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Sadia Hassan an Atlanta-raised, Oakland-based writer and advocate for first generation

Sadia Hassan

Amanda Holiday holds an MA in creative writing from the

Amanda Holiday

Charity Hutete is a dynamic poet and spoken word artist.

Charity Hutete

Tsitsi Jaji

Tsitsi Ella Jaji is an associate professor of African and African American

Tsitsi Ella Jaji

Safia Jama was born to a Somali father and an Irish-American

Safia Jama

Born in Britain, Omotara James is the daughter of Nigerian

Omotara James

Yalie Kamara is a Sierra Leonean-American writer, educator, and researcher

Yalie Kamara

Nour Kamel is perfectly lit and writes things in Cairo, Egypt.

Nour Kamel

Nyachiro Lydia Kasese is a Tanzanian writer, poet and media specialist

Nyachiro Lydia Kasese

Keorapetse William Kgositsile (19 September 1938 – 3 January 2018), also

Keorapetse Kgositsile

Musawenkosi Khanyile was born in 1991 and raised in Nseleni.

Musawenkosi Khanyile

Kofi-Tsekpo, Janet

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

Janet Kofi-Tsekpo

Henneh Kyereh Kwaku

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

Henneh Kyereh Kwaku

Libsekal, Liyou

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

Liyou Libsekal

Nadra Mabrouk is a poet living in New York. She

Nadra Mabrouk

Nick Makoha was shortlisted for the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize

Nick Makoha