Faith Adiele

Fresh from my summer in Finland, I sat down with long-time pal Deesha Philyaw for her crucial column VISIBLE in The Rumpus. According to The Rumpus, I talk about being a good literary citizen, the Finnish debut of her PBS documentary, and telling the truth about Black lives. According to my sources (i.e., my mum and Facebook feed) this detailed interview - with its shoutouts to digital platforms Ruskeat Tytöt (Brown Girls) and On She Goes; anthologies Family Trouble, Creating

Thanks to the amazing folks I met at the Afro European Conference in Tampere early this month, I'm now showing my documentary in Helsinki this Saturday . #multiracial #Biracial #Nigerian #Finnish #Multicultural #Identity #PBS #Documentary #Nordic #Afroeuropean #Helsinki #Finland

What a summer! In early June I presented at the  NonfictioNow Conference in Reykjavík Iceland, where I finally met Stockholm-based Nigerian travel photographer Lola Akinmade Åkerström (not pictured) and a cousin (pictured) joined me. In late June / early July I presented at Documenta 14's Gathering of Biafran Children Survivors in Athens, Greece (pictured with Chris Okigbo's daughter Obi) and had lunch with a friend I hadn't seen in  34 years. Now I'm at the Afro European Con