CONTRIBUTORS
in Namibia to a Belgian father and a Namibian mother. Her solo career took off after her performance at the 2011 Namibian Annual Music Awards grabbed the nation’s attention. A year later she won the prestigious Last Band Standing (live band) competition in Namibia and was a headliner at the Windhoek Jazz Festival (2012) performing alongside the South African stars Lira & Selaelo Selato . The spread of her music and message was recognized when her song “Minority” was nominated for Best Single Non Album and Best Music Video at the 2013 Namibian Annual Music Awards. Her music addresses social issues leading comparisons to be made to artists like Tracy Champan, Nneka and Bob Marley. Most recently she won the Amsterdam pop music competition “Mooie Noten” (2013) because she “has strong lyrics and something to say.”
Seyi Adebanjo is a Queer gender-non-conforming
Nigerian MFA media artist. Seyi’s work is the intersection of art, media, imagination, ritual and politics. Seyi has been an artist in resident with Allgo and is currently a fellow with The Laundromat Project. Their powerful short Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles has screened on PBS and at 17 festivals globally.
Khouloud Mahdhaoui is a Tunisian lesbian
feminist, camerawoman and filmmaker by profession and audiovisual activist.
Mariane Amara is a lesbian activist living in Came-
roon. A psychologist by training, she is passionate about the issues of gender identities as well as gay and lesbian literature. You can follow her blog at http://fleur-d-afrique-noire.blog4ever.com/
Musa Okwonga is a poet, author, sportswriter, broad-
caster, musician, public relations consultant and commentator on current affairs, including culture, politics, sport, race, gender and sexuality.
Olumide Popoola is a London-based Nigerian-
German author, speaker and performer. Her publications include essays, poetry, short stories, the novella this is not about sadness, the play text Also by Mail, as well as recordings in collaboration with musicians. She lectures creative writing and is currently completing a PhD in creative writing. In 2004 she won the May Ayim Award in the category Poetry. www.olumidepopoola.com
Rania Bennaceur, a 21-year-old English student,
Tunisian blogger and activist in the process of sculpturing her first paths.
Rita Nketiah is currently a Ph.D. student studying the
trend of return migration amongst second-generation Ghanaians in Canada. In her creative writing, she covers themes such as African immigrant identity, race, and sexuality. Rita mainly writes memoir and creative non-fiction essays. She hopes to return to Ghana some day soon to contribute to the African feminist movement and continue with her writing.
Shishani Vranckx is a soulful singer-songwriter born 8 | Issue 10, December 2014
Stéphane Ségara is a young Burkinabe activist who
is interested in using communications as an activist tools. Writing, particularly the expression of emotion through words is an important vehicule for him. His imagination and personal experiences are his favorite source of inspiration.
Siphiwe Nkosi has been taking photographs for some
time now. For her photography is the reflection of the self and society and it can create long lasting memories. She has documented rural and urban forms of living and in 2010, documented South Africans during the FIFA world cup, which was the highlight of her career. She is also an avid filmmaker, involved in experimental films.
Tatenda Muranda is a Pan-Africanist and a self-
identified suit in a feminist activist. She is co-founder of HOLAAfrica! and currently sits on the Advisory Committee for FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund. @ IamQueenNzinga
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