African Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a Chadian football defender, the member of Chad national football team where he plays central bac

Is a Chadian football defender, the member of Chad national football team where he plays central back position. He has 4 cap for national team so far and was a part of qualifying campaign for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. He made a debut in a match against Tunisia on 11 August 2010.

Is regarded by many as Uganda's best football player of all-time. Musisi inspired Villa to four leag

Is regarded by many as Uganda's best football player of all-time. Musisi inspired Villa to four league titles, the CECAFA Championships, the Hedex Cup and the most memorable ones, taking them to the finals of the Abiola Cup in 1992 and African Club Championships in 1991; he scored an equalizer in the dying minutes of the game against Nigeria’s Iwuanyanwu Nationale in the African club championship to take his team to the finals where he was top goalscorer in the tournament with 10 goals. In this same year, he was among the nominees for the African Footballer of the Year award.

Is a professional Cameroonian footballer currently plays for Cotonsport Garoua.He began his career b

Is a professional Cameroonian footballer currently plays for Cotonsport Garoua.He began his career by Cotonsport Garoua and moved 2005 to Sahel FC and in 2008 he turn back to his motherclub.

Is a South African cricketer for the Chennai Super Kings of the Indian Premier League, the first eth

Is a South African cricketer for the Chennai Super Kings of the Indian Premier League, the first ethnically black player to play for the South African team. A fast bowler, he tends to bowl from wide of the crease with brisk, although not express, pace. He

Is a South African drummer.Ntshoko played with Dollar Brand's trio in 1958, and recorded in a sextet

Is a South African drummer.Ntshoko played with Dollar Brand's trio in 1958, and recorded in a sextet with Hugh Masekela and John Mehegan in 1959. Ntshoko plays on the Jazz Epistles album Jazz Epistle: Verse 1, one of the most prominent examples of South African hard bop. After the breakup of the group Ntshoko founded his own group, the Jazz Giants, with Kippie Moeketsi, Dudu Pukwana, Gideon Nuxmalo, and Martin Mgijima.Ntshoko left South Africa in 1962, moving to Switzerland and playing with Johnny Gertze and Dollar Brand at the Club Africana in Zurich from 1963-65. This trio appears in the 1966 Danish documentary Portrait of a Bushman. Following Brand's move to New York City, Ntshoko played in Copenhagen (1966, 1969-70) and recorded with Stuff Smith (1967), Benny Bailey (1968), Dexter Gordon (1968-69), and Ben Webster (1969).

Is a Tunisian basketball player currently playing for Étoile Sportive du Sahel in the Tunisian Bask

Is a Tunisian basketball player currently playing for Étoile Sportive du Sahel in the Tunisian Basketball League. Ben Romdhane is also a member of the Tunisia national basketball team and made his debut for the senior team as a 20-year old at the 2009 FIB

Was a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Eastern Pro

Was a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Eastern Province in 1938[3] and later played for Tanganyika and East Africa in the 1950s.

Was a Mauritian writer, painter, and visionary, known especially for his Sens-Plastique, a work cons

Was a Mauritian writer, painter, and visionary, known especially for his Sens-Plastique, a work consisting of several thousand aphorisms and pensées. He was born in Vacoas of a French family long established in Mauritius and wrote all his works in French.

Is a South African immunologist, physician, public health advocate, academic and vice-chancellor of

Is a South African immunologist, physician, public health advocate, academic and vice-chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.Makgoba was appointed the first black deputy (afropolitan) vice-chancellor at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1995 before being suspended for alleged administrative incompetence and falsifying his résumé. He later acknowledged various failings and agreed to step down from his position as Deputy Vice Chancellor in return for a Professorial Research position.

Is a Botswanan footballer who currently plays for ECCO City Green. He has won 17 caps for the Botswa

Is a Botswanan footballer who currently plays for ECCO City Green. He has won 17 caps for the Botswana national football team.

Is considered to be one of the greatest Moroccan poets. He belonged to a Masmudi family and was born

Is considered to be one of the greatest Moroccan poets. He belonged to a Masmudi family and was born in Malaga, but grew up in Ceuta and was the chancellor of Marinid sultans like Abu Yusuf Yaqub . He is the author of 24 books among which a panegyric of the Prophet in popular form.

Was a Moroccan writer. She was the the only woman to sign the independence treaty of Morocco in 1944

Was a Moroccan writer. She was the the only woman to sign the independence treaty of Morocco in 1944.At a very young age she wrote articles under the pseudonyme El Fatate, later after her marriage, under the pseudonyme de Bahitate El Hadira (researcher of the city), and not El Hadara (civilisation). At that time there was a well-known Egyptian journalist, Malik Hifni Nasif, who used the name Bahithat El Badiyya.

Is a Moroccan writer and former "disappeared". She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a c

Is a Moroccan writer and former "disappeared". She is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna.

Is an English-born Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Guiseley. H

Is an English-born Sierra Leonean international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Guiseley. He started his career with Wimbledon/Milton Keynes Dons, before moving on to Cardiff City in 2006. The next year he switched to Port Vale, before ending up

Is a Guinean-Ukrainian footballer who plays as a defender for FC Atyrau in the Kazakhstan Premier Le

Is a Guinean-Ukrainian footballer who plays as a defender for FC Atyrau in the Kazakhstan Premier League.Sangaré began in his homeland Guinea with AS Kaloum Star and signed 2001 with the Premier-Liha club FC CSKA Kyiv. He played in five years for FC CSKA

Is a Burkinabé football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for U.D. Leiria in Portugal

Is a Burkinabé football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for U.D. Leiria in Portugal. He was part of the Burkinabé 2002 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of group B in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals.

Is a former Burkinabé football player. He was signed on a free transfer by U Cluj in November 2007

Is a former Burkinabé football player. He was signed on a free transfer by U Cluj in November 2007 and had a salary of $9,000 per month. However, after two matches, he was released by the club board in December 2007, on account of a recurring knee injury. He was part of the Burkinabé 2000 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of group C in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification for the quarter-finals. He has 40 caps and 20 goals for his national team.

Is an Togolese football midfielder. During his time at Livingston, Cherif wore number 91. This is sa

Is an Togolese football midfielder. During his time at Livingston, Cherif wore number 91. This is said to be his lucky number from his childhood as he had a basketball shirt bearing that number. He also had "Sheriff" on the shirt but the Scottish Premier

Is a South African football player that plays mostly as an attacking midfielder or supporting strike

Is a South African football player that plays mostly as an attacking midfielder or supporting striker. He played most of his career in Orlando Pirates having played also for FC Porto and Selangor of Malaysia. He was caped only a few times for South Africa national football team.

Is a former South African cricketer and field hockey player who represented the South African nation

Is a former South African cricketer and field hockey player who represented the South African national team in both sports. Yachad made his international cricket debut for South Africa in 1991, but only played one One Day International for South Africa.

Is a Tanzanian super-middleweight boxer.

Is a Tanzanian super-middleweight boxer.

Was a South African cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1924 and six first-class matches for Middlese

Was a South African cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1924 and six first-class matches for Middlesex (1909-1910).

Is a keyboard player best known as a founding member and namesake of Manfred Mann and Manfred Mann's

Is a keyboard player best known as a founding member and namesake of Manfred Mann and Manfred Mann's Earth Band.In 1961, strongly opposed to the apartheid system in his native South Africa,[1] Lubowitz re-located to the United Kingdom. Around this time, he began to write for Jazz News under the pseudonym Manfred Manne (after jazz drummer Shelly Manne), which was soon shortened into Manfred Mann.[2] The following year he met drummer and keyboard player Mike Hugg, at Clacton Butlins Holiday Camp, and together they formed a large blues jazz band called the Mann Hugg Blues Brothers. This eventually evolved into a five-piece group and they signed a record deal with EMI in 1963, under the HMV label. They changed their name to Manfred Mann at the suggestion of the label's record producer, and from 1964 to 1969 had a succession of hit records, ("Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Sha La La", "Pretty Flamingo", "Mighty Quinn").

Is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in Duduza.

Is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in Duduza. Moshele was part of the South African side for the 2008 Under-19s World Cup in Malaysia, playing two games in the competition, though he did not get the c

Is a Togolese footballer who currently plays as defender for Olympique Marseille in the France Ligue

Is a Togolese footballer who currently plays as defender for Olympique Marseille in the France Ligue 1.Mango played his first international game on 10 September 2008 against Zambia national football team and scored his first goal on 11 February 2009 agai