Writer and Researcher. Ex: @Idembeka @ResearchRoundhq fellow. Founder @LiteraryDenizen. Prose Reader @UbwaliLitMag.
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My short story on the role of young women in the #EndSARS movement was featured in the Heinrich Böll Foundation “Voices of a Generation” dossier. @hbsNigeria
Read here: boell.de/en/2026/04/17/blood…
#EndSARS #GenZ #YouthActivism
#JournoRequest
For an essay with @republicjournal, I’m investigating how Nigerian churches grow and expand: how they build brands, establish branches, mobilise volunteers and sustain large communities.
Looking to speak with pastors, church workers, churchgoers (especially…
Happening in less than two hours. ⏰
Have you registered? Click on the post below for the link. 👇🏽
What does AI mean for the future of African writing?
Join us for Language, AI and the Future of African Writing, an official 2026 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends Event.
Date: Sept. 25, by 6 PM WAT /1 PM EDT, on Zoom.
Register here:
brooklynbookfestival.org/eve…
#BKBF2026 #BookDiscUSs
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If any of these sound like you, this conversation is for you.
Join us on Friday, September 25 at 6 PM WAT as we talk about AI, language and the future of African writing.
Register here:
brooklynbookfestival.org/eve…
#BookDiscUSs #BKBF2026
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What does AI mean for the future of African writing?
Join us for Language, AI and the Future of African Writing, an official 2026 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookends Event.
Date: Sept. 25, by 6 PM WAT /1 PM EDT, on Zoom.
Register here:
brooklynbookfestival.org/eve…
#BKBF2026 #BookDiscUSs
What a month we’re having at @LiteraryDenizen!
Today Sept 12 at 5PM WAT, we’ll be featuring @asangelwassayin for our monthly Short Story Saturday series.
By 6PM WAT today, @FrankNjugi will be facilitating our Q3 workshop with @Qwanibok.
Oh, and there’s our @BKBF Bookend event.
Panel Discussion: Language, AI and the Future of African Writing
Register for free here: brooklynbookfestival.org/eve…
#BKBF #BookDiscUSs
Short Story Saturday: September Edition with Angel Nduka-Nwosu
RSVP here: calendar.app.google/tosLjizd…
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Meet our moderator: C.I. Atumah. (@CIAtumah)
Nigerian writer, researcher, cultural curator and founder of Literary Denizens.
Her writing has appeared in The Dial, The Weganda Review, Black Ballad, Document Women and Marie Claire Nigeria.
Watching Ted Lasso right after the World Cup, reading @DEjiaka’s football-inspired story for @LiteraryDenizen’s Short Story Saturday — this is the most football content I’ve consumed within a short period.
I’m really excited for this Saturday with @asiedu_rigwell, and to be doing this cool series consistently with my partner-in-stories @AnikeBeloved__. 💜
Short Story Saturday: June Edition. 🇬🇭
This Saturday at 6pm WAT, Rigwell Addison Asiedu (@asiedu_rigwell) reads Fugue, published in @UbwaliLitMag
Read the story here: 👇🏽
ubwali.com/fugue
Then come talk about it with us. 💜
RSVP below:
calendar.app.google/31BXjU5E…
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Literary Denizens, led by @CIAtumah, facilitated a conversation with Mutinta Nanchengwa (Relearning My Identity), Lucas Lungu (Ceremony of Bodies), Henry Joe Nyirenda (The Promise), Musonda Mukuka (Tethered), Bwalya S. Kondwani (Mwaiseni-KTK), and Natasha Mukamba (Solace).
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Join us and @UbwaliLitMag to have a conversation with the 6 shortlistees of the 2026 Hope Prize:
Mutinta Nanchengwa
Lucas Lungu
Henry Joe Nyirenda
Musonda Mukuka
Bwalya S. Kondwani, and
Natasha Mukamba.
June 13th, 6:30PM WAT / 7:30PM EAT. RSVP here:
calendar.google.com/calendar…
Joined the Ubwali team this year. So proud of what we do, how much attention and care Mubanga pays to contributors and team members alike, and how much I’m learning. Please check out our new issue here: ubwali.com/issue-6.
Celebrate this Africa Day by feasting on issue 6 of Ubwali Literary Magazine. Featuring 32 artists from 11 African countries.
Comment with your favourite so far, or recommend a piece to a friend by tagging them below.
ubwali.com/issue-6
ALT https://www.ubwali.com/issue-6
See you next Saturday! @somto_Ihezue @AnikeBeloved__.
Here’s what you need to know about April 18th:
@somto_Ihezue is reading Paths, Littlings, and Holy Things, by 6pm WAT on Google Meet, don’t miss it! 🤭
Read the story first:
diabolicalplots.com/dp-ficti…
Then come discuss with us! 💜
RSVP here: 👇🏽
calendar.app.google/vzdgeoPa…
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@StartArchiving I love you so much!!!! Thanks for introducing me to this @CIAtumah
Agreed. But I understand it often stems from lack of access, not malice. I stopped illegal PDFs to @literarydenizens book club last year to promote purchase of physical copies. We lost some members who were mainly students. I believe readers would buy books if they had the money.
