Arao Ameny | Nya Lango - Daughter of Lango
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Reader | Writer | In my language Leb Lango, Arao means “to gather, to collect”, and Ameny is “to bring light” | Proudly Lango | 🇺🇬
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social I hung on to every word in this article. Very interesting, insightful, and quite disturbing. Thank you for writing and sharing.
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A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social I hung on to every word in this article. Very interesting, insightful, and quite disturbing. Thank you for writing and sharing.
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A day I’ll never forget.
Many lives ago, when I worked in communications at a New York City government agency in 2014, I had the immense honor of meeting Raila Odinga at Columbia University’s School of Law.
Rest well, Baba. Safe journeys. I’m grateful for the encouraging words.
Many lives ago, when I worked in communications at a New York City government agency in 2014, I had the immense honor of meeting Raila Odinga at Columbia University’s School of Law.
Rest well, Baba. Safe journeys. I’m grateful for the encouraging words.
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A day I’ll never forget.
Many lives ago, when I worked in communications at a New York City government agency in 2014, I had the immense honor of meeting Raila Odinga at Columbia University’s School of Law.
Rest well, Baba. Safe journeys. I’m grateful for the encouraging words.
Many lives ago, when I worked in communications at a New York City government agency in 2014, I had the immense honor of meeting Raila Odinga at Columbia University’s School of Law.
Rest well, Baba. Safe journeys. I’m grateful for the encouraging words.
I gave birth to my second-born (and last) child on September 6.
Amia, my daughter’s name, means "God’s will" in my language Leb Lango.
My husband Jason (🇯🇲), and I (🇺🇬) are thrilled.
A continuation of the most important story I’ll ever write...
Amia, my daughter’s name, means "God’s will" in my language Leb Lango.
My husband Jason (🇯🇲), and I (🇺🇬) are thrilled.
A continuation of the most important story I’ll ever write...
September 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I gave birth to my second-born (and last) child on September 6.
Amia, my daughter’s name, means "God’s will" in my language Leb Lango.
My husband Jason (🇯🇲), and I (🇺🇬) are thrilled.
A continuation of the most important story I’ll ever write...
Amia, my daughter’s name, means "God’s will" in my language Leb Lango.
My husband Jason (🇯🇲), and I (🇺🇬) are thrilled.
A continuation of the most important story I’ll ever write...
To be published for a second time in a top literary journal is an honor.
To be published in the same top journal alongside Kwame Dawes, director of the African Poetry Book Fund and the current poet laureate of Jamaica, is a double honor.
November brings blessings...
#Grateful
To be published in the same top journal alongside Kwame Dawes, director of the African Poetry Book Fund and the current poet laureate of Jamaica, is a double honor.
November brings blessings...
#Grateful
September 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
To be published for a second time in a top literary journal is an honor.
To be published in the same top journal alongside Kwame Dawes, director of the African Poetry Book Fund and the current poet laureate of Jamaica, is a double honor.
November brings blessings...
#Grateful
To be published in the same top journal alongside Kwame Dawes, director of the African Poetry Book Fund and the current poet laureate of Jamaica, is a double honor.
November brings blessings...
#Grateful
Book mail from home, book from mail from Uganda.
Feeling: A Poetry Anthology Celebrating Iconic Ugandan Women.
Thank you, Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation.
Thank you, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva.
What a good day.
Feeling: A Poetry Anthology Celebrating Iconic Ugandan Women.
Thank you, Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation.
Thank you, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva.
What a good day.
September 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Book mail from home, book from mail from Uganda.
Feeling: A Poetry Anthology Celebrating Iconic Ugandan Women.
Thank you, Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation.
Thank you, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva.
What a good day.
Feeling: A Poetry Anthology Celebrating Iconic Ugandan Women.
Thank you, Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation.
Thank you, Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva.
What a good day.
📣 Applications are open!
Obsidian Foundation offers an annual one-week online retreat for fifty Black poets of African descent.
Apply by October 1, 2025, here ⇢ obsidianfoundation.co.uk/retreat-2025/
Obsidian Foundation offers an annual one-week online retreat for fifty Black poets of African descent.
Apply by October 1, 2025, here ⇢ obsidianfoundation.co.uk/retreat-2025/
September 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📣 Applications are open!
Obsidian Foundation offers an annual one-week online retreat for fifty Black poets of African descent.
Apply by October 1, 2025, here ⇢ obsidianfoundation.co.uk/retreat-2025/
Obsidian Foundation offers an annual one-week online retreat for fifty Black poets of African descent.
Apply by October 1, 2025, here ⇢ obsidianfoundation.co.uk/retreat-2025/
One of my favorite artists.
My Amara. Age 2.
My Amara. Age 2.
August 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
One of my favorite artists.
My Amara. Age 2.
My Amara. Age 2.
7 African Novelists in Conversation With Their Literary Ancestors:
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7 African Novelists in Conversation With Their Literary Ancestors - Electric Literature
These authors pay homage to the African-Atlantic writers who came before them
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7 African Novelists in Conversation With Their Literary Ancestors:
These writers pay homage to the African-Atlantic authors who came before them electricliterature.com/7-african-no...
These writers pay homage to the African-Atlantic authors who came before them electricliterature.com/7-african-no...
Free virtual event
Kwame Dawes, African Poetry Book Fund founder, and Chris Abani discuss building an archive of African poetry on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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Kwame Dawes, African Poetry Book Fund founder, and Chris Abani discuss building an archive of African poetry on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
Sign up for the online event here: citylights.com/events/kwame...
August 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Free virtual event
Kwame Dawes, African Poetry Book Fund founder, and Chris Abani discuss building an archive of African poetry on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
Sign up for the online event here: citylights.com/events/kwame...
Kwame Dawes, African Poetry Book Fund founder, and Chris Abani discuss building an archive of African poetry on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
Sign up for the online event here: citylights.com/events/kwame...
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The late 2000s to late 2010s were an era of vibrant publications, literary prizes, and the emergence of incredible literary talents. All that has been replaced with a loss of community and dwindling ...
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I showed Amara an aerial view of her hair after I finished and she said “star, star.”
“Mama put star on my head. Star head.”
I’m learning that two-year-olds are natural writers and poets.
“Mama put star on my head. Star head.”
I’m learning that two-year-olds are natural writers and poets.
July 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I showed Amara an aerial view of her hair after I finished and she said “star, star.”
“Mama put star on my head. Star head.”
I’m learning that two-year-olds are natural writers and poets.
“Mama put star on my head. Star head.”
I’m learning that two-year-olds are natural writers and poets.
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Beautiful poems! I love the conceit of the kidney tree and how you connect it to your father. So brilliantly done
July 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Beautiful poems! I love the conceit of the kidney tree and how you connect it to your father. So brilliantly done
It’s July 11 — my birthday.
Happy to announce that my poems are published in Lolwe Issue 11 alongside Loic Ekinga (DR Congo), Frank Njugi (Kenya), Susan Goffe (Jamaica), David Emeka (Nigeria) & Amanda Nechesa (Kenya).
Many thanks to editor Nadia Bongo (Gabon) for her guidance.
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Happy to announce that my poems are published in Lolwe Issue 11 alongside Loic Ekinga (DR Congo), Frank Njugi (Kenya), Susan Goffe (Jamaica), David Emeka (Nigeria) & Amanda Nechesa (Kenya).
Many thanks to editor Nadia Bongo (Gabon) for her guidance.
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The Kidney Tree & Other Poems - Arao Ameny | Lolwe
Three poems by Arao Ameny
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July 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It’s July 11 — my birthday.
Happy to announce that my poems are published in Lolwe Issue 11 alongside Loic Ekinga (DR Congo), Frank Njugi (Kenya), Susan Goffe (Jamaica), David Emeka (Nigeria) & Amanda Nechesa (Kenya).
Many thanks to editor Nadia Bongo (Gabon) for her guidance.
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Happy to announce that my poems are published in Lolwe Issue 11 alongside Loic Ekinga (DR Congo), Frank Njugi (Kenya), Susan Goffe (Jamaica), David Emeka (Nigeria) & Amanda Nechesa (Kenya).
Many thanks to editor Nadia Bongo (Gabon) for her guidance.
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The second of July.
Just like that, my Amara is two years old.
Just like that, my Amara is two years old.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The second of July.
Just like that, my Amara is two years old.
Just like that, my Amara is two years old.
Brunel University of London is hosting a series of writing workshops and publishing webinars for aspiring writers.
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July 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Brunel University of London is hosting a series of writing workshops and publishing webinars for aspiring writers.
Sign up for the free online workshops here: bit.ly/4evXE6M
Sign up for the free online workshops here: bit.ly/4evXE6M
5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore: Helen Nde Recommends Isidore Okpewho, Ruth Finnegan, Ibrahim Al-Koni, and More lithub.com/5-essential-...
5 Essential Books For Better Understanding African Folklore
The birthplace of the human race. The oldest inhabited landmass on the planet. Ancient. Seeded with ancestral memory. One could say mythology and folklore from the African continent are some of the…
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"They used the work of the imagination to challenge colonial systems of thought, imagine decolonial alternatives - what made this a period like no other in African literary history was a powerful sense of newness, the possibilities of a world yet to come."
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Ngũgi wa Thiong’o and the African literary revolution
From the late 1950s a new generation of African writers challenged colonial systems and used their work to imagine a new world.
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June 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"They used the work of the imagination to challenge colonial systems of thought, imagine decolonial alternatives - what made this a period like no other in African literary history was a powerful sense of newness, the possibilities of a world yet to come."
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The African Poetry Book Fund (@apbf.bsky.social ) is hiring!
Follow the link in their bio for the job description and application.
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June 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The African Poetry Book Fund (@apbf.bsky.social ) is hiring!
Follow the link in their bio for the job description and application.
Apply here ⇢ abpf-wp.us.reclaim.cloud/we-are-hiring/
I had the privilege of meeting renowned Kenyan writer and academic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o six years ago in Washington DC. He spoke about the importance of African languages and cultural identity. (1/3)
May 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I had the privilege of meeting renowned Kenyan writer and academic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o six years ago in Washington DC. He spoke about the importance of African languages and cultural identity. (1/3)
Breastfeeding my 22 month old while 21 weeks pregnant has been a task and a half. My plan is to breastfeed until age 2. Although I’m far from home, I’m committed to my culture, breastfeeding for at least 2 years like my foremothers. I’m proud of myself. #MothersDay2025 #MothersDay
May 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Breastfeeding my 22 month old while 21 weeks pregnant has been a task and a half. My plan is to breastfeed until age 2. Although I’m far from home, I’m committed to my culture, breastfeeding for at least 2 years like my foremothers. I’m proud of myself. #MothersDay2025 #MothersDay
“Kwon kal ngeye ingwece.”
You recognize value when you see it.
- Lango proverb, Northern Uganda #Langoproverbs
You recognize value when you see it.
- Lango proverb, Northern Uganda #Langoproverbs
May 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Kwon kal ngeye ingwece.”
You recognize value when you see it.
- Lango proverb, Northern Uganda #Langoproverbs
You recognize value when you see it.
- Lango proverb, Northern Uganda #Langoproverbs
I didn't write today but I sewed the holes in three sets of my one-year-old's onesies. The light and her toes were taking turns peeping through the holes. I count every tiny accomplishment as a win. Today, I sewed stubborn cloth and tomorrow I'll try stitching words into a story.
May 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I didn't write today but I sewed the holes in three sets of my one-year-old's onesies. The light and her toes were taking turns peeping through the holes. I count every tiny accomplishment as a win. Today, I sewed stubborn cloth and tomorrow I'll try stitching words into a story.