"Featured on the cover of TIME Magazine as a 2021 Next Generation Leader, Akwaeke Emezi (b. 1987) is a multidisciplinary artist and writer based in liminal spaces. Emezi's practice is deeply rooted in the metaphysics of Black spirit, using the lens of indigenous ontologies to focus on embodiment, ritual, and rememory."
Read more about Akwaeke Emezi on their website: https://www.akwaeke.com/home
Emezi's YA novels come highly recommended. Pet and the prequel, Bitter, are now available at most book retailers.
"Bitter, a companion novel to Pet, takes a timely and riveting look at the power of youth, protest and art."
"In their riveting and timely young adult debut, [Pet], acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi asks difficult questions about what choices a young person can make when the adults around them are in denial."
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