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Jakky Bankong-Obi

Inkuru Series: THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT OF AFRICAN LITERATURE with Jakky Bankong-Obi

Jakky Bankong-Obi is a media consultant and poet living and writing in Abuja, Nigeria.  Her chapbook What Still Yields was chosen by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani for publication in the New-Generation African Poets box sets, by Akashic Books and APBF (Spring/Summer 2022).

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A.B. Godfreed photo by Nipah Dennis

Inkuru Series: THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT OF AFRICAN LITERATURE with A.B. Godfreed

As the creative persona of A.B. Godfreed, I am determined to embody what I describe as “the art of unthinking”. For me, this is about my ability to exist as an artist-scientist who consciously manifests work that is not only non-binary but also (self)transformative.

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ENITAYANFE

Inkuru Series: THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT OF AFRICAN LITERATURE with Enit’ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya

Enit’ayanfe Ayosojumi Akinsanya is a Nigerian writer and storyteller. His internationally acclaimed debut collection of short stories, How to Catch a Story That Doesn’t Exist, an audacious social commentary on same-sex relationships in Nigeria, was published in 2021 by IfeAdigo.

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Frances-Ogamba

Inkuru Series: THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT OF AFRICAN LITERATURE with Frances Ogamba

Frances Ogamba is a 2022 CLA fellow at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She has won the 2022 Diana Woods Award in Creative Nonfiction, the 2020 Kalahari Short Story Competition and the 2019 Koffi Addo Prize for Creative Nonfiction.

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Constance Ejuma

Inkuru Series Interview: The African Story- with Constance Ejuma

Inkuru Series Interview: Constance Ejuma shares responses to questions asked in this interview with Victoria Olajide, to create insights and ignite conversations on “Keeping the African Storytelling Tradition alive” across the theme; “The African Story.

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Jabulile Ngwenya

Inkuru Series Interview: The African Story-with Jabulile Ngwenya

Inkuru Series Interview: Jabulile Ngwenya shares her insights and creates conversation on igniting African history with “Storytelling” in this interview with Victoria Olajide, through answers to the questions across the theme “The African Story”

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Ayo Oyeku

Inkuru Series Interview: The African Story- with Ayo Oyeku

Inkuru Series Interview: In this interview with Victoria Olajide, Ayo Oyeku shares his responses to questions asked to create thoughts and ignite conversations on “Writing and Storytelling” across the theme; “The African Story.

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Alexandra Maduagwu

Inkuru Series Interview: The African Story- with Alexandra Maduagwu

Inkuru Series Interview: Alexandra Maduagwu shares their insights and creates conversation on fusion of art and juju with “Storytelling” in this interview with Victoria Olajide, through answers to the questions across the theme “The African Story”

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