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Please help to fill in at least stubs for the authors on this page. If you would like to concentrate on a particular country or set of authors, please indicate them here. Shorne 22:25, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I've completed the list of countries. Please add authors for the following, which are still unrepresented. Shorne 00:03, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
By the way, be sure to check the spelling of names. I just found an article that existed but was not linked here because the name was misspelt. Shorne 00:56, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Missing writers will have to be added to List of African writers too. - Xed 01:12, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Why somebody wrote Naguib Mahfouz died in 1994? God be praised, he's still alive, long live the classic! I've corrected that User:Kjcm2
There is a misspelling: It's not "Mary Karoro Okurut" but "Mary Karooro Okurut" - I corrected that. Fmaj —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fmaj7 ( talk • contribs) 23:29, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
There's a partial overlap between this article's list of South African writers, and the list at List_of_South_African_writers. I'd like to merge the two, but first would like consensus on where the list belongs. My feeling is that this list will get too long and unwieldy to be on one page. Those countries that currently only have a few writers listed should have them listed here, but as these lists get longer they can get broken off into their own lists (with only a link here). The South African list can be substantially longer, as there's a bit of a boom happening now, with lots of new authors being published. Greenman 12:13, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
Note. List of Senegalese writers which was broken away from here some time back is on AFD for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Senegalese writers. -- Ezeu 00:01, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
I have suggested that List of African writers be merged into this list. They are duplicates, and certainly there is no gain in having both. / -- Ezeu 00:04, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
OK, I'm now well confused. I started a stub for Musaemura Zimunya, virtously adding categories so he appears under
And now I find I have to manually add him to the List of African writers and the List of African writers (by country). Is this me mucking things up or just the Way of the Wiki? JackyR 03:42, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
I changed Léone to Léonie as that seems like the right person. I'm wondering though about something else. I found a Congolese writer named Lima-Baleka Bosek' Ilolo do you think that's who is meant by Lila-Baleka Bosek?Ilolo? I don't want to start that until I know for sure.-- T. Anthony 21:36, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
I just kind of hit a wall or something on Congo(Brazzaville) writers so I think I'll let others take it. In fact I think I did most of the work I wanted to on this list. It's difficult in a way, but rewarding as Africa is so undercovered.-- T. Anthony 02:58, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I've deleted Adam O'Hirsi from the list. The article Adam O'Hirsi was reposted after it was deleted for lack of notability.
I feel that we really have to clean up these lists to make them more credible, therefore my suggestion is to remove all names that are “red”, as they have no wiki page and are therefore pointless to the user of the encyclopaedia as they cannot be verified. Let us remember that the wiki is an encyclopaedia on the internet and if someone is searching for something or some one, then there must be clear links that lead them to useful information, at the very least a stub.
I will give it a few days to see if others agree or disagree. If agree or no reply, I shall start removing all “red” names and check all current names and links. If you disagree, please provide a valid reason. The Wiki is a team effort, where we all work together. My aim is to clean up and help to improve the Wiki.-- BSTemple ( talk) 10:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
I added a photo for one of the redlinked authors from Lesotho - when she has her own article it can be moved there. Dcoetzee 00:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
I have dual South African and Ghanaian citizenship. My name appears in the South African list but not in the Ghanaian list. Would someone with more Wiki skill than I have please add my name to the Ghanaian list? Thanks. Manuherb ( talk) 10:07, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Err...I do believe you forgot to mention Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart among others. I added him! :) Thanks!
I fixed some spacing and spelling errors in the Niger section. It appears that this text may have been generated using an OCR. If that is the case it may likely be a copyright violation.--Rock soup 23:47, 14 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rock soup ( talk • contribs)
I have a few problems with the idea of this list. First, why? what is the purpose? As a continental 'list' of writers, what purpose does it serve? For starters, what is an "African"? The article at African people struggles to arrive at a definition and has a number of subsidiary articles. Without a clear concept of what is an African, this list is meaningless. The list contains names of authors who more correctly should be described as "Arab(ic) authors/ writers"; it contains many Europeans who live in Africa, either having 'stayed behind' after decolonisation or having arrived after that; there are the Afrikaners and Indians in Eastern and Southern Africa, etc. Just as a teaser, why are there no articles on "Asian writers", "European writers", "North American writers", "South American writers"? Exactly because it is near impossible to define what is an Asian, an European, etc etc. At best, this article could be called "List of writers in Africa by country". Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia ( talk) 19:09, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
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Please help to fill in at least stubs for the authors on this page. If you would like to concentrate on a particular country or set of authors, please indicate them here. Shorne 22:25, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I've completed the list of countries. Please add authors for the following, which are still unrepresented. Shorne 00:03, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
By the way, be sure to check the spelling of names. I just found an article that existed but was not linked here because the name was misspelt. Shorne 00:56, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Missing writers will have to be added to List of African writers too. - Xed 01:12, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Why somebody wrote Naguib Mahfouz died in 1994? God be praised, he's still alive, long live the classic! I've corrected that User:Kjcm2
There is a misspelling: It's not "Mary Karoro Okurut" but "Mary Karooro Okurut" - I corrected that. Fmaj —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fmaj7 ( talk • contribs) 23:29, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
There's a partial overlap between this article's list of South African writers, and the list at List_of_South_African_writers. I'd like to merge the two, but first would like consensus on where the list belongs. My feeling is that this list will get too long and unwieldy to be on one page. Those countries that currently only have a few writers listed should have them listed here, but as these lists get longer they can get broken off into their own lists (with only a link here). The South African list can be substantially longer, as there's a bit of a boom happening now, with lots of new authors being published. Greenman 12:13, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
Note. List of Senegalese writers which was broken away from here some time back is on AFD for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Senegalese writers. -- Ezeu 00:01, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
I have suggested that List of African writers be merged into this list. They are duplicates, and certainly there is no gain in having both. / -- Ezeu 00:04, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
OK, I'm now well confused. I started a stub for Musaemura Zimunya, virtously adding categories so he appears under
And now I find I have to manually add him to the List of African writers and the List of African writers (by country). Is this me mucking things up or just the Way of the Wiki? JackyR 03:42, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
I changed Léone to Léonie as that seems like the right person. I'm wondering though about something else. I found a Congolese writer named Lima-Baleka Bosek' Ilolo do you think that's who is meant by Lila-Baleka Bosek?Ilolo? I don't want to start that until I know for sure.-- T. Anthony 21:36, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
I just kind of hit a wall or something on Congo(Brazzaville) writers so I think I'll let others take it. In fact I think I did most of the work I wanted to on this list. It's difficult in a way, but rewarding as Africa is so undercovered.-- T. Anthony 02:58, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
I've deleted Adam O'Hirsi from the list. The article Adam O'Hirsi was reposted after it was deleted for lack of notability.
I feel that we really have to clean up these lists to make them more credible, therefore my suggestion is to remove all names that are “red”, as they have no wiki page and are therefore pointless to the user of the encyclopaedia as they cannot be verified. Let us remember that the wiki is an encyclopaedia on the internet and if someone is searching for something or some one, then there must be clear links that lead them to useful information, at the very least a stub.
I will give it a few days to see if others agree or disagree. If agree or no reply, I shall start removing all “red” names and check all current names and links. If you disagree, please provide a valid reason. The Wiki is a team effort, where we all work together. My aim is to clean up and help to improve the Wiki.-- BSTemple ( talk) 10:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
I added a photo for one of the redlinked authors from Lesotho - when she has her own article it can be moved there. Dcoetzee 00:01, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
I have dual South African and Ghanaian citizenship. My name appears in the South African list but not in the Ghanaian list. Would someone with more Wiki skill than I have please add my name to the Ghanaian list? Thanks. Manuherb ( talk) 10:07, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Err...I do believe you forgot to mention Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart among others. I added him! :) Thanks!
I fixed some spacing and spelling errors in the Niger section. It appears that this text may have been generated using an OCR. If that is the case it may likely be a copyright violation.--Rock soup 23:47, 14 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rock soup ( talk • contribs)
I have a few problems with the idea of this list. First, why? what is the purpose? As a continental 'list' of writers, what purpose does it serve? For starters, what is an "African"? The article at African people struggles to arrive at a definition and has a number of subsidiary articles. Without a clear concept of what is an African, this list is meaningless. The list contains names of authors who more correctly should be described as "Arab(ic) authors/ writers"; it contains many Europeans who live in Africa, either having 'stayed behind' after decolonisation or having arrived after that; there are the Afrikaners and Indians in Eastern and Southern Africa, etc. Just as a teaser, why are there no articles on "Asian writers", "European writers", "North American writers", "South American writers"? Exactly because it is near impossible to define what is an Asian, an European, etc etc. At best, this article could be called "List of writers in Africa by country". Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia ( talk) 19:09, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
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