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Alain Mabanckou

Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic. Born in the Republic of the Congo and a French citizen

Muthoni Maina

Muthoni Maina is a Kenyan novelist whose work spans historical fiction and richly layered storytelling.

Mutahi Michael

Mutahi Michael is an award-winning Kenyan puppeteer and filmmaker with more than two decades of experience using puppetry for storytelling, education, and social change.

Tunde Onakoya

Tunde Onakoya is a Nigerian chess master, social entrepreneur, and founder of Chess in Slums Africa, which uses chess to empower children in underserved communities.

Ellah Wakatama OBE, (Hon.) FRSL

Ellah P. Wakatama is Editor at Large for Canongate Books and co-founder of Pfumo Collective.

Ciku Kimeria is a Kenyan author, journalist, communication specialist, and travel writer. She writes fiction and non-fiction that spotlight African stories, including her mystery novels Dance of the Monkeys and Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges.

Dr. Portia Malatjie

Dr Portia Malatjie is a curator and Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town and holds a PhD in Visual Cultures from Goldsmiths University of London, where she was an associate lecturer.

Dr Nick Makoha

Dr Nick Makoha is a Ugandan poet and playwright based in London and the founder of Obsidian Foundation.

Richard Oduor

Richard Oduor Oduku is a researcher, biographer, editor, and publisher. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief at Sisi Afrika Magazine and Sisi Afrika Books.

Lina Meruane

Lina Meruane is an award-winning Chilean writer and scholar of Palestinian descent living between Santiago, New York and Madrid.