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New Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set Series

Safia Elhillo

Winner of the 2015 Sillerman Prize for African Poetry

Safia Elhillo

Inua Ellams

Born in Nigeria in 1984, Inua Ellams is an internationally

Inua Ellams

Famia Nkansa

Famia Nkansa is a writer, poet, blogger, and social commentator

Famia Nkansa

Umniya Najaer is a Cave Canem fellow and the author

Umniya Najaer

Musariri, Blessing

Blessing Musariri is a poet and children’s author who lives

Blessing Musariri

Momtaza Mehri

Momtaza Mehri is a Somali-British poet who has served as the

Momtaza Mehri

Kenyan Poet and editor Ngwatilo Mawiyoo received her BA in

Ngwatilo Mawiyoo

Nkateko Masinga is a South African poet and 2019 Fellow

Nkateko Masinga

Maluleke, Vuyelwa

Vuyelwa Maluleke is a performance poet, scriptwriter, and actor, who

Vuyelwa Maluleke

Rasaq Malik is a graduate of the University of Ibadan,

Rasaq Malik

Nick Makoha was shortlisted for the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize

Nick Makoha

Nadra Mabrouk is a poet living in New York. She

Nadra Mabrouk

Libsekal, Liyou

Liyou Libsekal was born in 1990 in Ethiopia and grew up traveling

Liyou Libsekal

Henneh Kyereh Kwaku

Henneh Kyereh Kwaku studies a Bachelor of Public Health, Disease Control

Henneh Kyereh Kwaku

Kofi-Tsekpo, Janet

Janet Kofi-Tsekpo’s writing has appeared in anthologies and journals, including Ten (Bloodaxe,

Janet Kofi-Tsekpo

Musawenkosi Khanyile was born in 1991 and raised in Nseleni.

Musawenkosi Khanyile