Award-winning Gambian author and journalist based in Illinois. Currently working on my debut novel.
I’m an Illinois-based writer from The Gambia. I’ve been short-listed for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and I’m a recipient of The Miles Morland Writing Scholarship for my in-progress novel, The Dictator’s Eidolon, for which I’m seeking representation.
About Me
Recipient of the 2022 Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship
Invited to the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Fiction Workshop
Shortlisted for 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Awards
“Football, Football, Football” Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly #38 Print
“Qasida for the Sacred Mosque” Lolwe
“Fatou vs. the Dictator” Adda
"Alhaji Jerry” Strange Horizons
“The Magician’s Clown” Strange Horizons
“Borges Riding a Camel” Riddled with Arrows
“At the Mountain Steps” The Cafe Irreal
Fiction
“Reviewing João Melo.” Protean Magazine, Forthcoming
“The Misrepresentation of Suzuki Izumi.” The New Inquiry, Forthcoming
“A Comic That Captures the Antic Energy of a Post-Truth World” The Nation
“An Interview with Deena Mohamed” The Comics Journal
“To Read a Carpet: An Interview with Reimena Yee” Los Angeles Review of Books
“Negalyod: The God Network Review” Strange Horizons
“Crimson Cage Review” Strange Horizons
“Mightier than the Sword” PanelxPanel
“Djeliya is a sublime West African fantasy epic” The A.V. Club
“Seeing Into Other Worlds” PanelxPanel
“My City is a Cage.” PanelxPanel
“Time Dilation in Spider-Man: Life Story” PanelxPanel
“Remixing a Classic” PanelxPanel
“The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya Review” Strange Horizons
Criticism
“21st Century Surrealism” The New Inquiry
“A Lethal Traffic Stop in Georgia” The Nation
“Six Feet from Forever” Real Life
"How to get Tim Allen to notice you in 1,032 easy steps" The Outline
“The Prayer Rug of Tomorrow, Today” The Outline
Journalism
“The Men Who Bring Guns” Popula
“Becoming Gambian, Becoming American” Popula
“Tour of Babel: Naasiru Deen” Popula
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Slaughterhouse Five Graphic Novel, Gradschool Acehebe Podcast
Interviewed by Mofe Philip Atie Artmosterrific
Interviewed by Cliffordene Norton Voertaal
Interviewed by Nkateko Masinga Africa in Dialogue
Interviews and Podcasts