Biography One – 100 words:

Marcelle Mateki Akita is a writer and co-founder of Afrikult. a literary organisation that promotes, discusses and explores African literature. She is Web Content Editor for the Caine Prize for African Writing and Project Co-ordinator at Royal African Society where she also co-produces the Africa Writes festival hosted at the British Library. Her work has appeared in online and print journals such as AFREADA and Aké Review, and her collection Lizard & Other Stories was self-published in 2016. She shares her work on matekiwrites and active on Instagram / Twitter via @matekiwrites.

Biography Two – 50 words:

Marcelle Mateki Akita is a writer, co-founder of Afrikult. and blogs on matekiwrites. She works with the Caine Prize for African Writing and co-produces the Africa Writes festival in London. Her fiction has appeared in online and print journals, and published Lizard & Other Stories in 2016. She tweets @matekiwrites.

Biography Two – 30 words:

Marcelle Mateki Akita is a writer, co-founder of Afrikult. and works with the Caine Prize for African Writing. She co-produces Africa Writes and published Lizard & Other Stories in 2016.

Headshot One: Credit – Beulah Davina

Headshot Two: Credit – Beulah Davina