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Connie Ferguson
Connie Ferguson is a Southern African television actor and producer best known for playing Karabo Moroka in Generations and for co-establishing Ferguson Films with Shona Ferguson. Her later work includes The Queen, Kings of Jo'Burg and Heart of the Hunter.
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Zanzibar-born novelist and literary scholar whose work examines colonialism, displacement and the refugee experience. An emeritus professor at the University of Kent, he received the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong-born actor, filmmaker, martial artist, stunt performer and action choreographer known for his influential work in kung fu comedy and action cinema. His career has encompassed Hong Kong and American productions, and he has also served as a UNICEF…
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Ramsey Nouah
Ramsey Tokunbo Nouah Jr.
Ramsey Nouah is a Nigerian screen actor and filmmaker known for his award-winning performance in The Figurine and for directing Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story and Tòkunbọ̀. In 2021, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…
Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, writer, poet, essayist, and academic whose work spans drama, fiction, poetry, memoir, and literary scholarship. He received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature and is identified by Nigerian institutions as the first African Nobel laureate…
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Hakeem Kae-Kazim is a Nigerian-born, England-raised actor whose career spans film, television, theatre and voice performance. He is known for screen roles including Georges Rutaganda in Hotel Rwanda, Mr. Scott in Black Sails and Samson in Roots.
Uzo Aduba
Uzo Aduba is a Nigerian-American actor and author known for her work across television, film, and theater. Her portrayal of Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Orange Is the New Black brought her wide recognition and two of her three Primetime Emmy Awards; she later won another Emmy…
Tobi Bakre
Tobi Bakre is a Nigerian actor and television personality who gained broad recognition as a finalist in the 2018 edition of Big Brother Naija. His subsequent film work includes a lead role in Gangs of Lagos, and he won the 2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actor…
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Editi Effiong
Editi Effiong is a Nigerian filmmaker, writer and producer associated with Anakle Films. His screen work includes Up North, Fishbone and The Black Book, his feature-length directorial debut.
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Chioma Chukwuka
Chioma Chukwuka is a Nigerian actor, producer and director known for her work in Nollywood film and television. Her career includes producing On Bended Knees and winning the AMVCA 11 Best Lead Actress award for the 2024 drama series Seven Doors.
Chinonye Chukwu
Chinonye Chukwu is a Nigerian-American filmmaker best known for writing and directing Clemency, winner of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival's U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, and for directing the 2022 feature Till.
O-T Fagbenle
O-T Fagbenle is a British actor of Nigerian heritage and a television writer, creator and director. A RADA graduate, he is best known for playing Luke Bankole in The Handmaid's Tale and for creating, co-directing, writing and starring in the Channel 4 comedy Maxxx.
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Uzor Arukwe
Uzor Arukwe is a Nigerian Nollywood actor whose screen career includes Inspector Sam in Sergeant Tutu and an AMVCA Best Lead Actor win for Colours of Fire in 2026.
Nana Ama McBrown
Nana Ama McBrown, the professional name of Felicity Ama Agyemang, is a Ghanaian actor and television host known for work in film and television. She has said that a 2001 opportunity from Miracle Films launched her screen career and that she later began producing her own films.
Lola Shoneyin
Lola Shoneyin is a Nigerian novelist, poet, children's author, and literary-festival director. She is best known for her 2010 debut novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, and institutional biographies identify her as director of the Aké Arts and Book Festival.
Chinedu Ikedieze
Chinedu Ikedieze is a Nigerian actor and comic performer widely known as Aki, the character he played in the 2002 film Aki na Ukwa. His long-running screen partnership with actor Osita Iheme, known as Aki and Pawpaw, is a prominent part of his career in Nollywood.
Millie Bobby Brown
Millie Bobby Brown is a British actor and producer best known for portraying Eleven in Netflix's Stranger Things. Her work also includes producing and starring in films, while her public roles include service as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
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Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu
Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Ejekwu, professionally known as Sabinus, Oga Sabinus and Mr Funny, is a Nigerian comedian and online skit maker. His public recognition includes winning the 2022 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award for Best Online Social Content Creator.
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Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, known online as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTube creator who became widely known for gaming-focused Let's Play videos and commentary before expanding into comedy and general-interest formats. He led individual YouTube creators by subscriber count for…
Peller
Peller, publicly identified as Habeeb Hamzat, is a Nigerian content creator and livestreamer known for TikTok collaborations, including a widely reported 2024 livestream with Davido, and for recognition at Nigerian digital-influence awards.
Bobrisky
Bobrisky is a Nigerian social-media personality and socialite who gained broad public attention through Snapchat and Instagram activity, fashion and beauty-related presentation, and controversy surrounding a 2016 social-media event. In 2024, the Federal High Court in Lagos…
Miuccia Prada
Miuccia Prada Bianchi
Miuccia Prada Bianchi, commonly known as Miuccia Prada, is an Italian fashion designer and creative executive associated with Prada and Miu Miu. She is Prada's Co-Creative Director, Miu Miu's Creative Director, an Executive Director of Prada Group, and President and Director of…
Kourtney Kardashian
Kourtney Kardashian Barker
Kourtney Kardashian Barker is an American media personality and entrepreneur known for the Kardashian reality-television franchise and for creating the wellness platform Poosh and founding the vitamin and supplement brand Lemme.
Chioma Adeleke
Chioma Avril Rowland Adeleke
Chioma Avril Rowland Adeleke, publicly known as Chef Chi, is a Nigerian chef and public figure known for her culinary persona and her marriage to musician David Adedeji Adeleke, known as Davido.