Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New Yorker and Granta.

She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus; Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize; Americanah, which won the NBCC Award and was a New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year; the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck; and the essay We Should All Be Feminists.

A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.

Joelle Avelino is London-based illustrator. She works with both traditional and digital methods of drawing and painting.

She is greatly inspired by phenomenal women and her African heritage, particularly the bold, empowering history her motherlands hold. Having grown up in the UK she aims to bring these two worlds together through her work.