Ten writers across Africa and the Diaspora have been selected for the 2025 LOATAD Black Residency.

The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) has announced the writers selected for the 2025 Black Atlantic Residency. Supported by the Hawthornden Foundation, this edition focuses on African Solidarity. It highlights contemporary and historical movements, advancing social and economic justice in Africa and the Diaspora. If you want to learn how to add African themes to your writing, read this. 

The selected writers for the 2025 LOATAD Black Residency include: 

• Roger Robinson (UK)
• Jaimee A. Swift (USA)
• Keston K. Perry (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Lori L. Tharps (USA)
• 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)

 

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About the LOATAD Black Residency

The Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) Black Atlantic Residency is a residency program that brings together writers of Africa and the African Diaspora to work on a common theme. It is designed for writers and researchers from the African diaspora interested in exploring African history, literature, and cultural connections across the Atlantic. The residency offers selected participants time and space to work on projects that reflect the diaspora’s shared history and interconnected stories.

During the residency, writers have access to LOATAD’s extensive collection of African literature and resources and the opportunity to engage in discussions, workshops, and cultural exchange with Ghanaian creatives and scholars. This residency is an enriching opportunity to deepen creative work in a supportive environment, fostering connections within the global African diaspora.

Learn more about the 2025 LOATAD Black Residency participants and programme here. 

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