12 Contemporay African artist that you *should* know

Thanks as always to the fantastic Huffington Post for this article on some of the most influential African artist in the Contemporary world that you should know about. Although, contemporary artwork is not my favorite thing to study in the world of art (I am a pure modernist, with a passion for art from the early 1900s to the 1960s), but these are names that I will be adding to my list.