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Tchiyiwe is an award-winning gender and international development professional who has held leadership roles in the human rights and arts sectors. She was born in Bradford and lived her formative years in Zambia and South Africa.

She likes to write about global diaspora communities and currently hosts a television show dedicated to African diaspora social-political affairs. Her main hobby is poetry writing, with some of her work already published in anthologies.

Tchiyiwe's biggest fear is that one day, she will no longer be able to travel and will have a limited view of the world.

Desiree Reynolds Writing From The Richest Of Places

Desiree Reynolds has curated the Black Women Write Now strand of this year’s Off The Shelf Festival of Words, which captures the essence of Toni Morrison’s proclamation that being a black woman writer is not a shallow place, but a rich place to write from.