Adedayo Agarau is the author of “The Years of Blood,” winner of the Poetic Justice Institute Editor’s Prize for BIPOC Writers (Fordham University Press, Fall 2025). He is a Wallace Stegner Fellow ‘25, a Cave Canem Fellow and a 2024 Ruth Lilly-Rosenberg Fellowship finalist. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Agbowó Magazine: A Journal of African Literature and Art and a Poetry Reviews Editor for The Rumpus. He is the author of the chapbooks “Origin of Name” (African Poetry Book Fund, 2020) and “The Arrival of Rain” (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2020).

Olawale Ololade is a Nigerian photographer and visual artist whose work explores the intersection of spirituality, identity, and the human condition. Rooted in storytelling and symbolism, his imagery often evokes the unseen dimensions of everyday life. He has exhibited internationally, including in New York and Florence, and continues to shape conversations around African visual culture through both fine art and editorial work.