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List of African-American writers
This is a list of Black American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African-American literature, and who already have Wikipedia articles.
The list also includes non-American authors resident in the US and American writers of African descent.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
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- Aberjhani (born ), historian, columnist, novelist, poet, artist and editor
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (born ), political activist and journalist
- Linda Addison (born ), author and poet
- Tomi Adeyemi (born ), author and creative writing coach
- Ai, aka Ai Ogawa, birth name Florence Anthony (–), poet, NBA for poetry,
- Rochelle Alers (born ), author and artist
- Elizabeth Alexander (born ), poet, essayist and playwright
- Kwame Alexander (born ), writer of poetry and children's fiction
- Larry D.
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