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
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Olu Jacobs & Joke Silva
Nigeria · 1985
Love story
Kofi Annan & Nane Annan
Ghana / Sweden · 1984
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Thomas Sankara & Mariam Sankara
Burkina Faso · 1979
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Jerry Rawlings & Nana Konadu
Ghana · 1977
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Miriam Makeba & Hugh Masekela
South Africa · 1964
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Chinua Achebe & Christie Achebe
Nigeria · Sep 1961
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Kwame Nkrumah & Fathia Nkrumah
Ghana / Egypt · 30 Dec 1957
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Oliver Tambo & Adelaide Tambo
South Africa · 22 Dec 1956
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Desmond Tutu & Leah Tutu
South Africa · 2 Jul 1955
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Julius Nyerere & Maria Nyerere
Tanzania · 24 Jan 1953
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Seretse Khama & Ruth Williams
Botswana / United Kingdom · Sep 1948
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Kenneth Kaunda & Betty Kaunda
Zambia · 1946
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Walter Sisulu & Albertina Sisulu
South Africa · July 1944
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Obafemi Awolowo & HID Awolowo
Nigeria · 26 Dec 1937
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Haile Selassie & Empress Menen
Ethiopia · 1911
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