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Bellingham Review Contributor
Claudia Owusu
Claudia Owusu is a Ghanaian writer and filmmaker. Her work divulges the nuance of Black girlhood through a personal and collective lens. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in the Bellingham Review, Indianapolis Review, Vogue, Narrative Northwest, Akoroko, and Brittle Paper. Her films have screened internationally at Aesthetica, the New York African Film Festival, Urbanworld, and Blackstar Fest. She was shortlisted for the 2023 Bernadine Evaristo Prize in African Poetry; and she is currently an MFA candidate in Creative Nonfiction at The Ohio State University.