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Ozwald Boateng

Ozwald Boateng is a British-Ghanaian fashion designer and bespoke menswear tailor known for bringing a contemporary approach to Savile Row. His career has encompassed independent tailoring, the menswear creative directorship at Givenchy and major design commissions.

Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o is a Kenyan-Mexican actor, producer, director, and author whose work spans film, theatre, documentary production, and children's literature. She won the Academy Award for supporting actress for her first feature-film role, in 12 Years a Slave.

Joke Silva

Joke Silva is a Nigerian actor, director and producer whose career spans theatre, film, television and radio. She is also a co-founder of Lufodo Group and has held leadership roles in performing-arts production, education and cultural organizations.

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Tom Holland

Thomas Stanley Holland

Tom Holland is an English actor known for playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Sony and Marvel productions. His career began on the West End in Billy Elliot the Musical and has included leading roles in The Impossible, Uncharted and The Crowded Room, on which he also received an…

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Douglas Johnson

Dwayne Douglas Johnson is an American actor, producer and professional-wrestling figure known as "The Rock." He built his public profile in WWE before moving into film, co-founding Seven Bucks Productions and joining the board of TKO Group Holdings.

Nonso Anozie

Nonso Anozie is a British actor of Nigerian descent whose work spans classical theatre, film and television, including roles in Game of Thrones and Netflix's Sweet Tooth.

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo is a British-Nigerian actor, producer and director known for Shakespearean theatre, his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, and his acting and production work in film and television. He made his feature directorial debut with The Water Man.

Femi Adebayo

Femi Adebayo is a Nigerian actor, filmmaker and producer known for his work in Yoruba-language cinema and the wider Nollywood industry.

Niyi Akinmolayan

Niyi Akinmolayan is a Nigerian film director and producer known for directing films including The Wedding Party 2, Chief Daddy, The Set Up and Lisabi: The Uprising. He is also the founder and creative director of Anthill Studios, whose official website lists him as CEO.

Lateef Adedimeji

Lateef Adedimeji is a Nigerian actor and filmmaker known for work including Kudi Klepto, Jagun Jagun and Lisabi: The Uprising.

Yvonne Orji

Yvonne Anuli Orji

Yvonne Anuli Orji is a Nigerian-American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and author best known for playing Molly on HBO's Insecure. Her work also includes two HBO stand-up specials and the book Bamboozled By Jesus: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams.

Bimbo Ademoye

Bimbo Aisha Ademoye

She won the 2023 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy for Selina.

Nike Davies-Okundaye

Nike Davies-Okundaye is a Nigerian textile artist known for her work with Adire, batik, indigo dyeing, embroidery, and textile-based compositions. She founded Nike Art Gallery and, according to institutional records, established the Nike Centre for Art and Culture in Osogbo in…

Toyin Lawani

Toyin Lawani is a Nigerian fashion designer, celebrity stylist and entrepreneur associated with Tiannah Styling and other Tiannah-branded fashion and lifestyle enterprises. She is also known for reality television appearances, including Tiannah’s Empire and The Real Housewives…

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.