FIBA AfroBasket Women Most Valuable Player

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The AfroBasket Women Most Valuable Player Award is a FIBA award given every two years, to the Most Outstanding player throughout the tournament.

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Winners

Denotes player whose team won that years tournament
Denotes player inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame
Denotes player who is still active
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X)Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
YearPlayerPositionTeamRef.
1966 Ndeye Salla Kane Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
1974 Rokhaya Pouye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
1977 Kankou Koulibaly Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
1981 Fatou Kiné N'Diaye Forward Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
1983 Longanza Kamimbaya Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire
1984 Aminata Diagne Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
1986 Kasala Kamanga Guard Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire
1990 Anne Marie Dioh Forward Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
1993 Mame Maty Mbengue Center Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
1994 Mwadi Mabika Guard Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire
1997 Mame Maty Mbengue (2) Center Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
2000 Mame Maty Mbengue (3) Center Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
2003 Deolinda Ngulela Guard Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
2005 Mfon Udoka Forward Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
2007 Hamchétou Maïga Forward Flag of Mali.svg  Mali [1]
2009 Aya Traoré Forward Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal [2]
2011 Nacissela Maurício Forward Flag of Angola.svg  Angola [3]
2013 Nacissela Maurício (2) Forward Flag of Angola.svg  Angola [3]
2015 Aya Traoré (2) Forward Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal [4]
2017 Astou Traoré Forward Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal [5]
2019 Ezinne Kalu Guard Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria [6]
2021 Adaora Elonu Forward Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria [7]
2023 Amy Okonkwo Forward Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria [8]

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