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Leone Ross
Jamaica
,
United Kingdom
1969
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Lesley Lokko
Ghana
,
United Kingdom
1964
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
Jamaica
,
United Kingdom
1952
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Lisa Allen-Agostini
Trinidad and Tobago
1970
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Lola Shoneyin
Nigeria
,
United Kingdom
1974
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Lopez Lomong
South Sudan
,
United States
1985
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Louise Bennett-Coverley
Jamaica
1919
–
2006
Lyonel Trouillot
Haiti
1956
–
M. NourbeSe Philip
Canada
,
Trinidad and Tobago
1947
–
Mahtem Shiferraw
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
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Majok Marier
South Sudan
,
United States
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Majok Tulba
South Sudan
1985
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Makena Onjerika
Kenya
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Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Jamaica
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Mariama Khan
Gambia
1977
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Mariatu Kamara
Sierra Leone
1986
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Marion Bethel
Bahamas
1953
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Marlon James
Jamaica
1970
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Marvin Victor
Haiti
1981
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Masande Ntshanga
South Africa
1986
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Max Lobe
Cameroon
,
Switzerland
1986
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Merle Collins
Grenada
1950
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Meron Hadero
Ethiopia
,
United States
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Monica Minott
Jamaica
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Monique Ilboudo
Burkina Faso
1959
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Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Zambia
1988
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Musih Tedji Xaviere
Cameroon
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Mutt-Lon
Cameroon
1973
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Nalo Hopkinson
Canada
,
Jamaica
1960
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Namina Forna
Sierra Leone
,
United States
1987
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Namwali Serpell
United States
,
Zambia
1980
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Nana Nkweti
Cameroon
,
United States
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Nega Mezlekia
Canada
,
Ethiopia
1958
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Nelson Mandela
South Africa
1918
–
2013
Neshani Andreas
Namibia
1964
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2011
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Kenya
1938
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Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
Jamaica
,
United States
1982
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Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Ghana
,
United Kingdom
1974
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Nthikeng Mohlele
South Africa
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Ntozake Shange
United States
1948
–
2018
Nyuol Lueth Tong
South Sudan
,
United States
–
Okot p’Bitek
Uganda
1931
–
1982
Olga Culmer Jenkins
Bahamas
,
United States
1930
–
2022
Olivier Sempiga
Rwanda
–
Olufemi Terry
Sierra Leone
–
Oonya Kempadoo
Guyana
,
United Kingdom
1966
–
Opal Palmer Adisa
Jamaica
1954
–
Oyinkan Braithwaite
Nigeria
,
United Kingdom
1988
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Pacifique Irankunda
Burundi
,
United States
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
United States
1872
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1906
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