in Mandela's life as 26 June was celebrated by the ANC and other liberation organizations as 'Freedom Day', until the first democratic elections in April 1994."
• Winnie Madikizela Mandela, 1936-2018
  • Africa is a Country. (New York): Winnie Mandela: essays by several authors
    
  • City Press. (South Africa): "Winne Madikizela-Mandela: An incredible life in pictures," April 2, 2018
    
  • The Conversation. (South Africa): "Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: revolutionary who kept the spirit of resistance alive," April 3, 2018. By Prof. Shireen Hassim, WISER, University of the Witwatersrand.
    
  • Daily Maverick. (South Africa): "Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936-2018): South Africa's 'Mother of the Nation', revered by millions leaves behind a complex legacy," April 2, 2018
    
  • Harvard University, Center for African Studies (Cambridge, Massachusetts):
    "We Didn't Realize It Would Be So Easy to Fight and So Hard to Transform," June 3, 2017. Report on meeting with Winnie Mandela by Prof. John Macomber.
  • Mail & Guardian. (South Africa): "Struggle icon Winnie Mandela dies," April 2, 2018
• Hugh Masekela, 1939-2018
  • Africa is a Country (USA): "Hugh Masekela's musical modernism," January 26, 2018, by Chris Web
  • AfroPop Worldwide (USA): "Hugh Masekela: A Remembrance," January 23, 2018, by Banning Eyre
    
  • The New York Times (USA): "Hugh Masekela, Trumpeter and Anti-Apartheid Activist Dies at 78," January 23, 2018
  • Mail & Guardian (South Africa): Hugh Masekela
  • Sowetan Live (South Africa): "Legendary musician Hugh Masekela dies," January 23, 2018
• John Matshikiza, 1954-2008
  • Mail & Guardian (Online): "John Matshikiza dies in Jo'burg" (September 16, 2008)
  • Articles by John Matshikiza in openDemocracy. (London, UK)
• Ali A. Mazrui, 1933-2014
  • African Studies Association of the United States (via Rutgers University, New Jersey): "Ali Mazrui, 1933-2014: A Tribute" (October 13, 2014) by Prof. Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
  • Binghamton University, Institute of Global Cultural Studies (Binghamton, New York): Prof. Ali A. Mazrui dies, October 12, 2014
    
  • The Nation (Nairobi, Kenya): "The life of Prof. Ali Mazrui: 13 things you should know," October 13, 2014
• Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, 1942-
  • Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute (TMALI), University of South Africa (Tshwane/Pretoria)
    --See also: Thabo Mbeki Foundation (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • Cheikh Anta Diop Lecture, 15th CODESRIA General Assembly, December 2018:
    "Thabo Mbeki on Africa and the Crisis of Globalization." --  Or, via YouTube.com
  • South African History Online: Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki (Cape Town, South Africa)
    
  • African Renaissance Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 28-29 September 1998: Misc. Papers
    
    • Deputy President Thabo Mbeki's "African Renaissance Statement", August 13, 1998 (via The Internet Archive, Way-Back Machine)
• John Samuel  Mbiti, 1939-2019
  • Africa is a Country: "Reading John Mbiti from Uganda," October 18, 2019. By Derek R. Peterson. (USA)
  • Nation: "Prof. Mbiti, the Anglican cleric who dared to promote African religions," October 11, 2019. (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • The New York Times: John Mbiti, 87, Dies; Punctured Myths About African Religions," October 24, 2019. (New York)
  • The Standard: "Prof. Mbiti: The man who translated Bible from English to Kamba dies aged 88," October 7, 2019. (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Religion News Service: "A Tribute to Mwalimu John Mbiti, patriarch of African philosophy and religion studies," Ocotber 31, 2019. By Jacob K. Olupona. (USA)
• Amadou Mahtar  Mbow, 1921--
  • Amadou Mahtar Mbow--Centenaire (avril 2021) (Paris, France)
    --Veuillez voir surtout: Biographie ; Discours ; Publications
  • UNESCO World Heritage, Oral Archives: Amadou-Mahtar Mbow interview, le 22 octobre 2009 (Paris, France)
• Mesfin Wolde Mariam [Masfen Waldamāryām], 1930-2020
  • Ethopia Observer (Addis Ababa): "Renwoned human rights defender and scholar Mesfin Woldemariam dies from coronavirus," September 30, 2020.
    --See also: "Prof. Mesfin Wolde Mariam-an indefatigable Ethiopian nationalist," October 4, 2020. By Paulos Milkias.
• Thandika  Mkandawire, 1940-2020
  • Africa is a Country: "The world has lost a giant of development economics," April 10, 2020. By Isabel Ortiz. (New York)
    
  • The Africa Report: "Thandika Mkandawire: An Intellectual Giant and Incorrigible Pan-Africanist," April 1, 2020. By Ibbo Mandaza. (Paris, France; Clinton, UK)
    
  • CODESRIA--Council for the Development of Social Science Research (Dakar, Senegal): Condolences and Tributes to Thandika Mkandawire -and- Bibliography of the late Prof. Thandika Mkandawire. (12 pages in PDF format)
  • Development and Change: "Reflections of An Engaged Economist: An Interview with Thandika Mkandawire," January 11, 2019. By Kate Meagher.  --via Wiley Online Library
  • Nyasa Times: "Thandika Mkandawire Dies: Tributes Pour on Accomplished Malawi Scholar," March 27, 2020. (Llilongwe, Malawi)
    
• Tierno  Monenembo, 1947--
  • Le Point Afrique. (Paris): « J'ai traversé tellement de mémoires... » Grand Prix de la francophonie 2017, l'écrivain franco-guinéen Tierno Monenembo a été reçu sous la coupole de l'Académie française. (le 1 décembre 2017)
  • Radio France Internationale. (Paris): Littérature sans frontières: Tierno Monénembo reçoit le Grand Prix de la Francophonie 2017 Podcast
• Sam  Moyo, 1954-2015
  • Africa is a Country: "Mahmood Mamdani remembers his friend and comrade Sam Moyo," November 25, 2015 ;
    "An ode in memory of Chimusoro Sam Moyo," by Bella Matabanadzho. (New York, USA)
  • African Institute of Agrarian Studies (Harare, Zimbabwe)
    
  • Nehanda Radio (Online): "Professor Sam Moyo: An intellectual icon and a fine gentleman," by Alex T. Magaisa, November 23, 2015. (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  • Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa: "A sip, a laugh, a legacy: Prof. Sam Moyo," by Masego Madzwamuse, November 23, 2015. (Rosebank, South Africa)
  • Review of African Political Economy: Tributes to Sam Moyo (November 2015) -and- Four articles by Sam Moyo from ROAPE (London, UK)
  • YouTube.com: "Prof. Sam Moyo: Political economy of agriculture in southern Africa," September 10, 2015 and other related videos.
  • Zimbabweland.com: "A tribute to 'giant' Sam Moyo," by Dr. Ian Scoones, November 24, 2015. (Sussex, UK)
• Es'kia Mphahlele, 1919-2008
  • Mail and Guardian. (Online): "Leaving the forefront of African lit" (November 1, 2008) -and- "Mphahlele, first black professor at Wits, dead at 88" (October 28, 2008) (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • National Library of South Africa: Tribute to Es'kia Mphahlele, 1919-2008 (Pretoria and Cape Town, South Africa)
  • The Sowetan. (Online): "The godfather -- Mphahlele taught blind to read a-z in braille" (October 29, 2008) (South Africa)
    
  • Urban spectrum. (Online): "Eye on Africa: the African literary journey of Esk'ia Mphahlele," by James Ainsworth (Jan. 2006) Vol. 19 ; no. 10. (Denver, Colorado)
• Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, 1952-2019
  
  • African Arguments (UK): "Rest in power: Oliver Mtukudzi...," by Rumbidzai Dube, January 25, 2019.
    
  • Afropop Worldwide (USA): "Remembering Oliver Mtukudzi," by Banning Eyre. January 24, 2019 ; "Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66," January 23, 2019.
  • CNN Online News: "Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi: Healing a wounded nation through music." (January 2013)
  • The Elephant (Kenya): "Oliver Mtukudzi: The Art of Protest," by Issac O. Amuke. February 7, 2019.
    
  • Mail & Guardian (South Africa): "Through upheaval and instability, we always had Oliver Mtukudzi," January 24, 2019
  • Music in Africa (South Africa): "The songs that defined Oliver Mtukudzi's incredible career," by Ano Shumba. January 24, 2019.
    
  • Music.org.za: Mtukudzi, Oliver (Tuku), 2003 (Making Music Productions, South Africa)
  • National Public Radio (USA): "'Left Alone': Oliver Mtukudzi sees music as therapy." (July 24, 2013)
  • BBC World Service, via YouTube.com: Oliver Mtukudzi's "Neria," September 2009
    
  • YouTube.com: "Oliver Mtukudzi & Ladysmith Black Mambazo--"Neria", June 2018 ; "Neria", October 2009 ; "Todii," February 2012 ; "Wasakara", May 2011 ; "Ndakuvara", September 2009 ; "Chiri Nani," August 2009 ; "Ngoromera", May 2009.
• Micere Githae Mugo, 1942-2023
  • Brittle Paper: "Micere Githae Mugo, another African pioneer who has left us," July 10, 2023. (Madison, Wisconsin)
  • The Elephant (Nairobi, Kenya)
    • "Micere Githae Mugo: she held us by the hand," August 24, 2023. By Betty Wambui.
    • "Micere Githae Mugo: on the simultaneity of oppressions," August 16, 2023. By Carole Boyce Davies.
    • "Micere Mugo and the struggle for politics," August 2, 2023. By Wandia Njoya.
  • In Remembrance of Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo (Mũmbi Mugo ...[et al.], USA)
    --See especially: Obituary
  • The Nation: "Who will sing for Mama Micere Mugo's orphans," July 2, 2023. By Tom Odhiambo ; "Prof. Micere Mugo pens her last life at 80," July 1, 2023. (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Writing Africa: "Micere Mugo has passed away," July 1, 2023. Includes 3 videos of Mugo lectures. (Nairobi, Kenya)
• Denis Mukwege, 1955--
  • Mukwege Foundation (The Netherlands): "Who is Dr. Denis Mukwege?"
  • The Nobel Prize (Stockholm): Denis Mukwege -- Nobel Lecture (English translation), December 10, 2018
  • The Panzi Foundation USA (Washington, DC) In support of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Seneweb.com (Dakar): Video  "Le discours poignant du Dr. Denis Mukwege, Prix Nobel de la Paix, le 12 décembre 2018
  • UNESCO Courrier (Paris): Interview with 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege
  • Mukwege Foundation (The Hague, The Netherlands; Geneva, Switzerland)
    "...an international human rights organisation, dedicated to end rape as a weapon of war worldwide. We work with survivors from around the world to end wartime sexual violence. Dr. Denis Mukwege ...received the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for his 'efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.'"
• Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye, 1922-2009
  • Afrik.Com: "Babacar Joseph Ndiaye: 'Le 10 mai est une grande victoire'," le 9 mai 2006 (Paris)
  • Au Senegal.com: "Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye: la voix de Gorée s'est tué," le 7 février 2009 (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Grioo.com: "Décès de Joseph Ndiaye," le 7 février 2009 (Paris)
  • Seneweb.com: "Pour la mémoire de Joseph Ndiaye," le 9 février 2011 (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Soninkara.com: Joseph Ndiaye, le conservateur de la Maison des esclaves est décédé," le 6 février 2009 (Dakar, Sénégal)
• President Gamal Abd El  Nasser, 1918-1970 (Cairo, Egypt)
  Established in cooperation with Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Gamal Abdel Nasser Foundation.
  The English language version of the official site, with a searchable archive of print and audio-visual documents---in Arabic, as well as documentary film clips, photos and press releases.
• Youssou N'Dour, 1959-- (Promotional sites)
  
  • AfroWeb Profile of Youssou N'Dour (1999) (CHEZ.Com, France)
    In English, select "Biographie"; "k7"; "Disques"; "Textes"; or "Images & Son"--includes audio files.
  • Philharmonie de Paris--Eduthèque (France): "Youssou Ndour et le Super Etoile" (octobre 2010) Extraits
  • RFI Musique: Youssou N'Dour (2019) (Radio France Internationale, Paris, France)
    
  • Youssou N'Dour videos---site officiel (2021) (Sony Music Entertainment, Paris, France)
    
• Kwame Nkrumah, 1909-1972
  • Documentary Film Network--Pandora's Box: Black Power (1992) UCTV History (USA)
    A British film (45 minutes) about the history of the Volta River Project and Kwame Nkrumah; with selected British, American, and Ghanaian testimonies--mostly very critical of Nkrumah; includes footage of Nkrumah speeches and press conferences; plus, further developments under Rawlings.
    --See also: Documentary Film Network Home Page
  • Modern History Sourcebook: Kwame Nkrumah: I Speak of Freedom, 1961 (Paul Halsall, Fordham University, New York)
  • Kwame Nkrumah 1965: Neo-colonialism, the last stage of imperialism (Marxists Internet Archive, Freemont, California)
  • Kwame Nkrumah Information & Resource Site (Zizwe Mtafuta-Ukweli, R4R Productions)
    A site dedicated to Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, with texts, illustrations, bibliographies of Nkrumah's writings, and downloadable photos (JPGs); plus links to related sites.
• Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, 1922-1999
  • Chama Cha Mapinduzi: A Biography of Julius Nyerere (2018)
    
  • Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
  • Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, Chairman of the South Centre, 1995-1999 (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Julius Nyerere: a biography (1961) by George Dunheved. --via United Republic of Tanzania. President's Office. Records and Archives Management Division, Dar es Salaam.
  • South African History Online: Julius Nyerere (Cape Town, South Africa)
    
• Ben Okri, 1959-
  • Ben Okri--Poet, Novelist, Artist: Official Site (London, UK)
    
  • Ben Okri Web Page (Robert Bennett, Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara; via Prof. George P. Landow et al., Brown University, "Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English")
    This collection includes a biographical sketch of this Nigerian author, teaching tips, quotations, and texts; plus links to related sites and a bibliography.
• "Joe Ouakam" a.k.a. Issa Samb, 1945-2017
• Ferdinand Leopold Oyono  (1929-2010) -- "le site officiel" (Emmanuel Kamdem Fopa et alli., Yaoundé, Cameroun)
• Postcolonial & postimperial literature in English: Africa (Prof. George P. Landow and his students at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; via National University of Singapore)
  • A compilation of documents, mostly by students, on African authors (including some biographical information), African literary themes, bibliographies, and discussions of postcolonial literary theory arranged on a Web site.
  • Home Page (General)
  • Chinua Achebe
  • Ama Ata Aidoo
  • Tsitsi Dangarembga
  • Buchi Emecheta
  • Nadine Gordimer
  • Chenjerai Hove
  • Yvonne Vera
  • Charles Mungoshi
  • Femi Osofisan
  • Ken Saro Wiwa
  • Wole Soyinka
• Post Colonial Studies: African Literary Figures (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
  • "The Postcolonial Studies website (PS) is a project in progress at the English Department at Emory University. Begun in Spring 1996, it is intended to serve primarily as a resource for students of postcolonial literature and theory at Emory University. Another important objective, however, is to provide a site on the Web where people from around the country and around the world can come for an introduction to major topics and issues in Postcolonial Studies." Note: The documents at this site are produced by students.
  • Home Page (General: introduction, authors, theories, etc.)
  • Tsitsi Dangarembga
  • Assia Djebar
  • Buchi Emecheta
  • Frantz Fanon
  • Bessie Head
  • J. Nozipo Maraire
  • Ngugi wa Thiong'o
  • Flora Nwapa
    
  • Nawal el Saadawi
  • Olive Schreiner
  • Huda Shaarawi
  • M.G. Vassanji
• Jerry John Rawlings, 1947-2020
  • Africa is a Country: "The complicated political legacy of Jerry Rawlings." May 20, 2019. By Jennifer Hart. (New York)
    
  • BBC News: "Jerry Rawlings: Remembering Ghana's 'man of the people'." November 13, 2020. (London, UK)
    
  • The Conversation: "Saint or sinner: Rawlings was pivotal to Ghana's political and economic fortunes," November 13, 2020. By Jeffrey Haynes. (Washington, DC)
    
  • The Daily Statesman: "President declares seven days of national mourning over Rawlings' death." November 13, 2020. (Accra, Ghana)
    
  • Graphic Online: "J.J. is gone: Nation in tears," November 13, 2020. (Accra, Ghana)
    
  • Modern Ghana: "Our founder is no longer with us, Mahama announces to NDC," November 13, 2020.
• Nawal El Saadawi, 1931-2021
  • The Conversation (USA): "Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's grand novelist, physician and global activist," March 25, 2021. By Adele Newson-Horst.
  • The Guardian (UK): "Nawal El Saadawi obituary: outspoken Egyptian feminist, writer and campaigner who fought against patriarchy and poverty," March 22, 2021.
• Salif Keita on the Web (See above)
  
• Tayeb Salih, 1929-2009
  • "Sudan's top novelist dies in London at 80," Sudan tribune. (Online), February 18, 2009.
  • "Tayeb Salih: acclaimed author of Season of Migration to the North," The Guardian. (Online), February 20, 2009.
  • "Farewell to Tayeb Salih: one of Africa's most illustrious literary figures," by Mustapha Marrouchi, February 26, 2009. --via Pambazuka news. (Online)
• Issa Samb a.k.a. "Joe Ouakam", 1945-2017
  
  • Ferloo.com: "Issa Samb alias Joe Ouakam n'est plus," le 25 avril 2017 (Dakar)
  • Senemag: "Nécrologie : Issa Samb alias Joe Ouakam n’est plus!," le 25 avril 2017 (Dakar) Reprint from Sud Quotidien
    
  • YouTube.com: Extrait du film de Wasis Diop présenté en 2011 au festival Image et Vie - Dakar (2011)
• Oumou Sangare (1968--) on the Web
  • Afropop Worldwide: Oumou Sangare (World Music Productions, New York)
    A biographical sketch, audio files, interviews, discography, and related information.
  • VH1.com on Oumou Sangare (USA)
    A brief profile, discography, and current engagements; plus links.
• Thomas Sankara, 1949-1987
  • BBC News: "Burkina Faso 'wants France to release Sankara archives'," October 23, 2016 (London, UK)
    
  • Ouestaf.com: "Le destin tragique de Sankara (Libre opinion)," le 26 septembre 2007.  Par Chérif Sy, directeur du journal Bendré (Ouagadougou). (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Pambazuka news: "Remembering Thomas Sankara on the 30th Anniversary of his assassination," October 19, 2017 
  • Radio France Internationale (Paris): "Qui a fait tuer Sankara? 30 ans après, des pistes d'enquête." (2018)
    
  • Thomas Sankara WebSite ( (Bruno Jaffré et alli., Paris, France; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
    Un site en français (ou en anglais) qui comprend les discours, quelques interviews, des photos, et liens.
• Lamin Sanneh, 1942-2019
  • Christianity Today. (Carol Stream, Illinois): "Remembering Lamin Sanneh, the World's Leading Expert on Christianity and Islam in Africa," January 8, 2019.
  • Eerdmans Publishing/YouTube.com: "Interview with Lamin Sanneh. (January 22, 2013)
    
  • Yale University, Divinity School: Professor Lamin Sanneh, 1942-2019 (New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
• Remember Ken Saro-Wiwa: The Life, 1941-1995 (Remember Saro-Wiwa, PlatformLondon, London, UK)
  
• Ousmane Sembène, 1923-2007
  
  • The Conversation: "Ousmane Sembène at 100: a tribute to Senegal's 'father of African cinema'," January 10, 2023. By David Murphy. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
  • 34e Festival International du Film d'Amiens: Hommage à Ousmane Sembène, du 14-22 novembre 2014 (France)
    Le site propose une filmographie complète, une biographie, et un fichier vidéo avec des petits extraits des films de Sembène.
  • Africultures.Com: Ousmane Sembène -- Biographie et filmographie (2007) -et- << Le problème est plus mental qu'économique >> -- Entretien de Samba Gadjigo avec Ousmane Sembène à propos de Moolade (2004) (Paris)
    
  • The Guardian. (Online): Ousmane Sembène, June 5, 2005: interview with Bonnie Greer. (London, UK)
    
  • Indiana University, Lilly Library: Ousmane Sembene Manuscripts, 1956-2008 -- Finding Aid (Bloomington, Indiana)
    
• Pixley ka Isaka Seme, 1881-1951 -- Founder of the African National Congress
  • Columbia University: "The Extraordinary Life of Pixley Seme CC 1906." (1987) Columbia College Today. (New York)
    
  • South African History Online: A full biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme -and- "Regeneration of Africa, 5 April 1906": speech given at his graduation from Columbia University
• Yandé Codou Sène, 1932-2010
  • Africultures: "Yandé Coudou Sène, plus qu'une cantatrice" (le 3 juin 2008) par Olivier Barlet  Compte-rendu sur les films: Yandé Codou, la griotte de Senghor, d'Angèle Diabang-Brener et Yandé Codou Sène, diva séeréer, de Laurence Gavron.
    --Veuillez voir aussi: Biographie
  • Au-Senegal.com: Hommage à Yandé Codou Sène (le 28 juillet 2011)
• Sénégal Online: Les Hommes et Femmes Célèbres du Sénégal (Dakar, Sénégal ; Paris, France)
  --Veuillez voir aussi: L'histoire du Sénégal
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2001) sur Internet
  • African Studies Centre Library, Leiden University: Web Dossier on Leopold Sedar Senghor (2001) (Leiden, The Netherlands)
    "...an overview of publications by and on Senghor that can be found in the ASC library and includes a selection of links to websites on Senghor. The introduction gives background information on the man and his work."
  • Archipo -- Les Archives: Léopold Sédar Senghor (Dakar, Sénégal)
    Un recueil de fichiers sonores et de quelques textes.
  • Commune de Verson: Espace Léopold Sédar Senghor (Basse-Normandie, France)
    Veuillez cliquer sur "Espace Senghor" ou "Vie culturelle." "...un hommage au célèbre versonnais, au poète et homme de culture, ancien président de la République du Sénégal, membre de l'Académie française, promoteur de la francophonie et chantre de la négritude."
  • Ethiopiques -- revue negro-africaine de littérature et de philosophie. (Online) -- Dakar, Senegal:
    Hommage à Senghor (Numéro 69, 2003) -et- Spécial centenaire - Contributions de Léopold Sédar Senghor à la revue (Numéro 67, 2006)
    
  • France. Assemblée nationale: Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1906-2002 << Négritude, francité, et civilisation de l'universel >> (Paris)
    Le site est une exposition virtuelle sur Senghor et l'Assemblée nationale pendant la durée de la IVe République en France. On peut lire les documents en ligne d'une petite archive numérique des lois, des interventions, des rapports, et des lettres...y compris un essai biographique avec beaucoup de photos et de vidéos.
    --Veuillez voir aussi: Actes du Colloque sur << Léopold Sédar Senghor: La Pensée et l'Action Politique >> à l'Assemblée nationale de France, le 26 juin 2006, organisé parla section française de l'Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie. 269 pages en format PDF
  • Léopold Sédar Senghor -- Page spéciale (iSenegal, Paris, France)
    Un page de liens aux sites qui rendent hommage à Senghor.
  • The Library of Congress Webcasts: "Leopold Sedar Senghor: Thinker, Statesman, Poet," by Souleymane Bachir Diagne, November 7, 2006 African & Middle Eastern Division (Washington, DC)
    
• Joseph Bekhizizwe Shabalala, 1941-2020
  • The Conversation: "Dance softly and carry a big voice: understanding Joseph Shabalala," by David Coplan, February 18, 2020.
    (Washington, DC)
  • Mail & Guardian: "How Joseph Shabalala’s Mambazo chopped the competition down," February 12, 2020. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • National Public Radio: "Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo Founder, Dies At 78," February 11, 2020. (Washington, DC)
  • South African History Online: "Joseph 'Headman' Shabalala" (Cape Town, South Africa)
• Malick Sidibé, 1936-2016
  • Africultures.com : Biographie de Malick Sidibé (avril 2016) (Paris, France)
  • Jack Shainman Gallery: Malick Sidibé: video, biography, exhibitions, and bibliography. (New York)
  • MaliActu.net: "Mali: disparition de Malick Sidibé, 'boussole' et 'baobab' de la photographie africaine," le 15 avril 2016 -et- "Le dernier hommage au photographe Malick Sidibé," le 16 avril 2016 (Bamako, Mali)
• Walter Sisulu, 1912-2003
  • African National Congress: Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu: Biography, Speeches, Statements and Writings (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, 1924-1978
  • DISA--Digital Innovation South Africa (Durban, South Africa): Interview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (August 1970) by Gail M. Gerhart 23 pages in PDF format
  • Journeyman Pictures: "Remember Sobukwe! -- South Africa" 23 minute video ; via YouTube.com
  • Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (Johannesburg, South Africa): Brief history of Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe 1924-1978 9 pages in PDF format
  • South African History Online (Pretoria, South Africa): Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe: biography, speeches, and related links
  • University of the Witwatersrand Historical Papers (Johannesburg, South Africa): Papers of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (1924-1977) and 1960 Trial Record of Sobukwe & Others
• Enoch Mankayi Sontonga, c1873-1905 -- Composer of "Nkosi Sikelel' Afrika"
  • South African History Online: Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (Cape Town, South Africa)
  • South African Government: Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika -- lyrics (in four languages) and brief history (Pretoria)
• South African History Online -- People (Pretoria, South Africa)
  Biographies, lists, resources, and "in-focus" features on selected South African figures in South African history--political and cultural, contemporary politics and society.
• Ousmane Sow, 1935-2016
  • Au-Senegal.com (Dakar, Sénégal): "Ousmane Sow, ce sculpteur des hommes debout!" (le 1er décembre 2016)
  • Ousmane Sow, Site officiel de l'artiste = Artist's official web site (Paris, France)
    Ce site présente beaucoup de photos et quelques textes à propos des oeuvres choisis de Ousmane Sow, le sculpteur sénégalais bien connu qui a vécu plus de vingt ans à Paris.
• Wole Soyinka, 1934--
  • Channels Television--Newsnight (Lagos, Nigeria): Interview with Wole Soyinka, August 22, 2022. --via YouTube.com
    
  • Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa (The Lumina Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria)
  • Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate (Nobel E-Museum, Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden)
    A brief biographical sketch, Soyinka's Nobel lecture, and related information.
  • Wole Soyinka, 1998 (Peter Blank et al., Website editors, Stanford University, The Presidential Lectures and Symposia in the Humanities and Arts, Stanford, California)
    This site includes excerpts from published works and the Fall 1998 Stanford lecture by Wole Soyinka, a contemporary Nigerian author and world public intellectual; plus biographical information, related links, and a bibliography.
• Tajudeen Abdul Raheem, 1961-2009
  • Justice Africa: In Memoriam: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, 1961-2009 (London, UK)
  • Pambazuka News: "Tajudeen Abdul Raheem: A Giant is Lost on African Liberation Day" (May 25, 2009) (Oxford, UK)
• Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo, 1917-1973
  
  • SAHO--South African History Online: Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo, 1917-1973 (South Africa)
  • University of Connecticut Libraries: A Guide to the Oliver Tambo Papers, 1960-1992. (Storrs, Connecticut)
    For the microfilm copy of originals held by the African National Congress Archives, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
• Iba Der Thiam, 1937-2020
  • Jeune Afrique: "Décès d'Iba Der Thiam, passeur de l'Histoire sénégalaise et africaine," le 2 novembre 2020 (Paris)
  • Le Quotidien: "Décès du Prof d’histoire : Der d’un grand tome," le 2 novembre 2020. (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise: "Entretien avec le Pr. Iba Der Thiam," le 23 juillet 2019. --via Senhistoire.org. (Dakar, Sénégal)
    
• Miriam Masoli Tlali, 1933-2017
  • The Conversation: "Rest in power, Miriam Tlali: author, enemy of apartheid and feminist," February 28, 2017. By Barbara Boswell. (Washington, DC)
  • The Johannesburg Review of Books: "'Miriam Tlali understood the complicated meanings of being 'the first' for a Black woman'...Excerpt from Miriam Tlali: Writing Freedom, by Pumla Dineo Gqola," June 18, 2021. (South Africa)
  • The Paris Review: "Re-Covered: The Protest Writing of South Africa," July 25, 2019. By Lucy Scholes. (New York)  --About "Muriel at Metropolitan" (1975)
  • South African History Online: Miriam Tlali (Pretoria, South Africa)
  
  
• Ali Farka Touré, 1939-2006
  • BBC News Online: "African star Ali Farka Toure dies," March 7, 2006 ; plus related stories -and- photos/discography (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  • RFI Musique: "Ali Farka Touré: La disparition d'un grand artiste," le 9 mars 2006 ; Décès d'Ali Farka Touré: le musicien légendaire est mort des suites d'une longue maladie," le 7 mars 2006; plus: biographie (Radio France International Online, Paris)
• The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database--Voyages Database (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia)
  The site provides free access to selected data on thousands of slave ship voyages; plus scholarly essays and maps. "[The database] is the culmination of several decades of independent and collaborative research by scholars drawing upon data in libraries and archives around the Atlantic world. The Voyages website itself is the product of two years of development by a multi-disciplinary team of historians, librarians, curriculum specialists, cartographers, computer programmers, and web designers, in consultation with scholars of the slave trade..."
• Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, 1936-2006
  • "An Ethiopian hero: Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936-2006)" by Richard Pankhurst (OpenDemocracy.Net, London, UK)
  • "Ethiopia's Poet Laureate: Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin." October 1998. --via Wendy Laura Belcher, Princeton University, New Jersey
    
  • "Poet Laureate Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin of Ethiopia: a short walk through his literary park" by Negussay Ayele (Ethiopians.Com, California)
  • "Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin Playwright: list of plays & biographical information (Doollee.Com, UK)
• Desmond Mpilo Tutu, 1931-2021
  • Al Jazeera-English: "Key dates in the life of South African anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu," December 26, 2021. (Doha, Qatar)
    
  • Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library: "Oral history with Desmond Tutu." September 15, 1999. Carnegie Corporation of New York Digital Archive. (New York, USA)  Two-part videorecording and transcript.
    
  • The Conversation--Africa: Archbishop Desmond Tutu: father of South Africa's 'rainbow nation'," December 26, 2021. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • The Daily Maverick: "The Arch's life in Zapiro's cartoons," December 26, 2021. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • The Guardian: "Souh Africa set for battle over legacy of 'moral compass' Desmond Tutu," December 26, 2021. (London, UK)
  • Mail & Guardian: Opinion--"Tutu took love to its limits," December 26, 2021. By Carlos Amato. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • New York Amsterdam News: "Desmond Tutu, South Africa's moral conscience, dies at 90," December 26, 2021. (New York, USA)
    
  • The Nobel Prize: "The Nobel Peace Prize 1984: Desmond Tutu--Facts." (Stockholm, Sweden)
    
  • Reuters News Agency: "Funeral service for Archbishop Desmond Tutu at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town," January 1, 2022. (Thomson Reuters, USA) -- via YouTube.com
    
  • SABC News: "Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu passes away," December 26, 2021. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    --See also: "Former President Thabo Mbeki on Archbishop Desmond Tutu," December 26, 2021. --via YouTube.com
    --Plus: Prof. William Gumede of University of the Witwatersrand on Archbishop Desmond Tutu, December 26, 2021. --via YouTube.com
  • The Sowetan: Video--"Tutu unafraid to speak truth to power over the decades," December 26, 2021. (Arena Holdings, Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • University of California Television: "Reconciling Love--A Millennium Mandate with Archbishop Desmond Tutu," University of California, Santa Barbara, December 19, 2005. 56 minutes videorecording.
• Ernest Wambia dia Wamba, 1942-2020
  • CODESRIA--Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa: Prof. Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, 1942-2020: Wamba-dia-Wamba is no longer with us! (Dakar, Senegal)
  • Daraja Press: "In memoriam: Ernest Wamba dia Wamba." (Ottawa, Canada)
  • "Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, a healer from within," by Jacques Depelchin. August 6, 2020. Africa is a Country (New York)
  • New Frame: "Long Read: Wamba, militant African intellectual and friend," by Michael Neocosmos. July 23, 2020. (Johannesburg, South Africa)
• Philippe E. Wamba, 1971-2002
  Author of: Kinship: a family's journey in Africa and America (1999).
  • "A Son Confronts Oil Poverty in the Niger Delta" -and- "In the Name of the Father" by Philippe Wamba (Alicia Patterson Foundation, Washington, DC)
    Two stories reported by Philippe Wamba, "2002 APF Fellow"
  • Mark Mathabane's review of Kinship in "Books & Reading: Book Reviews", September 26, 1999 (WashingtonPost.Com, Washington, DC)
  • "Memorial service for Philippe Wamba..." (October 17, 2002) Harvard University gazette. (Online) (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
    
• Binyavanga Wainaina, 1971-2019
  
  • The Kenyan writer who won the Caine Prize for the best short story in July 2002. Since then, he had become a celebrated author, ediiting a major literary journal Kwani?, publishing several books, including a memoir, and many more short stories.
  • Africa is a Country: "Our man of the people," by Mukoma wa Ngugi, May 24, 2019. (New York)
    
  • Binyavanga Wainaina Archive Unofficial (Isaac Otidi Amuke, Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Caine Prize for African Writing (via Columbia University Libraries)
    • 2002 Caine Prize for African Writing: "Discovering Home" By Binyavanga Wainaina  --via Binyavanga Wainaina Archive ; published in 2006 by Kwani Trust (Nairobi); originally appeared in G21: The world's magazine (London) in 2001.
      
  • The Conversation: "Africa has lost Binyavanga Wainaina, but his spirit will continue to inspire," by Adriaan van Klinken, May 23, 2019 (Washington, DC)
  • Daily Nation. (Online): "Binyavanga Wainaina was not afraid to court controversy." (May 23, 2019)...and related stories. (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • The Johannesburg Review of Books: "Binyavanga Wainaina, 1971-2019, RIP." June 3, 2019. By Jennifer Malec. (South Africa)
    
  
  
• Papa Wemba, 1949-2016  a.k.a. Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba
  • AfroPop Worldwide on Papa Wemba (New York, USA)
  • AllAfrica.com on Papa Wemba (Washington, DC, USA)
  • Papa Wemba -- Site Officiel
  • Radio France Internationale sur Papa Wemba (RFI Musique, Paris, France)
  
  
• Kwasi Wiredu, 1931-2022
  • Brittle Paper (Madison, Wisconsin): "Renowned Ghanaian Philosopher Kwasi Wiredu Passes on at 90." January 19, 2022.
  • The Conversation (Waltham, Massachusetts): "Kwasi Wiredu cleared the way for modern African philosophy." January 18, 2022.
  • The Elephant (Nairobi, Kenya):
    --"Conceptual Decolonisation: Kwasi Wiredu’s Disruption of Philosophy." April 25, 2019. By Sanya Osha.
    --"The Contribution of African Philosophy to Conceptual Decolonisation: A Reply to Sanya Osha." June 14, 2019. By Reginald M. J. Oduor.
  • The Ghanaian times (Accra, Ghana): "Obituary of Prof. Kwasi Wiredu, 'The Philosopher's Philosopher.'" January 19, 2022.
  • GhanaWeb.com (Accra, Ghana): "Prof. Kwasi Wiredu, the philosopher's philosopher (part 1)." January 17, 2022. By Cameron Duodu.
  • The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (University of Tennessee, Martin, TN): "Kwasi Wiredu (1931--)."
  • ModernGhana.com (Accra, Ghana): "Adieu, Prof. Kwasi Wiredu: The Philosopher's Philosopher." January 15, 2022. By Cameron Duodu.
  • Le Monde (Paris): "Mort de Kwasi Wiredu, figure majeure de la philosophie africaine," le 11 janvier 2022. Par Séverine Kodjo-Grandvaux.
    
  
  
• Alfred Bitini Xuma, 1898-1962
  • African National Congress (South Africa): Alfred Bitini Xuma
  • South African History Online (South Africa): Dr. Alfred Bitini Xuma: Documents, Speeches, and Letters
• Norbert Zongo, 1949-1998
  • Norbert Zongo, homme orchestre (décembre 2010) -et- Centre national de presse Norbert Zongo (Ouagadougou)
    --Veuillez voir aussi: Facebook
  • LeFaso.Net: Dossier "Affaire Norbert Zongo" (Ouagadougou)
  • Reporters sans frontières: "Affaire Norbert Zongo: un nouveau témoignage accablant pour la garde présidentielle," décembre 2003 (Paris) Format PDF