Four female writers from Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria have arrived Iseyin, Nigeria, for the February /March 2024 edition of the Ebedi International Writers Residency. They are Hembadoon Babatunde, Abundance Amamchukwu, Professor Mbaiver Nyitse and Rebecca Abafum.

In addition to their individual writing projects, the writers will also mentor secondary school students in Iseyin during their four-week stay.The Residency is a private initiative for the free use of writers in need of a conducive environment to complete their ongoing works.

Since its establishment in 2010, the facility has hosted 250 writers from 12 African countries. The writers stay at the residency is sponsored by the Above Whispers Foundation established by the eminent feminist thinker, gender specialist, policy advocate and writer, Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi.

Erelu Fayemi is a long standing friend of the Ebedi Residency and we are delighted with this collaboration which has facilitated the sponsorship of female writers in various residences at Ebedi since 2023 till date. She is the author of Speaking above a Whisper (2013), Speaking for myself (2013), Loud Whispers (2017) and Where is your Wrapper (2020).