SARA FARAH is a student, actor and writer who grew up in Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Her parents lost their home due to the Somali civil war, so like many other second-generation immigrants, she says, she has an unusual relationship with her culture and country of origin. “My image of my country is of a Frankenstein’s monster, an amalgam of second-hand ideas and stories. The Somalia I know is the memory of the Somalia of the 70s carried here to the shores of Britain.” Sara prefers to write fantasy and science fiction but, she says, “something about the way many second-generation immigrants write about their countries of origin frustrated me. So I decided to write about my country of origin in a way that is truthful to me.”

NURA ABDI is a copywriter, podcaster, lover of obscure internet memes and avid TikTok viewer. The child of Somali parents, she spent the better part of her life moving from country to country until she returned to the African continent. Now, her love for Africa and African people is leading her down a path of rediscovering what it means to be an African, a feminist and a baby socialist.

"Somalia, 1972" By Sara Farah Read By Nura Abdi (Somalia)

LOLA SHONEYIN s a Nigerian poet and author who launched her debut novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, in the UK in May 2010. Shoneyin has forged a reputation as an adventurous, humorous and outspoken poet, having published three volumes of poetry.

Victoria Olajide (TheVictoriaO) is a Nigerian Writer, Visual Storyteller and Social Entrepreneur. She founded TVO TRIBE; a platform for artists and writers to commune, debate, and progress their craft respectively. The tribe gives voice to emerging writers and artists, and promotes the advancement of literature in African communities. 
Her works have been featured in Kalahari review, Best of Africa, TVOTRIBE, Africa in dialogue, Mint Gallery Magazine, Voices of Youths, CHILD by TVO, among others. 
Victoria’s art explores soul poetry, cultural storytelling and womanhood. Her personal website (www.thevictoriao.com) contains personal accounts, reviews from anthologies and featured articles.

"Baba Segi’s Wives" By Lola Shoneyin Read By Victoria Olajide (Nigeria)

MARIE-ELISE AKOUAVI GBEDO is a Beninese politician who has run for president four times. She served as Minister of Justice of Benin from 2012 to 2013.

MEDINA ISSA is an international relations student in Paris and studying abroad in Ghana at the moment.  She grew up in Benin and has a diverse background from Guinea, to Niger and Nigeria. Medina is devoted to the development of the African continent.

"Le destin des Roseau" By Marie-Elise Akouavi Gbèdo Read By Medina Issa (Benin)

TRYPHENA YEBOAH is an MFA student at Chapman University’s Creative Writing program. She has works published in Narrative Magazine and Commonwealth Writers. A Mouthful of Home is her first collection of poetry, selected as part of the New-Generation African Poets Series edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani. She is from Bekwae, Ghana.

NANA YAA AGYEPONG is a Communications and Gender practitioner imagining a collective right to joy. She loves water, travel and her cat.

"And What If I Breathe Out" By Tryphena Yeboah Read By Nana Yaa Agyepong (Ghana)

CHARLOTTE MENSAH is a British/Ghanaian hairstylist. She is the beauty industry's authority on natural, textured and mixed heritage Afro hair. She is the founder and creative director of Hair Lounge, on London's Portobello Road

ALISON NAA-ANNORKOR LARSEY is a resilient 25-year-old woman passionate about being heard. She believes challenges polish off her strengths and improve her weaknesses. Being a Jill of all trades and master of just a handful, she prioritizes teaching herself new things every day. She learnt to listen and consciously hear when people speak to her.

"Good Hair" By Charlotte Mensah Read By Alison Naa-Annorkor Larsey (Ghana)

AMA ADI-DAKO is a storyteller, writer and researcher passionate about using design, technology and media to transform the lives of women and youth, especially in Africa. She graduated from Wellesley College in 2014 with a double degree in English and Cinema and Media Studies and has since assistant lectured at Ghana’s first liberal arts college, Ashesi, before moving to TED in New York where she’s worked for the last six years.

"Dilemma of a Ghost" By Ama Ata Aidoo Read By Ama Adi-Dako

YAA GYASI is a Ghanaian-American novelist. Her debut novel Homegoing, published in 2016, won her, at the age of 26, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Award for best first book, the PEN/Hemingway Award for a first book of fiction, the National Book Foundation's "5 under 35" honors for 2016 and the American Book Award.

MARCIA EDINAM VORMAWOR is a passionate and ambitious law student with a passion for reading, writing and volunteering. She is inspired by the writings of African Women which creatively portrays our rich Ghanaian heritage.

"Homegoing" By Yaa Gyasi Read By Marcia Edinam Vormawor

IJEOMA UMEBINYUO is a poet from Nigeria and considered one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s best modern poets.[1] She started writing at the age of seven[2] and her short stories and poems have appeared in publications such as The Stockholm Review of Literature,[3] The Rising Phoenix Review[4] and The MacGuffin.

MARIAM ONIZE ATTA is a lawyer, performance poet, photographer, creative director, fashion illustrator & designer, mental health advocate and writer, amongst many other things, who believes in agape love and the limitlessness of the human heart, mind and soul. Her poetry has been published by The Mbari and In Parentheses. She can be found on her blog thehipsavvy.wordpress.com, and on Twitter @SlayTheGoddess and Instagram @OniZay

"Chewing Flowers" from "Questions for Ada" By Ijeoma Umebinyuo Read By Mariam Onize Atta

CHIKA UNIGWE was born in Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria. She is the author of four novels, including On Black Sisters Street (2009, 2011 Jonathan Cape, UK and Random House NY) and Night Dancer (Jonathan Cape, 2012).  Her short stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, Guernica, Aeon and many other journals. Her works have been translated into several languages. A recipient of several awards and fellowships, she lives and works in the USA.

FATIMA OKHUOSAMI is a pharmacist and avid consumer of literature and global politics. Some of her poems and short stories are published online / in print at The Kalahari Review, Chillfiltr Review, Jalada Africa, Everyday Fiction, Agbowo press, 101words.org, Third Word Press, Kreative Diadem, Flash: The International Short Story Magazine, Itanile magazine, etc. She was a runner-up of the December 2020 Collins Elesiro literary prize. She is a graduate of the 2019 International Writing Programme Lines and Spaces Tour held in Abuja, Nigeria.

On Black Sisters Street By Chika Unigwe Read By Fatima Okhuosami (Nigeria)

Arao Ameny is a US-based poet and writer from Lango, Northern Uganda. She is a Biography Writer and Editor at Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry Magazine. She earned her MFA in Fiction Writing from University of Baltimore in 2019, MA in Journalism from Indiana University, and BA in Political Science from University of Indianapolis. 

Her first published poem “Home is a Woman” appeared in The Southern Review and won the 2020 James Olney Award. In 2021, she was shortlisted for the UK-based Brunel International African Poetry Prize, nominated for Best New Poets, and won a Brooklyn Poets Fellowship.

Home is a Woman Written and Read by Arao Ameny (Uganda)

Nora (Xorlarlie) Anyidoho is a lover of words and art. She spends most hours of her day, making meaning of numbers as a finance professional. On other days, she loses herself in pen and brush strokes in attempts to create beauty through paintings and (spoken word) poetry.

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Adichie (Nigeria) Read by Nora Xorlalie Anyidoho (Ghana)

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"Somalia, 1972" By Sara Farah Read By Nura Abdi (Somalia)

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