Amanda Ilozumba is an African writer from Nigeria. Her writing can be found in Black Phoenix Ink, Reckoning Press, Solarpunk mag, and Lolwe. She was shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Morland writing scholarship, the 2022 Republic New Voices essay competition, and nominated for the 2023 Utopia awards.   

Amanda likes to think of herself as three owls disguised as a human. She writes to tell the African story through the African lens and is currently working on two novellas. You can find her on Twitter @amandailozumba or Instagram @amandailozumba