Ivana Akotowaa Ofori Editor

Ivana Akotowaa Ofori ('Introducing Anansi') is a Ghanaian storyteller. She is a weaver of words in many forms, including fiction, non-fiction and spoken-word poetry. A 2023 alumna of the Clarion West Six-Week Writing Workshop, Akotowaa has been nominated and shortlisted for various awards, including the Miles Morland Writing Fellowship and the Nommo Awards. Her work has appeared in anthologies such as Tor.com’s Africa Risen (2022), and Clinamen Editions’ Daring Shifts (2023) and in online magazines such as Jalada Africa and AFREADA. Her debut novella, The Year of Return was published in 2024 by Android Press. She lives in Accra, Ghana.