African Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a Congolese footballer currently under contract for Belgian side K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. Tshib

Is a Congolese footballer currently under contract for Belgian side K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot. Tshibuabua began his career in summer 2008 on youthside for Standard Liège and signed on 20 July 2009 an three years contract with K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot, h

Is an Ethiopian football midfielder currently playing for Al-Saqr. He is a member of the Ethiopia na

Is an Ethiopian football midfielder currently playing for Al-Saqr. He is a member of the Ethiopia national football team.

Is a Cameroonian-American collegiate basketball player, currently playing for the University of Ariz

Is a Cameroonian-American collegiate basketball player, currently playing for the University of Arizona The Arizona Wildcats.[1] She is the older twin sister of Suzy Bofia.

Is an Tunisian footballer who plays for FK Karvan.

Is an Tunisian footballer who plays for FK Karvan.

Is a South African artist who works in several media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, printm

Is a South African artist who works in several media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking and ceramics.In 1985 Bailey worked together with Young British Artist, Lennie Lee creating sculptures in an empty warehouse in East London. He received a fine art degree from Byam Shaw School of Art in London in 1986.Bailey created a black, female alter-ego for himself in 1991, named Joyce Ntobe, born of the frustration of "increasingly prevalent affirmative action". Bailey submitted two artworks for a triennial exhibition. One was with the traditional Beezy Bailey signature (rejected) the other signed Joyce Ntobe. The latter now enjoys an honoured place in the South African National Gallery as part of its permanent collection. When the curator of the Gallery wanted to work on a paper about three black women artists, Joyce Ntobe being one, Bailey let the cat out the bag which caused a huge media "scandale" caused by John Gillespie[1]!

Is an Angolan basketball player. Chipongue, a forward, was part of the Angola national basketball te

Is an Angolan basketball player. Chipongue, a forward, was part of the Angola national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

Is a Burkinabé football player who is currently playing for Al-Khor of Qatar. Dagano began his care

Is a Burkinabé football player who is currently playing for Al-Khor of Qatar. Dagano began his career at Ivorian side Stella Club d'Adjamé, based in Abidjan. In 1999 he moved back to his homeland, with Etoile Filante, before making his move to Europe a year later, with Belgian side Germinal Beerschot. After an impressive season with Germinal, Dagano moved to Genk, where he won the Ebony Shoe, before spells in France, with Guingamp and FC Sochaux. In 2008 he joined Al-Khor. Dagano made his international debut in 1999. He was a member of the Burkinabé 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of their group in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

Is a Cameroonian politician. He was Prime Minister of Cameroon from 6 November 1982 to 22 August 198

Is a Cameroonian politician. He was Prime Minister of Cameroon from 6 November 1982 to 22 August 1983, and he is currently Minister of State for Post and Telecommunications. He is also the National President of the National Union for Democracy and Progres

Is a Nigerian born Beninese international football player who currently plays for Slovakia club MŠK

Is a Nigerian born Beninese international football player who currently plays for Slovakia club MŠK Žilina. Bello began his career with FC Robo and joined Soleil FC in 2005. In July 2006, he moved to Slovak Superliga champion MŠK Žilina. He played his one

Is a footballer who plays for AmaZulu F.C.

Is a footballer who plays for AmaZulu F.C.

Is a South African author and journalist of Scottish and American heritage.Maclennan was launched on

Is a South African author and journalist of Scottish and American heritage.Maclennan was launched on a career in journalism by a 1975 position on the East London Daily Dispatch which was then under the editorship of Donald Woods. In late 1976 he secured a photojournalist position on the Rhodesia Herald, based in Salisbury (later Harare), Rhodesia until the 1979 downfall of the Ian Smith government. At that time, he returned to Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa with his then wife, Kate Skinner, a librarian, artist and minor poet and their son Seamus. In the Eastern Cape, Ben worked as a reporter for the Eastern Province Herald, with headquarters in Port Elizabeth, and an office in Grahamstown. In the mid-eighties he moved to Cape Town and has worked for SAPA as a journalist, for a number of years. Besides his firstborn, Seamus, he has two further sons, David and Simon from a second marriage to journalist and author Martine Barker.

Is a novelist, poet and philosopher who teaches at the Mohammed V University, Rabat in Morocco.He ha

Is a novelist, poet and philosopher who teaches at the Mohammed V University, Rabat in Morocco.He has published 26 books, both literary and scientific works, in Arabic and French. As a liberal philosopher, Himmich is concerned with matters including ideological education in Islam. He advocates the division of church and state.

Is a former anti-apartheid activist and current South African member of parliament and a member of t

Is a former anti-apartheid activist and current South African member of parliament and a member of the African National Congress.His wife, the former Mary Butcher, was also prominent member of the COD and later served a six months' sentence for aiding the illegal ANC. In 1962 he was convicted under the Explosives Act and sentenced to three years in prison.Before the unbanning of the ANC and the dismantling of apartheid, Turok lived in Barnet in North London and was a member of the British Labour Party.

Is a football (soccer) player from South Africa who plays in central midfield for South African club

Is a football (soccer) player from South Africa who plays in central midfield for South African club side Mamelodi Sundowns. He has been noted as one of the smallest current professional international footballers (standing at a mere 1.57 m) but makes up for this with a strong physical presence.

Was the first Congolese ambassador to the United States and the United Nations. He was born in Brazz

Was the first Congolese ambassador to the United States and the United Nations. He was born in Brazzaville, at the time Congo was the Middle Congo, a colony that was ruled by France. In his early days, he was taught at Brazzaville and went on to become a teacher and director of École Urbaine at Dolisie. A renowned journalist, poet and novelist in his native country, he wrote Congolila which was published in 1950 and Panorama Congolais in 1962.

Is a Sierra Leonean footballer, he is a striker and currently plays for Belgian Fourth division side

Is a Sierra Leonean footballer, he is a striker and currently plays for Belgian Fourth division side Tempo Overijse.

Is a South African first-class cricketer for the Cape Cobras. Making his debut in 2001/02 for Free S

Is a South African first-class cricketer for the Cape Cobras. Making his debut in 2001/02 for Free State, Hector is a right-handed batsman with a highest score of 200 not out. Both his father and uncle played first-class cricket in South Africa.

Was a general in the Boer army. He was born in a cave in the Wodehouse district of the Cape Colony.

Was a general in the Boer army. He was born in a cave in the Wodehouse district of the Cape Colony. This was the temporary residence of the Viljoen family while their farm house was being constructed. He spent his early years on the Varkiesdraai farm near Umtata.[2] He attained the position of Assistant Commandant-General of the Transvaal Burgher Forces and was member for Krugersdorp in the Transvaal Volksraad.

Is a French-born, Togolese slalom canoer who has competed professionally since the early 2000s. Com

Is a French-born, Togolese slalom canoer who has competed professionally since the early 2000s. Competing in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, he placed fifteenth in the first heat of the Men's K1 Kayak Single to become the first Togolese to reach an

Was a rugby union footballer who played internationally for South Africa. Osler played mainly at fly

Was a rugby union footballer who played internationally for South Africa. Osler played mainly at fly-half for both South Africa, and his provincial team of Western Province.The next Springbok (as the South African team is known) series was hosting New Zealand's All Blacks in 1928. The teams had met once before in a Test series, drawn 1–1 (with 1 match drawn) in New Zealand in 1921. The first Test was played in Durban and the Springboks won 17–0, with Osler scoring a world record 14 points in the match.[4] Osler played in the remaining three Tests and the series was eventually drawn 2–2; just like in 1921.

Is a former Cameroonian footballer who played as a defender.Massing, who played professionally for,

Is a former Cameroonian footballer who played as a defender.Massing, who played professionally for, among others, France's US Créteil, was picked up for Cameroon's squad for the 1990 World Cup,[1]where he was famously sent off in the opening match,[2]for

Is a Cameroonian football player, who played for L'Entente SSG.

Is a Cameroonian football player, who played for L'Entente SSG.

Is a Ugandan cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for t

Is a Ugandan cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Uganda national cricket team since 2001. His matches include four first-class matches and five List A matches. He first appeared for Uganda at the 2001

S a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country as a flyweight

S a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country as a flyweight in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul). He also competed at two Commonwealth Games: 1990 and 1998.

Was the foreign minister of Gabon from 1967 to 1968.

Was the foreign minister of Gabon from 1967 to 1968.