African Literature and Film in a Global Conversation – An Interview with Otosirieze Obi-Young

Otosirize Obi Young. (Photo courtesy of Cardinal Studios)

interview: Otosirise Obi Young

Otosirieze Obi-Young is a writer, journalist, curator and editor. open country magazine, a platform that connects and contextualizes African literature and cinema.was the editor of Folio Nigeria, then CNN’s exclusive media affiliate in Africa.He chaired the Gerald Clarke Awards, whose anthology is beautiful things are just born He edited and participated in the review board of the Morland Scholarship.his fiction three sentence review When transitionHe is studying for an MFA in fiction at the Iowa Writers Workshop. In 2019, he received his inauguration Future Prize Africa literary award. He”100 Most Influential Young Nigerians” From Avance Media. He told Shaun de Waal about his Open Country Mag.