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Contributors
Akumbu Uche studied Mass Communication at the University of Jos.
She keeps a blog, www.akumbuwrites.wordpress.com
Brendan Bannon is an American photographer based in Nairobi
since 2005. He has worked for many international newspapers and
a variety of International NGOs throughout east and central Africa.
His work has appeared in The New York Times, New York Post,
ABC, NBC, Monocle, Der Stern, Le Monde, Boston Globe, Christian
Science Monitor, The Guardian, The Independent, Kwani, The
Washington Post, Scotland on Sunday Magazine, Parade Magazine,
National Public Radio. He has worked with, among others, UNEP,
UNHCR, UNICEF, MSF, CARE International, Ford Foundation, Doctors
Without Borders, UN High Commission for Refugees, BBC World
Service Trust, Hope and Homes For Children UK, Special Olympics
Romania. Bannon‘s work has been exhibited at UN Headquarters in
New York and Nairobi.
Brian Bwesigye‘s work has appeared in the Uganda Modern Literary
Digest, Short Story Day Africa, New Black Magazine, AFLA
Quarterly among others. He was part of the six-member team that
won the 2012 International Chain Story Challenge. His book Fables
out of Nyanja was published by Kushinda in 2012. He manages
programs at the Center for African Cultural Excellence, when he is
not teaching Human Rights at Makerere University. He has recently
been awarded a Fellowship in Theatre by the D&F Academy,
Hamburg, Germany.
Dami Ajayi is a medical doctor. He combines an interest in medical
science with a pursuit of literary mastery. He has been published by
The Guardian, Pala-Pala Magazine, Nigeriansbiz.com and
Africanwriter.com.
Dillon Marsh graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with a
Bachelor‘s Degree in Fine Art. He currently lives and works in Cape
Town, South Africa. His passion for photography and travel inspires
most of his work.
Dike Chukwumerije is the author of eight books, most recently On
My Way to Azure Shores: A Book of Poems. Samples of his work can be
found on www.dikechukwumerije.blogspot.com
Donald Leungo Molosi is recognized as one of the finest and most
influential artists in Botswana. He is an official Ambassador for Brand
Botswana and the youngest-ever recipient of the Khama Brilliant
Spirit Award (2003), a prestigious Presidential award, for his
contribution to the arts in Botswana. In that capacity he has had the
privilege of being invited to perform his political one-man plays in
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