Writers Project of Ghana, Itoro Bassey to Participate in Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra

Itoro Bassey is an award-winning Nigerian-American writer and journalist whose work explores daughterhood, migration, family, belonging, and life between cultures. Her writing has appeared in Callaloo, Brittle Paper, Literary Hub, and Prairie Schooner, among others. Her debut short-story collection, Ajébutter Women, winner of the W.S. Porter Prize, is forthcoming from Regal House Publishing in April 2027, with an African edition from Paperworth Books. Bassey has received fellowships and residencies from institutions including the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study and the Edward F. Albee Foundation. A former BBC producer, she has worked across journalism, culture, and global affairs. Her writing asks what we inherit from the people and places that shape us—and what we choose to carry forward.