Forbes: The Highest Paid African Soccer Players

Based solely on their annual salaries, these are the highest-paid African soccer players:

Yaya Toure
Country of citizenship: Ivory Coast
Club: Manchester City
Annual salary: $13.5 million

Samuel Eto’o
Country of citizenship: Cameroon
Club: Inter Milan
Annual salary:  $12 million

Emmanuel Adebayor
Country of citizenship: Togo
Club: Manchester City
Annual salary: $12 million

Kolo Toure
Country of citizenship: Ivory Coast
Club: Manchester City
Annual salary: $10.3 million

Frederic Kanoute
Country of citizenship: Mali
Club: Sevilla FC
Annual salary: $8.6 million

Didier Drogba
Country of citizenship: Ivory Coast
Club: Chelsea
Annual salary: $8 million

John Mikel Obi
Country of citizenship: Nigeria
Club: Chelsea
Annual salary: $5,800,000

Michael Essien
Country of citizenship: Ghana
Club: Chelsea
Annual salary: $5,500,000