Afia Atakora

Author of CONJURE WOMEN 🙌🏿🔮
(AF-fee-uh uh-TAK-uh-ruh)🇬🇭 she/her
ig: AfiaAtakora / rep'd by:@AmeliaAtlas

[Afia Atakora @AfiaAtakora]

An incredible honor🙆🏿‍♀️🙏🏿 I am (ironically) beyond words. Thank you Lannan Foundation!!!

[Kirkus Reviews @KirkusReviews]

The Lannan Foundation has revealed the winners of its annual awards and fellowships, including Deborah Levy, @rabihalameddine, @AfiaAtakora, and @kvquade. Congatulations! https://t.co/5ZqsChEcek

[Afia Atakora @AfiaAtakora]

https://t.co/9AwAW7MjiP

[Martha Hall Kelly @marthahallkelly]

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm sharing some of my favorite books written by black authors. Have you read any of these novels? @margotshetterly @AfiaAtakora @Sadeqasays #booktwt #5starreads

[Lapham’s Quarterly @laphamsquart]

“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.”

—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942 https://t.co/uQZauejzSy

[Afia Atakora @AfiaAtakora]

@tiphanieyanique My Mother's House by @FrancescaMompl1 !!

[NYU English @NYUEnglish]

Check out this event with debut novelist Afia Atakora, talking about her book Conjure Women!

[Sistah Scifi | Bookstore @SistahSciFi]

Magnificently written, Conjure Women moves back and forth in time to tell the story of Rue, Varina, and May Belle, their passions and friendships, and the lengths they will go to save themselves and those they love.

Get @AfiaAtakora’s Conjure Women here: https://t.co/bHp9a94ALC

[Writers' League of Texas (WLT) @WritersLeague]

What does it take to build a world on the page? Join us next Thursday as we discuss "Worldbuilding in Fiction" with @AfiaAtakora, Fernando A. Flores, and @marshallmaresca. Our Third Thursday events are FREE and open to the public!
RSVP here: https://t.co/tSx9XuE3WA

[AfricanCaribbean_Lit @EssexLit]

Just finished reading @AfiaAtakora’s Conjure Women and it was delectable! Hard to listen to at times but fascinating. Captivated by the story, the characters & your choice of words. Shout out to my public library for access to wonderful audiobooks 💟

[Bolu Babalola @BeeBabs]

Paris Blues (1961) 🖤🕊

[Beinecke Library @BeineckeLibrary]

Zora Neale Hurston: “Aunt Daphne (left) & Aunt Rachel, were born & raised on the plantation & were believed to have been nearly 100 years old when the picture was made. This cabin in which they lived was the last of the original slave cabins on the place” https://t.co/iGlFWYR2qH

[Afia Atakora @AfiaAtakora]

@Milagro35164688 🥰you're very welcome

[Well-Read Black Girl Festival ™ @wellreadblkgirl]

“Love is an action, never simply a feeling” ― bell hooks

We mourn the tremendous loss of bell hooks. A woman of great compassion, courage, & extraordinary intellect. Thank you for always putting your love for Black people in action - for challenging us to imagine a bolder future

[Africa Revolutionary Writers Awards @writersawards]

This year has been a great year for African literature and we hope the list exposes readers to unexplored imaginative works.

Celebrating Ghanaian Writers from all genres:

@apiorkor
@AfiaAtakora
@FrancesMensahW

[4th Estate Books @4thEstateBooks]

Read Conjure Women by Afia Atakora for just 99p.
Available on: https://t.co/CzIeFnLhSj

[Afia Atakora @AfiaAtakora]

Monster in the Middle took me on a whoooole journey & I got to sing its praises to the New York Times !

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

These are, writes Afia Atakora, "parents and their children who feel worlds apart in experience, but who are linked by lofty dreams and lowered expectations." https://t.co/Od3MHwFOdM

[4th Estate Books @4thEstateBooks]

We are proud to publish an amazing variety of writers who champion and celebrate Black lives.
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From a ground-breaking guide for Black British women to sweeping historical epics exploring identity and colonialism, we are pleased to share our reading list for #BlackHistoryMonth.

[BRITTLE PAPER @brittlepaper]

Don't miss the panel on fantasy & realism featuring @BlueBirdTail, Afia Atakora, et al.

@drstellanyanzi will discuss radical African writing in the context of activism.

@MissWanaWana's Comfort Food workshop is on the schedule as well. #AfricanWrites

https://t.co/lWNovxw0W7