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A-dZiko Simba Gegele

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Biography

A-dZiko Gegele is a poet, playwright and novelist of Jamaican and Nigerian parentage. She completed a residency at the prestigious Yaddo Artists’ Retreat and participated in the Cropper Residency and Calabash Writers Workshops. Her work has been published in numerous international anthologies, and her first novel All Over Again was the winner of the 2014 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature.

Awards

2014 CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature Winner, CODE Burt Awards

Years Attended

2014, 2014 Adult’s Festival Participant, 2014 Children's Festival Participant

A-dZiko Simba Gegele

Author
Jamaica, UK