Oyinkansola Sofela grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, and currently resides in New York, where she was born. A child of Yoruba and Igbo parents, storytelling was a natural part of her upbringing. Her work rests at the intersection of history, healing, and hope. She is committed to exhuming ancestral stories in an effort to illuminate a path to joy and freedom. Her first published work, "Remembrance," won Second Prize in the 2022 SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is a 2023 SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellow. You can find her on Twitter @oyinkansolaso.
