Aishatu Ado
aishatuado.bsky.social
Aishatu Ado
@aishatuado.bsky.social
AUTHOR. ARTIST. PEACE TECHNOLOGIST.
Clarion West '25 | Alumna: Tin House, VONA, Hurston/Wright, RWW, Voodoonauts
https://aishatu.carrd.co/

Co-founding member at Àrokò Cooperative
@aroko.bsky.social
📢 Call for Submissions! I'm excited to share that I'm curating an Anthology with @aroko.bsky.social We are inviting writers from Africa & the Diaspora to send us stories that (re)imagine folklore, myths, and legends.

🗓️Deadline Dec 31 2025.

➡️More info at: www.aroko.world/aroko-anthol...
October 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🚀 TWO of my stories made it into the Afrofuturism Short Stories anthology 🥹 co-edited by Isis Asare! With foreword by @nisishawl.bsky.social. Out October 2025✨

#Blacksky #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #ShortStory
#Blacksky #Afrofuturism #Anthology
June 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
🌊 Thrilled to share my poem “Declaration of Interdependence” is published in the Ocean Poetry Anthology 2025 for #WorldOceanDay!

This collection explores our relationship with the sea and each other — and I’m honored to be part of it. 🌐💙

Get your copy here: www.amazon.com/dp/196488004...
June 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"BlackSky is like a cockroach" — @rudyfraser.com

Love this metaphor as it is impossible to kill and thrives in hostile environments. Black folx survive in systems that weren't meant for us, build in spaces they ignore + persist when they want us gone. Uncomfortable resilience is our superpower ✊🏾
May 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🏆 I won the Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Award! It's the first win for a story centering an African refugee woman.

Read here: www.jerryjazzmusician.com/short-fictio...

💬 Please leave a comment at the bottom of the publication page.

#WritingCommunity #ShortStory #WritersOfBluesky
April 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM