Ngozi Monica Cole
Founder and Editor @Poda-Poda Stories
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WORK HISTORY
Founder and Editor @Poda-Poda Stories
Poda-Poda Stories is a digital platform dedicated to Sierra Leonean literature. We publish poetry, essays, and fiction from Sierra Leonean writers at home and in the diaspora. Poda-Poda Stories also conducts interviews with established and published Sierra Leonean authors, to give a window into their creative process and journeys.
EDUCATION
The College of Wooster
Bachelor of Arts - BA
Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
Master of Science - Honors | Brigid O'Hara-Forster Scholar
ABOUT NGOZI MONICA COLE
I am a Sierra Leonean print and audio journalist reporting on social issues. Some of the stories I\'ve covered include abortion access in Sierra Leone, allegations of institutional racism at Médecins Sans Frontières, housing injustice in New York, and healthcare access in Ohio. I also run Poda-Poda Stories, a literary journal which I founded in 2020. We publish fiction, essays, poems and reviews by Sierra Leonean emerging and established writers. We also run an interview series, where we talk to Sierra Leonean writers about their careers and craft. We recently got funding from The Commonwealth Foundation to support a writing fellowship in Sierra Leone. Before pursing journalism full-time, I worked in communications and policy in the aid industry. My roles included creating and implementing communications strategies for international non-profit organizations and aid agencies in Sierra Leone.
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