Ngozi Cole |
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From Sierra Leone | ||
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In Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
About Ngozi ColeNgozi Cole is a storyteller who is passionate about human rights and digital advocacy. As a writer covering gender, human rights and culture, her work has been featured in Culture Trip, Brittle Paper, Afreada, Inter Press Service and Women’s Media Center. She recently completed a media fellowship with the Young Feminist Fund (FRIDA), where she reported on abortion rights in Latin America, sexuality education in Ghana and raising the next generation of feminists in Sierra Leone.
After graduating in 2015 from the College of Wooster in Ohio, Ngozi worked briefly at Ashesi University in Ghana, before returning to serve her country in 2016. With four years of experience in development work in Sierra Leone, Ngozi has worked for INGOs in policy, partnerships and strategic communications . She is also the founder and editor of Poda- Poda Stories, a Sierra Leonean literary journal.
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2020 HighlightsIt’s been an interesting year. I could use many words to describe 2020, but let’s just leave it at “interesting”.... Read More
Poda-Poda Stories: Interview SeriesI’m so happy I started a digital literary platform for Sierra Leonean literature. The growth over the past couple of... Read More
Sierra Leone Local Responders Show How Girls’ Rights Can Be Secured In Crisis TimesFor African Feminism, a leading platform for stories about the African feminist movement, I shared how local NGOs in Sierra... Read More
Ngozi Cole on Y2PODThe brilliant and amazing young ladies behind the Y Square Pod podcast interviewed me about my work as a Communications consultant... Read More
Poda-Poda StoriesSo, I started a project I had been thinking about for a while now. I love literature, I love writing,... Read More
Using digital media to amplify African voicesLast month , I was invited by Yasmine Ibrahim of Girl Up Vine Club to share my thoughts on carving... Read More
Of Stories and TraumaI did disappearing acts all the time as a child, and would unintentionally throw my family into a frenzy. “Where... Read More
Building Sierra Leone’s next generation of feministsI am so happy that I got to profile an organisation in Sierra Leone, for my last for the FRIDA... Read More
How feminists are organizing for abortion rights in Latin AmericaFor my first article for the Young Feminist Media Fellowship, I wrote about how feminists in Latin America, are not... Read More
The Best Things to Do in Sierra Leone‘From pristine beaches to an abundance of wildlife and forests, the many charms of Sierra Leone show that this West... Read More