ML Kejera

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ML Kejera. Award-winning Gambian author and journalist based in Illinois. Currently working on my debut novel. I'm an Illinois-based writer from The Gambia. I've been short-listed for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and I'm a recipient of The Miles Morland Writing Scholarship for my in-progress novel, The Dictator's Eidolon, for ...

M.L. Kejera - The Miles Morland Foundation

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M.L. Kejera. 2022, 2022 Winners, Winners. Though born in Bakau, The Gambia, ML Kejera was raised in Dakar, Dammam, and Tunis. He is currently based in Illinois. His work has previously been published in Strange Horizons, adda, LARB, The Cafe Irreal, and The Nation. He was the first Gambian shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize ...

Strange Horizons - ML Kejera By Strange Horizons

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ML Kejera is a Gambian writer based in Chicago. He is a Caine Prize nominee and Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlistee. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Nation, PanelxPanel, and adda. He reviews comics for The A.V. Club. Please send him pictures of your favorite pizza @kejeraL.

M. L. Kejera | Los Angeles Review of Books

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M. L. Kejera. M. L. Kejera is a Gambian writer based in Illinois who was raised in Senegal, Saudi Arabia, and Tunis. He was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2020. A story of ...

#JayLitSpotlightSeries: ML Kejera - JAY Lit

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For ML Kejera, Writing is a Recontextualization of Reality ML Kejera was born in Bakau, The Gambia. In 1997, his family fled to Senegal because Yahya Jammeh, Gambia's dictator at the time, was targeting his father. While his father left in 1996, the rest of the family joined the following year, sojourning in Saudi Arabia,

ML Kejera - The New Inquiry

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ML Kejera is a Gambian writer based in Illinois. He was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2020. A story of his was nominated for the 2020 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. His work has previously appeared in Lolwe, adda, The Nation, The AV Club, and Strange Horizons.

ML Kejera | The Nation

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ML Kejera. is an Illinois-based writer from Gambia. He has been short-listed for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and is a recipient of The Miles Morland Writing Scholarship for his in-progress ...

M.L. Kejera - The A.V. Club

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ML Kejera is a Gambian writer based in Chicago. His work has previously been published, or is forthcoming, with The Nation and PanelxPanel. He is a Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlistee.

Strange Horizons - Alhaji Jerry By ML Kejera

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ML Kejera is a Gambian writer based in Chicago. He is a Caine Prize nominee and Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlistee. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Nation, PanelxPanel, and adda. He reviews comics for The A.V. Club. Please send him pictures of your favorite pizza @kejeraL.

Strange Horizons - Podcast: Alhaji Jerry By ML Kejera, Podcast read by ...

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ML Kejera is a Gambian writer based in Chicago. He is a Caine Prize nominee and Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlistee. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Nation, PanelxPanel, and adda. He reviews comics for The A.V. Club. Please send him pictures of your favorite pizza @kejeraL.

ML Kejera - adda

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ML Kejera is a Chicago-based author from The Gambia. Though born in Bakau, he left the country with his family in 1999. He has lived in Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the US. He speaks English and French and can understand Mandinka. His work has been published in riverSedge, The Cafe Irreal, Sleaze Mag, Strange Horizons, Riddled With Arrows, Popula, PanelxPanel, and The Outline. He […]

History Maker: ML Kereja - First Gambian to be shortlisted for ... - BBC

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ML Kejera is the first Gambian to be shortlisted for this prestigious award for his story is called 'Fatou vs the Dictator.' So what is it like to be a literary pioneer for your country? He's ...

Qasida for the Sacred Mosque - ML Kejera | Lolwe

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ML Kejera is an Illinois-based writer from The Gambia. His work has previously been published in Strange Horizons, adda, Cafe Irreal, The Outline, Pangyrus, and The Nation. He was shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and nominated for the Caine Prize for African Writing. He is at work on a novel about the fictional nation of ...

Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist: A Dialogue with ML Kejera ...

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ML Kejera is a Chicago based writer from The Gambia. His work has previously been published in Strange Horizons, The Outline, and Cafe Irreal. He was recently shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and nominated for the Caine Prize for African Writing. He is at work on a collection of short stories about the fictional nation of ...

A Comic That Captures the Antic Energy of a Post-Truth World

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ML Kejera is an Illinois-based writer from Gambia. He has been short-listed for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and is a recipient of The Miles Morland Writing Scholarship for his in-progress ...

[The JRB Daily] 'Funny, tragic and defiant in the face of politics ...

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ML Kejera is a Chicago-based author from The Gambia. Though born in Bakau, he left the country with his family in 1999. He has lived in Senegal, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the US. He speaks English and French and can understand Mandinka. His work has been published in riverSedge, The Cafe Irreal, Sleaze Mag, Strange Horizons, Riddled With ...

The Rabbit Hutch v. My Volcano — The Tournament of Books

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ML Kejera (he/him) is an Illinois-based Gambian writer. His work has previously been published, or is forthcoming, in Strange Horizons, adda, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and the Nation.He was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Known connections to this year's contenders: None. / @KejeraL I'll admit to an annoying habit when reading books that attempt to capture, in ...

Strange Horizons - The Magician's Clown By ML Kejera

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ML Kejera is a Gambian writer based in Chicago. He is a Caine Prize nominee and Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlistee. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Nation, PanelxPanel, and adda. He reviews comics for The A.V. Club. Please send him pictures of your favorite pizza @kejeraL.

ML Kejera on Twitter: "thank you DC for making this Batman moment ...

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ML Kejera @KejeraL Not Kejriwal. Caine Prize nominated. Commonwealth Short Story shortlistee He/Him. A TheGambian. mlaminkejera@gmail.com

Strange Horizons, December 14, 2020 - Tangent Online

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Strange Horizons, December 14, 2020 "Alhaji Jerry" by ML Kejera Reviewed by Victoria Silverwolf "Alhaji Jerry" by ML Kejera takes place among refugees fleeing a dictatorship in the tiny African nation of The Gambia. Each member of the family encounters a mouse, in different guises. The youngest child sees it as a figure from an

Strange Horizons - The Crimson Cage by John Lees, Alex Cormack, Ashley ...

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ML Kejera is a Gambian writer based in Chicago. He is a Caine Prize nominee and Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlistee. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Nation, PanelxPanel, and adda.He reviews comics for The A.V. Club.

"Numerous books have left their mark on me" - Voertaal

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ML Kejera's short story has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. "I want to be in a position to help writers from other underrepresented groups. Most of the chances I received were primarily from more established writers taking me under their wing." ML Kejera's short story has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short ...

Strange Horizons - Negalyod: The God Network by Vincent Perriot ...

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ML Kejera is a Gambian writer based in Chicago. He is a Caine Prize nominee and Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlistee. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The Nation, PanelxPanel, and adda. He reviews comics for The A.V. Club. Please send him pictures of your favorite pizza @kejeraL.
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