Forbes List Of 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa
Thursday, October 13, 2011Omoba |
| Chinua Achebe |
Forbes
Africa published a list of the 40 Most Powerful celebrities in Africa and guess
who’s on the list? A wide range of people including actors/actresses, musicians,
movie producers, writers, athletes & supermodels.
The
list is topped by our very own Chinua
Achebe whose novel “Things Fall Apart” is one of the most
acclaimed novels internationally and is used in literature classes all over the
world. Others ranked in the top 40 include Chelsea football star, Didier Drogba who actually occupies the #3 spot , Wole Soyinka coming in at #6,
Cameroonian footballer Samuel
Eto, Yvonne
Chaka Chaka & Nigerian Actress Genevieve Nnaji.
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Nigerians make the top 10 list – Chinua Achebe (1), Wole Soyinka(6),
& Femi Kuti(10) – making it the most from any country in the top 10.
11 Nigerians are featured in top 40.
1. Chinua Achebe, Novelist (Nigeria)
2. Youssou N'dour, 51, Musician (Senegal)
3. Didier Drogba, 33, Footballer (Cote D'Voire)
4. Angelique Kidjoe, 51, Musician (Benin Republic)
5. Akon, 38, Musician (Senegal)
6. Wole Soyinka, 77, Playwright (Nigeria)
7. Salif Keita, 62, Musician (Mali)
8. Yvonne Chaka Chaka, 46, (South African)
9. Oumou Sang, 43, Musician (Mali)
10. Femi Kuti, 49, Musician (Nigerian)
11. Toumani Diabaté, Malian, Musician
12. Oliver Mtukudzi, 59, Zimbabwean, Musician
13. Haile Gebrselassie, 38, Ethiopian, Athlete
14. Khaled Hadj Ibrahim, 51, Algerian, Musician
15. Samuel Eto'o, 30, Cameroonian, Soccer Player
16. Alek Wek, 34, Sudanese, Supermodel
17. Liya Kebede, 33, Ethiopian, Supermodel
18. Dobet Gnahoré, 29, Ivorian, Musician
19. Genevieve Nnaji, 32, Nigerian, Actress
20. Koffi Olomidé, 55, Congolese, Musician
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