Afua Ansong

Biography

Afua Ansong is a Ghanaian American writer, dancer, and photographer. Her work interrogates the challenges of the African immigrant in the United States, exploring themes of transition, citizenship, and identity. Her chapbook American Mercy is forthcoming with Finishing Line Press. Her work can be seen or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, Frontier, Newfound and elsewhere.

Research

20th-21st Century Afro Diaspora Literature

Courses Taught

WRT 104: Writing to Inform and Explain

Curriculum Vitae

Twitter and Instagram: @Afuathepoet