This is a list of novelists from Africa, including those associated with as well as born in specified countries.
A
Chris Abani (born 1966), Nigeria
P. A. K. Aboagye (1925–2001), Ghana
Peter Abrahams (1919–2017), South Africa
Nana Achampong (born 1964), Ghana
Chinua Achebe (1930–2013), Nigeria
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (born 1988), Nigeria
Bayo Adebowale (born 1944), Nigeria
Sade Adeniran (born 1960s), Nigeria
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977), Nigeria
Maxamed Daahir Afrax (living), Somalia
Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954), Togo
Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023), Ghana
Zaynab Alkali (born 1950), Nigeria
T. M. Aluko (1918–2010), Nigeria
Elechi Amadi (1934–2016), Nigeria
David Ananou (1917–2000), Togo
Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954), Ghana
Lesley Nneka Arimah (living), Nigeria
Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939), Ghana
Khadambi Asalache (1935–2006), Kenya
Bediako Asare (born 1930), Ghana
Mary Ashun (born 1968), Ghana
Ryad Assani-Razaki (born 1981) Sefi Atta (born 1964), Nigeria Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983), Ghana Adaeze Atuegwu (born 1977), Nigeria Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013), Ghana
B
Mariama Bâ (1929–1981), Senegal
Rotimi Babatunde (living), Nigeria
Yaba Badoe (born 1955), Ghana
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970) Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 1965) Biyi Bandele (1967–2022), Nigeria A. Igoni Barrett (born 1979), Nigeria Empi Baryeh (living), Ghana Jackee Budesta Batanda (living), Uganda Francis Bebey (1929–2001), Cameroon Philip Begho (born 1956), Nigeria Sokhna Benga (born 1967), Senegal Mongo Beti (1932–2001), Cameroon Calixthe Beyala (born 1961), Cameroon Olympe Bhêly-Quénum (born 1928), Benin John Benibengor Blay (born 1915), Ghana Amba Bongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Nazi Boni (1909–1969), Burkina Faso Tanella Boni (born 1954), Côte d'Ivoire André Brink (1935–2015), South Africa Ken Bugul (born 1947), Senegal NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981), Zimbabwe Akosua Busia (born 1966), Ghana
C
J. E. Casely-Hayford (1866–1930), Ghana
Faarax M. J. Cawl (1937–1991), Somalia
Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945), Sierra Leone
Panashe Chigumadzi (born 1991), Zimbabwe
Shadreck Chikoti (born 1979), Malawi
Brian Chikwava (born 1972), Zimbabwe
Shimmer Chinodya (born 1957), Zimbabwe
Paulina Chiziane (born 1955), Mozambique
J. M. Coetzee (born 1940), South Africa
Teju Cole (born 1975), Nigeria
Félix Couchoro (1900–1968), Togo
Mia Couto (born 1955), Mozambique
D
Bernard Binlin Dadié (1916–2019), Côte d'Ivoire
Tsitsi Dangarembga (born 1959), Zimbabwe
Amma Darko (born 1956), Ghana
Lawrence Darmani (living), Ghana
Nadia Davids (born 1977), South Africa
Aïda Mady Diallo (living), Mali
Ebou Dibba (1943–2000), The Gambia
Jude Dibia (born 1975), Nigeria
Boubacar Boris Diop (born 1946), Senegal
Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009) Waris Dirie (born 1965) Amu Djoleto (born 1929), Ghana Richard Dogbeh (1932–2003), Benin/Senegal/Ivory Coast Emmanuel Dongala (born 1941), Republic of the Congo Cameron Duodu (born 1937), Ghana
E
Kossi Efoui (born 1962), Togo
Obi Egbuna (1938–2014), Nigeria
Christiane Akoua Ekue (born 1954), Togo
Cyprian Ekwensi (1921–2007), Nigeria
Mohammad Elsannour (living), Egypt
Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017), Nigeria
Rosemary Esehagu (born 1981), Nigeria
F
Daniel O. Fagunwa (1903–1963), Nigeria
Nuruddin Farah (born 1945), Somalia
Adélaïde Fassinou (born 1955), Benin
Aminatta Forna (born 1964), Sierra Leone
Bilkisu Funtuwa (living), Nigeria
G
Clifton Gachagua (born 1987), Kenya
Petina Gappah (born 1971), Zimbabwe
Hawa Jande Golakai (born 1979), Liberia
Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014), South Africa
Abdulrazak Gurnah (born 1948), Tanzania
Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), Ghana
H
Helon Habila (born 1967), Nigeria
Bessie Head (1937–1986), South Africa/Botswana
Chenjerai Hove (1956–2015), Zimbabwe
I
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (born 1979), Nigeria
Emmanuel Iduma (born 1989), Nigeria
Monique Ilboudo (born 1959) is an author and human rights activist from, Burkina Faso Jowhor Ile (living), Nigeria Eddie Iroh, Nigeria Moses Isegawa (born 1963), Uganda Festus Iyayi (born 1947), Nigeria