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gal-dem contributors directory

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Below is a list of brilliant writers, illustrators, activists, creatives and more.

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01

Name:

Abigail Anii

Contact:

abigailani.journoportfolio.com

Profession(s):

Writer

02

Name:

Abinaya Nathan

Contact:

abi.k.nathan@gmail.com

@abiknathan

Profession(s):

Writer

03

Name:

Adam Nasser Benmakhlouf

Contact:

adambenmakhlouf@gmail.com

@adambenmakhlouf

Profession(s):

Writer, Scotland-based, arts, politics

04

Name:

Adama Juldeh Munu

Contact:

amunu22@gmail.com

twitter: adamajmunu

Profession(s):

Writer, journalist, producer

05

Name:

Adenike Fapohunda

Contact:

nikefapohunda@gmail.com

Profession(s):

Writer

06

Name:

Adeola Ogundele

Contact:

adeolaogundele@hotmail.co.uk

Twitter - @AdeolaO_

Profession(s):

Writer

07

Name:

Adewojumi Aderemi

Contact:

@dewoju Twitter

@dewoju (Twitter)

Profession(s):

Editor

08

Name:

Aditi Shivaramakrishnan (she/her/hers)

Contact:

iamaditishiva@gmail.com

@clouddogclub on Instagram

Profession(s):

Editor, Writer, Speech-to-text interpreter

09

Name:

Adwoa

Contact:

auntyadj@gmail.com

@auntyadj

Profession(s):

Writer

10

Name:

Adwoa Owusu-Barnieh

Contact:

adwoaowusubarnieh@gmail.com

IG: adwoa_ob

Profession(s):

Writer, Editor

11

Name:

Affly

Contact:

afflyjohnson@gmail.com

@affly__

Profession(s):

Writer, Poet

12

Name:

Aimée Grant Cumberbatch

Contact:

aimeevgc@gmail.com

@aimeevgc

Profession(s):

Editor, Writer

13

Name:

Aisha

Contact:

aishamirzaoffgrid@gmail.com

@uglyinahotway

Profession(s):

Writer

14

Name:

Aisha Rimi

Contact:

aisha@theaisharimi.com

@theaisharimi on Twitter, IG & TikTok

Profession(s):

Writer

15

Name:

Akshata Kapoor

Contact:

akshatakapoor2002@gmail.com

Twitter: akshatakapoor12

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/akshata-kapoor-2408a11b6

Profession(s):

Writer

16

Name:

Alan Smith

Contact:

alannigelsmith@aol.com

Profession(s):

Creative / steelpan musician / story teller

17

Name:

Alex Smyth

Contact:

alexwsmyth@gmail.com

@guch_world

Profession(s):

Illustrator

18

Name:

Alia Waheed

Contact:

alia_waheed@yahoo.co.uk

Twitter: @AliaWaheed

Insta: aliawaheedjourno

Profession(s):

Writer - news, features entertainment with South Asian / Muslim links

19

Name:

Alice Kemp-Habib

Contact:

alicekemphabib@gmail.com

@alice_khabib on Twitter and Insta

Profession(s):

Writer and editor

20

Name:

Alice Z Jones

Contact:

a.jones@udk-berlin.de

@alicezjones

Profession(s):

Artist, illustrator

21

Name:

Alicia Stratford

Contact:

aliciastratford30@gmail.com

oxaliciaxo - Instagram

Profession(s):

Freelance Producer

22

Name:

Alisa Jordan Walker

Contact:

alisa_jordan@outlook.com

@alisajordanwrites

Profession(s):

Sub-editor

23

Name:

Almaz Ohene

Contact:

hi@almazohene.com

@AlmazOhene IG:

@almazohene

Profession(s):

Writer

24

Name:

Alysha Ali

Contact:

alysha.e.a@gmail.com

@alyshaellaali

Profession(s):

Creative Strategist, Director, Producer, Partnerships and Project Manager

25

Name:

Amal Abdi

Contact:

amalabdi300@gmail.com

@amoollie_

Profession(s):

writer

26

Name:

Amanda Agyei

Contact:

sndyag2019@gmail.com

instagram.com/_tuesday_born/

Profession(s):

Writer, Artist, Translator (Italian-English), Podcast editor

27

Name:

Amber Sunner

Contact:

ambersunner@live.co.uk

@ambersunner

Profession(s):

Writer

28

Name:

Amita Joshi

Contact:

amitacjoshi@hotmail.com

@amitacjoshi

Profession(s):

Editor

29

Name:

Ana Blumenkron

Contact:

ana@anablumenkron.com

@blumenkron

Profession(s):

Photographer

30

Name:

Ana Peralta

Contact:

anacjmperalta@gmail.com

Thatgirl_ana (twitter)

Profession(s):

Writer

31

Name:

Anahit Behrooz

Contact:

anahit.behrooz@gmail.com

Twitter: anahitrooz

Instagram: bananahit

Profession(s):

Writer

32

Name:

Ananya Kumar-banerjee

Contact:

ananyanvkb@gmail.com

Profession(s):

Writer

33

Name:

Andreena Leeanne

Contact:

hello@andreena.co.uk

@andreena.leeanne.speaker

@PoetryLGBT

Profession(s):

Lived Experience Speaker, Wellbeing Workshop Facilitator, Author & Poet

34

Name:

Angela Hui

Contact:

angela.huiii@gmail.com

Twitter: @angela_hui

Insta: @angelahuii

Profession(s):

Writer

35

Name:

Aniqah Choudhri

Contact:

Twitter @aniqahc

@aniqahc

Profession(s):

Writer

36

Name:

Anisha Saigal

Contact:

saigalster@gmail.com

Twitter: @snobster

Instagram: @snob.ster

Profession(s):

Writer

37

Name:

Anita Bhadani

Contact:

anitabhadani@protonmail.com

Twitter: @anitabhadani

Profession(s):

Freelance journalist and writer

38

Name:

Aniya Das

Contact:

aniyadaslive@gmail.com

@aniyadas_

Profession(s):

Podcast Producer & Writer

39

Name:

Anjali Prashar-Savoie

Contact:

anji.jelly@hotmail.com

@fossafossa

Profession(s):

Cultural Producer, Writer, DJ

40

Name:

Anjum Peerbacos

Contact:

Anjum11@hotmail.com

@mammaanji

Profession(s):

Writer

41

Name:

Anmol Irfan

Contact:

Twitter.com/anmolirfan22

Twitter.com/anmolirfan22

Profession(s):

Writer

42

Name:

Annabel sowemimo

Contact:

annabel@decolonisingcontraception.com

@sosowemimo on Twitter

@soafrodiziac on IG

Profession(s):

Writer

43

Name:

Anshika Khullar (AORISTS)

Contact:

anshikakhullar@hotmail.co.uk

instagram.com/aorists

Profession(s):

Illustrator

44

Name:

Antoinette Ralferine

Contact:

awentworthsmith@gmail.com

@ralferine

Profession(s):

Writer

45

Name:

Anugraha Sundaravelu

Contact:

anulee95@gmail.com

@anulee95

Profession(s):

Writer

46

Name:

April Brown

Contact:

hello@aprilbrown.co.uk

Profession(s):

DJ / producer / facilitator /curator

47

Name:

Arusa Qureshi

Contact:

arusaqureshi@gmail.com

@arusaqureshi

Profession(s):

Writer and editor

48

Name:

Asma Shah

Contact:

Asma@you-make-it.org

@asmayoumakeit

Profession(s):

Activist and founder of You Make It

49

Name:

Asyia Iftikhar

Contact:

asyia.iftikhar@gmail.com

@asyiaiftikhar

Profession(s):

Writer

50

Name:

Aude Nasr

Contact:

audeaboulnasr@gmail.com

Instagram : @ahlan.my.darlings

Profession(s):

Illustrator, animator

51

Name:

Ayesha Chaudhry

Contact:

ayesha.chaudhry@hotmail.co.uk

@between2books_

Profession(s):

Writer

52

Name:

Ayesha Le Breton

Contact:

ayeshaleb@gmail.com

ayesha_lebreton

Profession(s):

writer

53

Name:

Ayobami

Contact:

Instagram @Directedbyab

Directedbyab

Profession(s):

Producer & director

54

Name:

Be Manzini

Contact:

belemanzini@icloud.com

@bemanzini @becreates

Profession(s):

Interviews, writer (film, poetry, interviews & reviews).

55

Name:

Bea Obe (they/them)

Contact:

beatrice.n.obe@gmail.com

@overlordbea (insta)

Profession(s):

Writer (fiction + non-fiction shortform pieces), Illustrator + Graphic Designer

56

Name:

Bella Okuya

Contact:

bellaokuyagmail.com

@bellaokuya @redrolledandseen

Profession(s):

Photographer + Collective Founder

57

Name:

Benita

Contact:

Twitter @benita_bard

@benita_bard

Profession(s):

Writer

58

Name:

Bernice Mulenga

Contact:

bernicemulenga@gmail.com

instagram.com/burneece

Profession(s):

Photographer, grief worker and nightlife contributor

59

Name:

Bex shorunke

Contact:

beckyshorunke@gmail.com

Profession(s):

Previously wrote a few articles for galdem , writer freelance

60

Name:

Bhavani Kunjulakshmi

Contact:

bhavanikunjulakshmi@gmail.com

instagram.com/bhavanikunjulakshmi/

Profession(s):

Writer

61

Name:

Bilan Ali

Contact:

bilehibo@gmail.com

Profession(s):

Writer

62

Name:

Billie McKenzie

Contact:

billie_mckenzie@yahoo.com

@billiemua

Profession(s):

Makeup Artist

63

Name:

Black Blossoms

Contact:

hello@black-blossoms.online

@blackblossoms.online

Profession(s):

Expanded Curatorial Platform & Art Education Highlighting Black and POC artists.

64

Name:

Black Girls In Design

Contact:

Info@blackgirlsindesign.com

@blackgirlsindesign

Profession(s):

Community of Black Females and Women of Colour in Graphic Design

65

Name:

Boluwatito Sanusi

Contact:

boluwatitosanusi@gmail.com

Profession(s):

Writer

66

Name:

Brown Suga Saga

Contact:

ThisIsBrownSugar@gmail.com

twitter.com/BrownSugarSaga

tiktok.com/@BrownSugarSaga

Profession(s):

Gamer, content creator

67

Name:

Cam Khalid

Contact:

camelia.cmk@gmail.com

cammkay

Profession(s):

Writer

68

Name:

Ceyda Yildiran

Contact:

Ceyday-29@hotmail.com

Profession(s):

Writer

69

Name:

charis mcgowan

Contact:

charismaria.mcg@gmail.com

twitter @charis_mcgowan

Profession(s):

music editor-at-large

70

Name:

Chloe Pierre

Contact:

thyself.london@gmail.com

@thy.self

Profession(s):

wellness marketing and events company

71

Name:

Chloe Sih

Contact:

chlosih@gmail.com

@chlosih on TikTok,Twitter & Instagram

Profession(s):

Writer

72

Name:

Christina Ivey

Contact:

christina.ivey99@gmail.com

Twitter:@christina_ivey

Instagram: chris.heic

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ivey

Profession(s):

former Editorial and Commercial Intern, writer

73

Name:

Christine Lai

Contact:

Instagram

@ial_christine

Profession(s):

Cultural Producer

74

Name:

Christine Ochefu

Contact:

christineochefu@gmail.com

Twitter - @noirchristine

IG - @noir_christine

LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/christine-ochefu-09a8b8121

Profession(s):

Writer, Consultant, Strategist, Curator

75

Name:

Cici Peng

Contact:

cici.x.peng@gmail.com

@itsprincesspeng

Profession(s):

Writer, editor for Our Place is Here

76

Name:

Clarkisha Kent

Contact:

www.clarkishakent.com/contact-1

Twitter: IWriteAllDay_

IG: ClarkishaKent

Hive Social: ClarkishaKent

Profession(s):

Writer + Podcast Host

77

Name:

Corrine Willis

Contact:

corrinewillis33@gmail.com

www.instagram.com/corrinebw

Profession(s):

Writer

78

Name:

Cyrine Sinti

Contact:

cyrinesinti@gmail.com

@CyrineSinti

Profession(s):

Writer

79

Name:

Daisy Ifama

Contact:

daisyifama@gmail.com

@daisyifama

Profession(s):

Filmmaker, Creative, Photographer

80

Name:

Dalia Dawood

Contact:

ddawood44@gmail.com

@dda_wood

Profession(s):

Writer

81

Name:

Daniella Chukwuezi

Contact:

daniellachukwuezi@gmail.com

IG: @deecee.archive

@deecee.shop

Profession(s):

Photographer, graphic designer and rug tufter

82

Name:

Danielle Koku

Contact:

daniellekoku@gmail.com

@baithoeven

Profession(s):

Writer

83

Name:

Darshita Goyal

Contact:

goyaldarshita9@gmail.com

Profession(s):

Writer

84

Name:

Dawn Limbu

Contact:

dawnlimbumedia@gmail.com

dawnlimbu

Profession(s):

Writer

85

Name:

Dayna Tohidi

Contact:

daynatohidi@outlook.com

@dayna.tohidi

Profession(s):

copywriter, journalist, tutor

86

Name:

Désirée Hiu Ching Fong

Contact:

desiree.524@gmail.com

FrontlineFeminists

Profession(s):

Writer

87

Name:

Dhruti Modha

Contact:

dhrutimodha@gmail.com

@dhrvti and @dhrutipaints

Profession(s):

Writer. Marketing at Footnote Press (@wearefootnote), publishing on identity + resistance.

88

Name:

Dina Macki

Contact:

dina@dinewithdina.co.uk

dinewithdina / dinamacki(twitter)

Profession(s):

Food Writer, Developer, Presenter & Creative

89

Name:

Diyora Shadijanova

Contact:

diyora.shadijanova@gmail.com

twitter.com/thediyora

instagram.com/thediyora/

Profession(s):

First Person editor, then Climate editor

90

Name:

Dominic Cadogan

Contact:

dominic.s.cadogan@gmail.com

@dominic.cadogan

Profession(s):

Writer/Editor

91

Name:

Dorneka Ward

Contact:

Instagram or dornekaward@gmail.com

@dewwrites_

Profession(s):

writer

92

Name:

Ebuni Ajiduah

Contact:

info@untypeyourhair.com

@untypeyourhair

Profession(s):

Trichologist/ Writer

93

Name:

Eileen Gbagbo

Contact:

eileengbagbo@gmail.com

Profession(s):

Writer

94

Name:

Eilidh Akilade

Contact:

eilidh.akilade@gmail.com

@eilidhakilade_

Profession(s):

writer

95

Name:

Elete N-F

Contact:

elete.nf@gmail.com

@elettttte

Profession(s):

writer, editor, translator

96

Name:

Ella Alalade

Contact:

ellaalalade@gmail.com

Instagram - @ellaalalade

Twitter - @alaladeland

Profession(s):

Writer, Archivist

97

Name:

Ella Jukwey

Contact:

elladecember24@gmail.com

@EllaDecember on Twitter & Instagram

Profession(s):

Writer

98

Name:

Ella Sinclair

Contact:

ejsinclair87@gmail.com

Instagram: ellajsinclair_

Twitter: ella_clair

Profession(s):

Writer, editor

99

Name:

Ella Wilks-Harper

Contact:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ella-wilks-harper

Profession(s):

Writer & Teacher

100

Name:

Emli Bendixen

Contact:

emli@emli.co.uk

instagram.com/emlibendixen

Profession(s):

Photographer