Faith Adiele
FAITH ADIELE is the author of Meeting Faith, an award-winning account of becoming Thailand’s first Black Buddhist nun, and The Nigerian Nordic Girl’s Guide to Lady Problems. Her media credits include A World of Calm (HBO-Max), Sleep Stories (Calm App), the documentary My Journey Home (PBS) about finding her family in Nigeria, and a travel column in Detour and Miami Herald. She co-founded the nation’s first writing workshop for BIPOC travelers and the African Book Club at the Museum of the African Diaspora. Adiele the Chairs Writing & Literature Program at California College of the Arts and teaches in the MFA Writing Program.
10th Anniversary Festival
Speaker - Immigration Narratives: Expansive Genres, Expansive Identities