ayesha h. attah
ayesha.attah@gmail.com
saturday's shadows -- harmattan rain -- other writing -- audio -- doodles

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Ayesha Harruna Attah is the author of three novels. Harmattan Rain (Per Ankh Publishers) was nominated for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Saturday's Shadows (World Editions), was shortlisted for the Kwani? Manuscript Project in 2013, and The Hundred Wells of Salaga (Cassava Republic Press) is forthcoming in May 2018. For inquiries contact the Pontas Agency.

Ayesha was educated at Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, and NYU. A 2015 Africa Centre Artists in Residency Award Laureate and Sacatar Fellow, she is a recipient of the 2016 Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship for non-fiction. She currently lives in Senegal and loves cooking and staring at the ocean.

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saturday's shadows -- harmattan rain -- other writing -- audio -- doodles