Writer in Residence, 2021 Achiro Patricia Olwoch is a Ugandan writer, playwright and filmmaker from Gulu, Northern Uganda. She is currently a writer in residence at the New York City Artist Safe Haven Residency Program. She has received multiple awards as head writer for her series ‘Yat Madit’, and her short films; ‘The Surrogate’, ‘The …
Writer in Residence, 2019 Felix Kaputu was a former writer in residence of the New York Artist Safe Haven Residency Program, during which he taught in Fordham University’s English Department. Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has worked at universities around the world since 1988, including in Africa, the USA, Japan, and Belgium. …
Writer in Residence, 2018 Kanchana Ugbabe is an Indian-Nigerian Writer and scholar, and a former writer in residence at the New York Artists Safe Haven Residency Program, during which she taught creative writing at Fordham University. Kanchana’s work surrounds cross-cultural negotiations and ethno-religious conflict in the city of Jos, Nigeria. She spent a year as …
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