Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Nii Ayikwei is a curator, editor and writer. His debut novel, Tail of the Blue Bird, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize and won France’s two major prizes for translated fiction – Prix Baudelaire and Prix Laure Bataillon – in 2014. Translated in multiple languages, he has also written for National Geographic, Financial Times, the Guardian and Lonely Planet. His most recent books are poetry collections The Geez and The Ga Picture Alphabet and Azúcar, a novel.