Nadia Bongo is a teaching artist and translator. She holds a PhD in French Language and Literature from Aix-Marseille Universite. She has earned a Brooklyn Poets Fellowship. Her writing and/or photographs have appeared in Apex, African Voices, Litro online, Solstice, The Citron Review, Taos journal of Poetry, Blue Mesa Review, and elsewhere. Nadia's first co-directed short poetry film, Wandering In Beauty, has been selected by festivals such as Fotogenia Film Festival (Mexico). Her second co-created short was on view at a gallery in Philadelphia. She has received grants from University Open Air (Brooklyn Public Library) and Boston Writers of Color. She was a Teaching Artist in Residence for Washington Square Park Conservancy.
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All the photographs on my website are mine except the portrait on the right

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