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Abu Bakr Sadiq

Winner of the 2023 Sillerman Prize for African Poetry

Abu Bakr Sadiq

Timi Sanni

Timi Sanni is a writer, editor, and multidisciplinary artist from

Timi Sanni

Sherry Shenoda

Winner of the 2021 Sillerman Prize for African Poetry

Sherry Shenoda

Mahtem Shiferraw

Winner of the 2014 Sillerman Prize for African Poetry

Mahtem Shiferraw

Shire,Warsan

Warsan Shire is a British writer, poet, editor and teacher,

Warsan Shire

Saradha Soobrayen

Saradha Soobrayen is a creative activist working with poetry, visual

Saradha Soobrayen

Alexis Teyie is a Kenyan writer and feminist. Her poetry is

Alexis Teyie

Tjita Tjizembua

Tjizembua Tjikuzu is an essayist and poet from Aminuis, Namibia.

Tjizembua Tjikuzu

Ajibola Tolase is a poet and essayist. His works have appeared

Ajibola Tolase

Dare Tunmise

Dare Tunmise is a poet, essayist, and software developer from

Dare Turmise

EjiỌfỌr Ugwu

Ejiofor Ugwu is from Alor-Agu in Nsukka, Nigeria. He is

Ejiofor Ugwu

Chimwemwe Undi

Chimwemwe Undi is a performance and page poet living and

Chimwemwe Undi

Verwey, Len

Len Verwey is a South African poet. He was born in

Len Verwey

Mukoma Wa Ngugi is an assistant professor of English at Cornell

Mukoma Wa Ngugi

Abdourahman A. Waber

Abdourahman A. Waberi is a poet, novelist, and essayist. He was

Abdourahman A. Waberi

Hope Wabuke is a Ugandan American poet, essayist, and writer. She

Hope Wabuke