Profiles:

Mofiyinfoluwa O. is a writer from Lagos, Nigeria whose work delves into emotional interiorities, womanhood as an embodied experience and the redemptive force of memory. Her work has appeared in Guernica, The Black Warrior Review, Lolwe and elsewhere. She is a second-year candidate on the Non-Fiction MFA at Iowa where she is at work on her debut collection of essays.

Osamamen Oba Eduviere is a third-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Iowa. Her research focus is on Nigerian women migrants in the United States and how they have used religion and food to facilitate their resettlement process. She has a keen interest in ethnography as a research method and has done extensive work using this methodology. A 2023 recipient of the Graduate Engagement Corps (GEC) grant award, Osamamen has been recognized by the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Iowa for her research on African women migrants in Iowa.