.The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) has uncovered the checklist of authors that have made it for its own 2025 Black Atlantic Post Degree Residency. The 10-person list makes up 6 writers resident in African nations, pair of authors presently staying in the United States, one writer residing in the UK, as well as one writer coming from Trinidad & Tobago. The names of the 2025 Black Atlantic Residents are actually as follows:.
Roger Robinson (UK). Jaimee A. Swift (United States).
Keston K. Perry (Trinidad and Tobago). Lori L.
Tharps (U.S.A.). Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza (Zimbabwe). vangile gantsho (South Africa).
Nzube Nlebedim (Nigeria). Noor Salah Elfaki (Sudan). Abdulrazaq Salihu (Nigeria).
Denoo Edinam Yawo aka Poetic Siren (Ghana). 2025 Black Atlantic Individuals. Assisted by the Hawthornden Foundation, the LOATAD Afro-american Atlantic Post degree residency finds to malfunction barriers between writers coming from across the continent as well as the Diaspora by carrying all of them consecutively physically, in neighborhood, around a common purpose and also concept.
The upcoming version of the Post degree residency, themed “African Solidarities”, accents the present-day and also historic actions that elevate needs for social and also financial justice in Africa and the Diaspora. LOATAD is an exclusive library in Accra, Ghana, established in 2017. The collection’s emphasis is on publications through authors of African descent consisting of Black, African-American, Caribbean, Afro-american European, Afro-Latin, and also Aboriginal authors.
It has more than 4000 volumes of fictional fiction as well as narrative story dating from the very early 20th century to today time.. Coming From Algeria to Kenya, and also Liberia to Zimbabwe, LOATAD’s collection exemplifies the rich variety of the African continent and also its huge Diaspora. Since its beginning, the public library’s objective has actually progressed to help deal with the serious education problems faced through many people all over the country as well as the continent.
Click here to view the full biographies of the LOATAD Black Atlantic Individuals.