The Milaya Project: Embroidering Resilience in Uganda’s Largest Refugee Settlement

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When Swedish/German photojournalist Nora Lorek first set foot in Bidibidi, northern Uganda—one of  the world’s largest refugee settlement, home to over 250,000 South Sudanese—she did not expect to discover a textile tradition that would transform her work. It was 2017, and she had come to document Uganda’s refugee response, curious to understand how a functioning […]

Oyinkan Braithwaite on Cursed Daughters: “I Want Readers to Feel Relief That Things Worked Out”

Oyinkan Braithwaite on Cursed Daughters: "I Want Readers to Feel Relief That Things Worked Out" oyiinkan braithwaite

After the phenomenal success of My Sister, the Serial Killer, Nigerian-British author Oyinkan Braithwaite returns with Cursed Daughters—a haunting family saga that blends realism with the supernatural, exploring inheritance, identity, and the unshakable weight of generational curses. When Oyinkan Braithwaite’s debut novel My Sister, the Serial Killer hit shelves in 2018, it felt like lightning […]