Author of “Meji” - an African based fantasy novel - writes African/Yoruba-based fantasy and science fiction.

Wayna and her mother immigrated from their native Ethiopia to America when she was just a toddler.

A new Nigerian American voice in young adult fiction; Okarafor thrives in a realm of African Fantasy.

Nick doesn’t fit well into any of the predefined categories established by the music industry…he takes one back to a time when good music was just good music.

Long before I traced my African Ancestry, I had a love and hate affair with my name. I can’t deny the pride I felt at the myriad of family reunion’s I’ve attended over the years…all of us gathered to celebrate our family, our history (the little we knew), our ability to come together no matter [...]

I have someone to thank for guiding me back to solid ground. One evening, I watched in wonder as Dr. Henry Louis Gates talked about the process of DNA ancestry tracing, part of a PBS series entitled “African American Lives”. This new technology would at last provide the keys to my ancestral past.