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Awards, lists (for example top 20 whatever) that start establishing notability. Especially looking for lists or awards that are posthumous or for lifetime achievement so as to get people from the past and not just the current moment.

The 2010 Garden City Literary Festival honored 50 Nigerian writers

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  • [1] Daily Independent (Lagos), Copyright © 2011 Daily Independent. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). Don't know why only 48 of the 50 were listed.
  1. Chinua Achebe
  2. Adenubi Mobolaji
  3. Adewale-Gabriel Toyin
  4. Adichie Chimamanda
  5. Agary Kaine
  6. Funso Aiyejina
  7. Akpan Uwem
  8. Alkali Zaynab
  9. T. M. Aluko
  10. Elechi Amadi
  11. J.P. Clark
  12. Cyprian Ekwensi
  13. Akachi Ezeigbo
  14. D.O. Fagunwa
  15. Femi Fatoba
  16. Abubakar Gimba
  17. Helon Habila
  18. James Henshaw
  19. Ogaga Ifowodo
  20. Chukwuemeka Ike
  21. Abubakar Imam
  22. Esiaba Irobi
  23. Festus Iyayi
  24. Karen King-Aribisala
  25. Flora Nwapa
  26. Adaobi Nwaubani
  27. Odia Ofeimun
  28. Ezenwa Ohaeto
  29. Tanure Ojaide
  30. Gabriel Okara
  31. Wale Okediran
  32. Christopher Okigbo
  33. Ifeoma Okoye
  34. Ben Okri
  35. Kole Omotosho
  36. Femi Osofisan
  37. Niyi Osundare
  38. Ola Rotimi
  39. Ken Saro-wiwa
  40. Mabel Segun
  41. Zulu Sofola
  42. Bode Sowande
  43. Soyinka
  44. Ibrahim Tahir
  45. Amos Tutuola
  46. Mamman Vatsa
  47. Ahmed Yerima
  48. Sefi Atta

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"Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists"

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/art-of-africa-the-50-best-african-artists-426441.html Chosen by a panel

  1. Oga Steve Abah, PLAYWRIGHT (Nigeria)
  2. Chinua Achebe, AUTHOR (Nigeria)
  3. David Adjaye, ARCHITECT (Tanzania)
  4. Newton Aduaka, FILM DIRECTOR (Nigeria)
  5. Mahmoud Ahmed, MUSICIAN (Ethiopia)
  6. Ama Ata Aidoo, PLAYWRIGHT (Ghana)
  7. Amadou AND Mariam, MUSICIANS (Mali)
  8. Ayi Kwei Armah, AUTHOR (Ghana)
  9. Les Ballets Africains, DANCERS AND MUSICIANS (Guinea) formed by Guinean choreographer Keita Fodeba
  10. Biyi Bandele, AUTHOR (Nigeria)
  11. Sokari Douglas Camp, ARTIST (Nigeria)
  12. Boyzie Cekwana, CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER (South Africa)
  13. Souleymane Cisse, FILM DIRECTOR (Mali)
  14. Lueen Conning, PLAYWRIGHT (South Africa)
  15. Tsitsi Dangarembga, AUTHOR (Zimbabwe)
  16. Toumani Diabate, MUSICIAN (Mali)
  17. Dilomprizulike, ARTIST (Nigeria)
  18. Cesaria Evora, SINGER (Cape Verde)
  19. Samuel Fosso, PHOTOGRAPHER (Cameroon)
  20. Flora Gomes, FILM DIRECTOR (Guinea-Bissau)
  21. Pierre Atepa Gouidaby, ARCHITECT (Senegal)
  22. Mahamat Saleh Haroun, FILM DIRECTOR (Chad)
  23. Delia Jarrett-Macauley, AUTHOR (Sierra Leone)
  24. Salif Keita, MUSICIAN (Mali)
  25. Khaled, MUSICIAN (Algeria)
  26. Abdoulaye Konate, ARTIST (Mali)
  27. konono No 1, MUSICIANS (Congo) with band leader Mawangu Mingiedi
  28. Femi Kuti, MUSICIAN (Nigeria)
  29. Faustin Linyekula, CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER (Congo)
  30. Vincent Mantsoe, CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER (South Africa)
  31. Zola Maseko, FILM DIRECTOR (South Africa)
  32. Souad Massi, SINGER (Algeria)
  33. Youssou N'Dour, MUSICIAN (Senegal) and band Super Etoile de Dakar
  34. Kettly Noel, CHOREOGRAPHER AND DANCER (Haiti/Mali)
  35. Idrissa Ouedraogo, FILM-MAKER (Upper Volta/Burkina Faso)
  36. Tracey Rose, ARTIST (South Africa)
  37. Ibrahim El Salahi, ARTIST (Sudan)
  38. Ousmane Sembene, FILM-MAKER (Senegal)
  39. Abderrahmane Sissako, FILM DIRECTOR (Mauritania/Mali)
  40. Wole Soyinka, DRAMATIST, NOVELIST, POET (Nigeria)
  41. Rachid Taha, MUSICIAN (Algeria)
  42. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, AUTHOR (Kenya)
  43. Tinariwen, MUSICIANS (Mali)
  44. Rokia traore, MUSICIAN (Mali)
  45. Binyavanga Wainana, AUTHOR (Kenya)
  46. Zola, MUSICIAN (South Africa)
  47. Athol Fugard, PLAYWRIGHT (South Africa)
  48. K'naan, RAPPER (Somalia)
  49. Oumou Sy, FASHION DESIGNER (Senegal)

Then a few artists the author reccommended though these were not all chosen by the panelists:

Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century

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[5] a juried list from the Zimbabwe International Book Fair

Literature for children

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  1. Meshack Asare, Ghana **Sosu's Call Sub-Saharan Publishers
  2. Hayam Abbas Al-Homi, Egypt Adventures of a Breath Atfalna
  3. Charles Mungoshi, Zimbabwe Stories from a Shona Childhood Baobab Books
  4. Veronique Tadjo, Côte d'Ivoire Mamy Wata et le monstre Nouvelles éditions ivoriennes

Creative writing

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  1. `Abd al-Rahman Abnudi, Egypt al-Mawt `ala al-asfalt Atlas
  2. Chinua Achebe, Nigeria Arrow of God Heinemann
  3. Chinua Achebe, Nigeria **Things Fall Apart Heinemann
  4. Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghana Anowa Longman
  5. Germano Almeida, Cape Verde O testamento do Sr. Napumoceno da Silva Araújo Ed. Caminho
  6. Armah, Ayi Kwei Ghana The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Heinemann
  7. Bâ, Amadou Hampâté Mali L'étrange destin de Wangrin Union générale d'éditions
  8. Bâ, Mariama Senegal **Une si longue lettre Nouvelles éditions africaines
  9. Ben Jelloun, Tahar Morocco La nuit sacrée Seuil
  10. Beti, Mongo Cameroon Le pauvre Christ de Bomba Présence africaine
  11. Brink, André South Africa A Dry White Season Penguin
  12. Bugul, Ken Senegal Riwan, ou le chemin de sable Présence africaine
  13. Cheney-Choker, Syl Sierra Leone The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar Heinemann
  14. Chraibi, Driss Morocco Le passé simple Gallimard
  15. Coetzee, J.M. South Africa Life and Times of Michael K Secker & Warburg
  16. Mia Couto, Mozambique **Terra sonâmbula Ed. Caminho
  17. José Craveirinha, Mozambique Karingana ua Karingana Academica
  18. Bernard Dadié, Côte d'Ivoire Climbié Editions Segiers
  19. Dangarembga, Tsitsi Zimbabwe **Nervous Conditions Women's Press
  20. Dib, Mohammed Algeria Algérie, La grande maison, L'incendie, Le métier à tisser Le Seuil
  21. Birago Diop, Senegal Les contes d'Amadou Koumba Présence africaine
  22. Boubacar Boris Diop, Senegal Murambi ou le livre des ossements Stock
  23. Assia Djebar, Algeria **L'amour, la fantasia J.C. Lattes
  24. Buchi Emecheta, Nigeria The Joys of Motherhood Alison and Busby
  25. Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigeria Ogboju ode ninu igbo irunmale Nelson
  26. Nuruddin Farah, Somalia Maps Pan Books
  27. Athol Fugard, South Africa The Blood Knot Simondium Publishers
  28. Jamal al-Ghitani, Egypt Zayni Barakat GEBO
  29. Nadine Gordimer, South Africa Burgher's Daughter Jonathan Cape
  30. Bessie Head, South Africa A Question of Power Heinemann
  31. Bernardo Honwana, Mozambique Nos matamos o cão tinhoso Academica
  32. Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwe Bones Baobab Books
  33. Moses Isegawa, Uganda Abessijnse Kronieken Uigeverij De Bezige Bij
  34. Jordan, Archibald Campbell South Africa Ingqumbo yeminyanya Lovedale Press
  35. Joubert, Elsa South Africa Die Swerdjare van Poppie Nongena Tafelberg
  36. Kane, Cheikh Hamidou Senegal L'aventure ambiguë Editions Juillard
  37. Khosa, Ungulani Ba Ka Mozambique Ualalapi AEMO
  38. Kourouma, Ahmadou Côte d'Ivoire Les soleils des indépendances Le Seuil
  39. Laye, Camara Guinea L'enfant noir Plon
  40. Magona, Sindiwe South Africa Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night David Philip Publishers
  41. Mahfouz, Naguib Egypt **The Cairo Trilogy Maktabet Misr
  42. Marechera, Dambudzo Zimbabwe House of Hunger Heinemann
  43. Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho **Chaka Morija Sesuto Book Depot
  44. Monenembo, Tierno Guinea Un attieké pour Elgass Le Seuil
  45. Mutwa, Vusamazulu Credo South Africa Indaba, My Children Blue Crane Books
  46. Ngugi wa Thiong'o Kenya Caitaani Mutharaba-ini Heinemann
  47. Ngugi wa Thiong'o Kenya **A Grain of Wheat Heinemann
  48. Niane, Djibril Tamsir Senegal Soundjata ou l'épopée mandingue Présence africaine
  49. Nyembezi, Sibusiso South Africa Inkinnsela yaseMgungundlovu Shuter and Shooter
  50. Okigbo, Christopher Nigeria Labyrinths Heinemann
  51. Ben Okri, Nigeria The Famished Road Spectrum Books
  52. Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroon Le vieux nègre et la médaille Editions Juillard
  53. Okot P'Bitek, Uganda Song of Lawino Heinemann
  54. Pepetela Angola A geração da utopia Dom Quixote
  55. Nawal Saadawi, El Egypt Woman at Point Zero Zed Books
  56. Salih El Tayyib Sudan Season of Migration to the North Heinemann
  57. Williams Sassine, Guinea Le jeune homme de sable Présence africaine
  58. Sembene, Ousmane Senegal Les bouts de bois de Dieu Le livre contemporain
  59. Senghor, Léopold Sédar Senegal **Ouevre poétique Le Seuil
  60. Serote, Mongane South Africa Third World Express David Philip Publishers
  61. Robert Bin Shabaan, Tanzania Utenzi wa vita vya uhuru East African Literature Bureau
  62. Sony Labou Tansi Congo La vie et demie Seuil
  63. Aminata Sow Fall, Senegal La grève des battus Nouvelles éditions africaines
  64. Soyinka, Wole Nigeria Death and the King's Horsemen Spectrum
  65. Tchicaya U Tam'si Congo Le mauvais sang - feu de brousse - à trisse-coeur P.J. Swald
  66. Amos Tutuola, Nigeria The Palm-wine Drinkard Faber
  67. Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwe Butterfly Burning Baobab Books
  68. José Luandino Vieira, Angola Nós os do Makulusu [União dos Escritores Angolanos]
  69. B.W. Vilakazi, South Africa Amal'eZulu Witwatersrand University Press
  70. Kateb Yacine, Algeria Nedjma Le Seuil

Scholarship/non-fiction

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  1. Samir Amin, Egypt Accumulation on a World Scale Monthly Review Press
  2. Ifi Amadiume Nigeria Male Daughters, Female Husbands Zed Books
  3. Mario de Andrade Angola Os nacionalismos africanos Sa da Costa
  4. Anthony Appiah Ghana In My Father's House Oxford University Press
  5. Amilcar Cabral, Guinea-Bissau Unity and Struggle Monthly Review Press
  6. Rocha Chimera, Kenya Kiswahili, past, present and future horizons Nairobi University Press
  7. Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal **Antériorité des civilisations nègres Présence africaine
  8. Efua Doorkenoo, Ghana Cutting the Rose Minority Rights Group
  9. J.E. Casely Hayford, Ghana Ethiopia Unbound Cass
  10. Paulin Hountondji, Benin Sur la philosophie africaine François Maspero
  11. Samuel Johnson, Nigeria The History of the Yorubas G. Routledge & Sons
  12. Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya Facing Mount Kenya Secker & Warburg
  13. Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso Histoire de l'Afrique noire Hatier
  14. Antjie Krog, South Africa Country of My Skull Jonathan Cape
  15. Amina Mama, Nigeria Beyond the Mask, Race, Gender and Identity Routledge
  16. Mahmood Mamdani, Uganda Citizen and Subject James Currey Publishers
  17. Nelson Mandela, South Africa Long Walk to Freedom Little Brown
  18. Eugene Marais, South Africa Die Siel van die Mier J.L. van Schaik
  19. Albert Memmi, Tunisia Portrait du colonisé suivi de portrait du colonisateur L'Etincelle
  20. Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique The Struggle for Mozambique Penguin
  21. Ezekiel Mphahlele, South Africa Down Second Avenue Faber & Faber
  22. V.Y. Mudimbe, Dem. Rep. of Congo The Invention of Africa Indiana University Press
  23. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah Nelson
  24. Sol Plaatje, South Africa Native Life in South Africa P.S. King
  25. Wole Soyinka, Nigeria **Ake: The Years of Childhood Rex Collings
  26. Charles Van Onselen, South Africa The Seed is Mine David Philip Publishers

National Magazine Awards

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This is a series of Canadian magazine awards. Searchable database at: Past Awards