ABOUT VIVIAN

Vivian started writing in 2014. She participated in the 2015 and 2016 Writivism Writing Workshops in Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana. Her short story, A Ball Of Thread, was long-listed for the Writivism Short Story Competition and published in Roses for Betty, the 2015 Writivism Anthology. Her non-fiction piece, A Long Way from Home, was shortlisted for the 2017 Koffi Addo Price for Creative non-fiction and published in Enkare Review. Other fiction and non-fiction pieces written by her are published in Jalada Bonus Issue – Fear. The New Black Magazine, Sahara Reporters, Premium Times, My Mind Snapps, and Dugwe Magazine. Vivian blogs at https://vivianogbonna.wordpress.com. She currently volunteers as Nigeria News Editor for the Friends of Nigeria newsletter, published by Friends of Nigeria, an association of former Peace Corps Volunteers– https://www.friendsofnigeria.org. She is one of Africa’s representatives at the International Oral History Association (IOHA)

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