African Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th

Is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The midfielder's hometown is Cape Town, and she is nicknamed KT. She plays for a provincial team called Western Pro

Is an African-American soprano known for her agile and light voice and her silvery, pure tone.[1][2]

Is an African-American soprano known for her agile and light voice and her silvery, pure tone.[1][2] One of the most prominent recitalists and opera singers of her generation, she is admired for her wide ranging recital repertoire and performances of the operas of Handel and Mozart.

Is a South African football (soccer) striker and midfielder for Orlando Pirates and South Africa.Mas

Is a South African football (soccer) striker and midfielder for Orlando Pirates and South Africa.Mashego has been in fine goal scoring form during the 2007/2008 Premier Soccer League Season notching up 11 league goals and 2 SAA Supa 8 as well as 1 cup goal in the Nedbank Cup. Taking his tally for the 2007/08 season to 14 goals. Even tho he has been a bench player for most of the season. He is an impact player with great pace,first touch,cool on the counter attack and a left foot with an eye for goal. He hit 4 goals past Moroka Swallows coming off the bench. He has been invited for trials in Sweden with Helsingborgs IF and Djurgårdens IF.

Is a South African footballer who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in the PSL.Mphela rejoined S

Is a South African footballer who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in the PSL.Mphela rejoined Supersport United in late November 2006 from French club RC Strasbourg. He also briefly played for Stade Reims.Perhaps Mphela's greatest moment came in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup third-place playoff against Spain. The match was a dull affair void of any real chances. Mphela's introduction changed that. He scored a goal in the 73rd minute, which looked like being enough until Spanish goals in the 88th and 89th minute looked to have stolen the match from the South Africans. Mphela then produced arguably the goal of the tournament with a free kick from 30 yards, which turned out to be the last action of the 90 mins, sending the game into extra time.

Is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He has rep

Is a Namibian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He has represented the Namibian cricket team in five Youth One-Day Internationals during the Under-19s World Cup of 2006. Strauss has generally played with Louis van

Is a Burkinabé football defender playing for Al Naser, He is a member of the Burkina Faso national

Is a Burkinabé football defender playing for Al Naser, He is a member of the Burkina Faso national football team., Paul Koulibaly began his career with EFO in Burkina Faso, & in January 2008 he has signed a contract with Al-Ittihad of Libya club, but due to the Maximum numbers of foreigners players playing for Al-Ittihad, they loan him out to Al Naser of Libya where he currently plays, his twin brother Pan Pierre Koulibaly is a footballer too, and currently plays for Al-Ittihad club.

Is a South African football player who plays as a defender for Moroka Swallows in the Premier Soccer

Is a South African football player who plays as a defender for Moroka Swallows in the Premier Soccer League.

Is a South African basketball player with the Soweto Panthers of South Africa's Premier Basketball L

Is a South African basketball player with the Soweto Panthers of South Africa's Premier Basketball League. He is also a member of the South Africa national basketball team and appeared with the club at the 2007 and 2009 African Championships.

Is a Sierra Leonean footballer who currently plays for Kansas City Wizards in Major League Soccer. K

Is a Sierra Leonean footballer who currently plays for Kansas City Wizards in Major League Soccer. Kamara was then chosen by Columbus Crew ninth overall at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft. Prior to the 2008 season, he was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes in exc

Is a South African poet, known for his anti-apartheid poetry.He studied at the University of Cape To

Is a South African poet, known for his anti-apartheid poetry.He studied at the University of Cape Town 1964-70, where he was a tutor and junior lecturer to 1983. [1] Keith Gottschalk works in the Political Studies Department at the University of the Western Cape.Keith Gottschalk's poetry is 'political', and its appearance at cultural festival and mass rallies of the mass democratic movement attests to its massive success as political poetry. [2] He is a performing poet, whose work needs to be heard as well as read.He has given over one hundred performances of his poems, and also had over one hundred poems published in magazines such as New Coin, New Contrast, Phoebe, Staffrider and Agenda. [1] His first collection was "Emergency Poems" [3] In his introduction to "Emergency Poems" Peter Horn described Gottschalk's contribution as follows: "wit and conceit also seem to me to describe most adequately the poetic and aesthetic vehicles which Gottschalk chooses to address the political in poetry. Often, when critics address poetry like Gottschalk's they use the term satire, this most misplaced and displaced genre in English poetry. What is central to satire and to wit is not

Is a professional golfer from South Africa.After turning professional in 1996, Horne immediately joi

Is a professional golfer from South Africa.After turning professional in 1996, Horne immediately joined the local Sunshine Tour, the richest professional golf tour in South Africa. His first professional win came in 1998 at the Vodacom Series: Kwazulu Nat

Is a Botswanan former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for the Botswana national foo

Is a Botswanan former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for the Botswana national football team between 1995 and 2002.

Is a Sierra Leonian international football player. He started to be part of the Sierra Leone nationa

Is a Sierra Leonian international football player. He started to be part of the Sierra Leone national football team since the 2002 World Cup qualifiers.

Is a golfer from South Africa. She is currently a junior at the University of Arkansas in Fayettevil

Is a golfer from South Africa. She is currently a junior at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.Kelli participated in her first LPGA event in September of 2009 as an amateur. She tied for 27th in the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship.

Is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays

Is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Eastern Province. He was born in Grahamstown. Smuts made his cricketing debut for South Africa Under-19s, playing a single Under-19 Test match against

Is a Tanzanian defender who plays club football for Mtibwa Sugar FC and international football for T

Is a Tanzanian defender who plays club football for Mtibwa Sugar FC and international football for Tanzania.

Is a Sierra Leonean footballer (defender) playing currently for Kallon F.C. where he is the captain

Is a Sierra Leonean footballer (defender) playing currently for Kallon F.C. where he is the captain of the team. He is the older-brother of Sierra Leonean international footballer Mohamed Kallon and the younger brother of former Sierra Leonean internation

A South African politician. He was born in Cape Town and matriculated from Rondebosch Boys' High Sch

A South African politician. He was born in Cape Town and matriculated from Rondebosch Boys' High School as head boy. Andrew studied at the University of Cape Town were he achieved his BSc degree and later a Masters in business administration. He is marrie

Is a Gambian footballer currently under contract for Finnish side FC KooTeePee.

Is a Gambian footballer currently under contract for Finnish side FC KooTeePee.

Is an artist, performance artist, musician and film-maker. In 1993, at the Venice Biennial, Kendell

Is an artist, performance artist, musician and film-maker. In 1993, at the Venice Biennial, Kendell Geers changed his date of birth to May 1968. That same year, in Venice, Geers rose to international notoriety when he urinated in Marcel Duchamp's Fountain. [1] He has exhibited globally since 1993 and participated in numerous exhibitions including Documenta, the Carnegie International, Havana Biennia, Istanbul Biennial, Kwang Ju Biennial, Taipei Biennial, Lyon Biennial as well as presented solo exhibitions in the CCA Cincinnati, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst Gent, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Aspen Art Museum and the CAC in Lyon.

Is a Cameroonian football player.Kengne joined Balestier Khalsa FC in 2005 and then his current club

Is a Cameroonian football player.Kengne joined Balestier Khalsa FC in 2005 and then his current club Home United FC in 2008.

A Zambian football goalkeeper. He plays for Power Dynamos FC in Kitwe, Zambia. In 2004 he played for

A Zambian football goalkeeper. He plays for Power Dynamos FC in Kitwe, Zambia. In 2004 he played for the Zambian national team.

Is a Zambian boxer who won the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's flyweight division and bronze at

Is a Zambian boxer who won the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the men's flyweight division and bronze at the 2007 AllAfrica Games as an amateur.

A Zambian football (soccer) goalkeeper.He was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team, who

A Zambian football (soccer) goalkeeper.He was part of the Zambian 2006 African Nations Cup team, who finished third in group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

A Zambian football defender who currently plays for Zanaco F.C in Zambia. He is nicknamed Concrete a

A Zambian football defender who currently plays for Zanaco F.C in Zambia. He is nicknamed Concrete and previously played for Makubumi Stars F.C and City of Lusaka F.C. He has 30 international caps for Zambia.The defender began his career with division two side UNZA (Makumbi) stars under the tutorship of Simataa Simataa. At stars, Zambia international strikers James Chamanga and Adubelo Phiri were his teammates. He then moved to City of Lusaka and within months at Woodlands Stadium he forced his way into ‘City Ya Moto’ back four.