8. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This beautiful Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist, nonfiction writer and short story writer.

She is popular for her books like “Purple Hibiscus”, “Half of A Yellow Sun” and many others.

She is referred to as “the most prominent” of a “procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors [that] is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature”.

And obviously… She makes our list! *wink*