# List of Black Canadian writers

This is a list of Black Canadian writers.

## A

* Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Sudanese-Canadian writer, culture and politics commentator
* Robert Adetuyi
* Randell Adjei
* André Alexis
* Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali
* Lillian Allen
* Archie Alleyne
* Kanika Ambrose
* Ricky Anderson
* Vincent Anioke
* Trey Anthony
* Brandon Ash-Mohammed
* Ryad Assani-Razaki
* Edem Awumey

## B

* Cameron Bailey
* Mathis Bailey
* Andrea Bain
* Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo
* Jacqueline Beaugé-Rosier
* Carrie Best
* Bertrand Bickersteth
* Ngaire Blankenberg
* Shane Book
* Walter Borden
* George Boyd
* D. M. Bradford
* Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite
* Rella Braithwaite
* Dionne Brand
* Wendy Motion Brathwaite
* Jade Brooks
* Christene Browne
* Kim Brunhuber

## C

* Cadence Weapon
* Celina Caesar-Chavannes
* Myriam J. A. Chancy
* David Chariandy
* Miryam Charles
* Ajahnis Charley
* Jillian Christmas
* Austin Clarke
* Cheril N. Clarke
* George Elliott Clarke
* Lisa Codrington
* Desmond Cole
* Lucretia Newman Coleman
* Wayde Compton
* Marilyn Cooke
* Afua Cooper
* Archie Crail
* Ayesha Curry

## D

* D'bi.young anitafrika
* Adebe DeRango-Adem
* Orville Lloyd Douglas
* Alvin Duncan

## E

* Amatoritsero Ede
* Esi Edugyan
* Francesca Ekwuyasi
* Gérard Étienne
* Karena Evans

## F

* Anthony Q. Farrell
* Minister Faust
* Cheryl Foggo
* Cecil Foster
* Fil Fraser

## G

* Lorena Gale
* Chantal Gibson
* Malcolm Gladwell
* Fitzroy Gordon
* Robert Joseph Greene
* Stanley G. Grizzle

## H

* Brandon Hackett
* Wilson A. Head
* Anna Minerva Henderson
* Sasha Leigh Henry
* Josiah Henson
* Dan Hill
* Lawrence Hill
* Nadia Hohn
* Jennifer Holness
* Nalo Hopkinson

## I

* Dionne Irving
* Richard Iton

## J

* Jacky Jasper
* Aisha Sasha John
* Denham Jolly
* El Jones
* Clifton Joseph

## K

* Aristote Kavungu
* Kaie Kellough
* Yejide Kilanko
* Chelene Knight
* Knowmadic
* Maka Kotto
* Odimumba Kwamdela

## L

* Sonnet L'Abbé
* Dany Laferrière
* Didier Leclair
* Canisia Lubrin

## M

* Ahdri Zhina Mandiela
* Yolanda T. Marshall
* Eternity Martis
* Valerie Mason-John
* Janice Lynn Mather
* Marie-Sœurette Mathieu
* Robyn Maynard
* Suzette Mayr
* Melchior Mbonimpa
* Tawiah M'carthy
* Berend McKenzie
* Katherine McKittrick
* Stella Meghie
* Nega Mezlekia
* Kim Katrin Milan
* Kagiso Lesego Molope
* Andrew Moodie
* Harrison Mooney
* Annmarie Morais
* Dwayne Morgan
* Rania El Mugammar
* Sheila Murray
* Mustafa the Poet
* Téa Mutonji

## N

* Blaise Ndala
* Kathleen Newman-Bremang
* Cecily Nicholson

## O

* David Nandi Odhiambo
* Charles Officer
* Juliane Okot Bitek
* Tolu Oloruntoba
* Cheluchi Onyemelukwe
* Chika Stacy Oriuwa
* Gabriel Osson

## P

* Henri Pardo
* Amanda Parris
* Kayla Perrin
* Anthony Phelps
* M. NourbeSe Philip
* Ben Philippe
* Bilal Philips
* Carmine Pierre-Dufour
* Joseph Jomo Pierre
* C. L. Polk
* Harold H. Potter
* Althea Prince
* Garth Prince

## R

* Zalika Reid-Benta
* Alix Renaud
* Jael Richardson
* Chris Robinson
* Charles Lightfoot Roman
* Denise Ryner

## S

* Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
* Rodney Saint-Éloi
* Liselle Sambury
* Robert Edison Sandiford
* Mairuth Sarsfield
* Charles R. Saunders
* Jasmine Sealy
* Djanet Sears
* Olive Senior
* Mary Ann Shadd
* Makeda Silvera
* Malinda S. Smith
* Frances-Anne Solomon
* Corrine Sparks
* Chris Spence
* Elsie Suréna
* Sudz Sutherland

## T

* Kai Thomas
* Maxine Tynes

## U

* Louise Uwacu

## V

* Clement Virgo

## W

* Rinaldo Walcott
* Abraham Beverley Walker
* Fred Ward
* K'naan Warsame
* Bahia Watson
* Freddy Will
* Ian Williams
* Stephen Williams