Richard Ali

 Richard Ali is a Nigerian lawyer and Managing Editor of Jalada Africa ( www.jaladaafrica.org ), a digital publishing arts collective based in Nairobi. Author of the 2012 novel, City of Memories (Parresia Books), Richard held a public policy-shaping role in Nigeria and presently runs Engaging Borders SRD (www.srd.engagingborders.com ), an Open Society-funded PCVE project which uses literature and the arts to address violent extremism in the Sahel.

His debut collection of poems, The Anguish and Vigilance of Things, was published in 2019 by Konya Shamsrumi. He is a partner at the firm of Asia Ahmed & Co. in Abuja, Nigeria.