Shailja Patel (she/her) is the author of Migritude. Her essays and commentaries appear in the Guardian, Le Monde Diplomatique, and Internazionale, among others. She has appeared on BBC, Al-Jazeera, and NPR. Honors include a Global Feminist Spotlight from the Nobel Women’s Initiative; fellowships at Yaddo, Civitella Ranieri, Sundance, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts, Nordic Africa Institute, Jozi Book Fair, and Five College Women's Studies Research Centre. Her work features in the Smithsonian Museum's groundbreaking Beyond Bollywood exhibition. Patel is a founding member of Kenyans for Peace, Truth and Justice, a civil society coalition that works for equitable democracy in Kenya. She is currently the Public Affairs Editor for the Massachusetts Review. TwitterX: @shailjapatel