Aisha
Nelson dreams,
writes, thinks and lives in Accra, Ghana, where she is also a tutor of English
Language and Literature. Her poems were shortlisted by Poetry Foundation Ghana and Erbacce
Press in 2012 and 2014, respectively;Stag-nation
was the winning entry in Akwantuo Writing’s
inaugural Harmattan Poetry Contest. Other works have featured in weeklies, literary and
academic events, radio and other outlets including Accra Theatre Workshop, OneGhanaOneVoice, Kalahari Review, Saraba,
Munyori Journal,Prairie Schooner and recently, Caine Prize’s 2015 Short Story Anthology. Aisha’s blog, Nu kÉ› Hulu (Water and Sun), is at www.aishawrites.wordpress.com