Muriel Mokgathi-Mvubu known by her pen name MoAfrika wa Mokgathi is a Mamelodi born, South African based multifaceted artist, who is a Poet, Author, Performer, Cultural activist, teaching artist, Curator, award winning Radio Presenter-Producer and a serial civic leader amongst many in her talent hat. MoAfrika author of “My tongue
Grace Nkrumah-Buandoh is a graduate of the University of Ghana and holds a Bachelor degree in Economics with Mathematics. Through her love for reading, she decided to create her own world and started writing short stories at the age of 8, but entered into the poetry community in 2018 with
ANDREW MANYIKA is a world class comedian, poet and sought after Master of Ceremonies from Zimbabwe. He is on a mission to create and capture moments and memories. His deft touch with both pen and voice has made him a stand out act in his country and continent where he
Lynthia Julius was born in Springbok in 1993 and grew up in Kimberley where she matriculated in 2011. She graduated with an honour’s degree in Philosophy from the University of the Free State. She was the 2017 winner of the AVBOB poetry competition in the Afrikaans section for her poem
WAMUWI MBAO lectures in English studies at Stellenbosch University. He writes short fiction, and his research interests are in South African post-apartheid literature, architecture and popular culture. He is a SALA-winning literary critic with the Johannesburg Review of Books. His short story The Bath is included in Twenty in 20,
Siphindile Hlongwa works as the Senior Administrator and Curator for the Time of the Writer Festival and Poetry Africa Festival. She obtained her Bachelor of Technology degree in business administration and holds a diploma in drama studies obtained from the Durban University of Technology. She joined the Centre for Creative
Rodrigue Ndzana, aka r’N, is a Cameroonian writer and, most importantly, a virtuoso of spoken word poetry whose notoriety transcends the country’s borders. A former national spoken word champion, he is the founder of Nda slam, and is one of the leaders of several spoken word poetry collectives, such as