The Couples Directory
Africa's love stories, one couple at a time
Every couple we cover gets a profile: how they met, every ceremony from introduction to white wedding, who dressed them, who shot it, and every story we've written about them.
39couples
14countries
61stories linked
Love stories before 2000
Love story
Nelson Mandela & Graça Machel
South Africa / Mozambique · 18 Jul 1998
★ Celebrity
Omotola & Matthew Ekeinde
Nigeria · 1996
★ Celebrity
Olu Jacobs & Joke Silva
Nigeria · 1985
Love story
Kofi Annan & Nane Annan
Ghana / Sweden · 1984
Love story
Thomas Sankara & Mariam Sankara
Burkina Faso · 1979
Love story
Jerry Rawlings & Nana Konadu
Ghana · 1977
Love story
Miriam Makeba & Hugh Masekela
South Africa · 1964
Love story
Chinua Achebe & Christie Achebe
Nigeria · Sep 1961
Love story
Kwame Nkrumah & Fathia Nkrumah
Ghana / Egypt · 30 Dec 1957
Love story
Oliver Tambo & Adelaide Tambo
South Africa · 22 Dec 1956
Love story
Desmond Tutu & Leah Tutu
South Africa · 2 Jul 1955
Love story
Julius Nyerere & Maria Nyerere
Tanzania · 24 Jan 1953
Love story
Seretse Khama & Ruth Williams
Botswana / United Kingdom · Sep 1948
Love story
Kenneth Kaunda & Betty Kaunda
Zambia · 1946
Love story
Walter Sisulu & Albertina Sisulu
South Africa · July 1944
Love story
Obafemi Awolowo & HID Awolowo
Nigeria · 26 Dec 1937
Love story
Haile Selassie & Empress Menen
Ethiopia · 1911
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