Emergence Contributors Emergence Contributors Amanda Hodgeson
Dyke Road.com
South Africa
Nigeria
Amanda is a black queer radical feminist. Trained as a researcher she has an intense love and belief in the potential of individual narratives to collectively smash white supremacist-hereronormative-capitalistpatriarchy. She’s super cool. An all round ball of pure unadulterated awesomeness.
dykeroad.com is blog written by a queer Nigerian woman containing diary-style entries and essays based on true life experiences.
Anima Adjepong
Ekuba is an academic and a writer who tackles a whole host of topics.
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Ashley Makue South Africa Ashley Makue is a South African writer and spoken word artist. She is currently studying towards a degree in Languages and Literature and writes for AfroElle Magazine. She is passionate about Afrocentrism, the desexualisation of women’s nudity and art.
Chantelle Gray van Heerden South Africa Chantelle Gray van Heerden is a literary critic, parttime writer and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Gender Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Her research centres on the philosophical collaboration between Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, particularly its relevance for considering complex processes of subjectivization, subjectivities and subject-formation, and the effects and affects these produce. Chantelle translates poetry from time to time and several of her short stories and poems have been . 144
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Ekuba Ghana / America
HomoSenegalensis Senegal, Cote D’Ivoire and U.S.A HomoSenegalensis is a young queer and feminist woman from Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire who currently lives in the U.S. She holds a degree in International Business and enjoys literature, music and stimulating conversations about gender and sexuality.
Igwe Nigeria / America Chinue Igwe is a bi-racial Nigerian-American lesbian woman living in Oakland, CA. She graduated magna cum laude from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Women, Gender, and Sexuality and currently works at a mental health non-profit. During her personal time, she volunteers with the GLBT National Help Hotline and writes for two different Nigerian LGBTQ organizations. When she’s not working, she’s belting her heart out to Tracy Chapman and shamelessly curating an everexpanding shoe collection.
Jaykirigo Kenya JayKirigo is a queer spirited individual out to live life to its full. They prefer queer because they don’t conform