CONTRIBUTORS

The Spin’s contributors come from the worlds of academia, activism, art and journalism. They are women of color from all over the world. They are African American, Ghanaian, Ugandan, Puerto Rican, Indian American.

 

The contributors are:-

 

Nana Akosua Hanson – Ghanaian. Founding Director, Let’s Talk Consent & Drama QueensGH

Kathleen Addy– Ghanaian. Good Governance activist

Juliet Asante – Ghanaian. Film-maker & Creator of Black Star International Film Festival

Beverley Nambozo – Ugandan. Poet, Artist, Creator of Babishai Poetry Festival

Hannah Azieb Pool – Eritrean-British. Curator, Author, Journalist

AshaBandele – African American. Author, Assistant Communications Director, Drug Policy Alliance

Lynnee Denise – African American. A DJ Scholar who creates Entertainment with a Thesis

Elle Hearns – African American.Executive Producer of the Marsha P Johnson Institute;

Dream Hampton – award winning film-maker & New York Times best-selling author and writer;

Professor Anthea Butler - Scholar;

Dr. YabaBlay. Ghanaian-American - scholar, producer, publisher, author;

Staceyann Chin – Brooklyn based Jamaican lesbian award winning poet, playwright and author;

Dr. Brittney Cooper – scholar, public intellectual, author and writer;

PatrisseCullours – Black Lives Matter co-founder and artist;

Professor Johanna Fernandez - scholar, author and producer; 

Glynda Carr – political strategist and CEO of Higher Heights;

Dr. Christina Greer - Fordham political scientist professor and author;

ShaniJamila - human rights advocate and artist;

Charisse Jones - journalist and award winning author;

Professor Blair Kelley - scholar and author;

Jamilah Lemieux - journalist and editor;

Joan Morgan - critically acclaimed author, award winning journalist and cultural critic;

Imani Perry - Princeton professor and author;

Sofia Quintero - activist and film-maker;

Bhakti Shringapure - scholar and editor;

SalamishahTillet - scholar and author;

ImaniUzuri – artist, composer;

DrTreva B Lindsey – scholar, author and writer and the first Inaugural Equity for Women and Girls of Color Fellow at Harvard University.

 

It has also featured special guests including scholar and author Dr Tricia Rose and MSNBC TV host and scholar, Melissa Harris-Perry. 

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