#TBT | Cuteness Overload: Pictures of African Authors as Kids

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re sharing with you some pictures we found on the world wide web of contemporary African women authors as kids. All these authors are also contributors to the monumental anthology New Daughters of Africa (2019), edited by Margaret Busby. Enjoy this walk back through time!

(P.S. Head over to our Instagram page to check out our #ReadingTheDaughtersOfAfrica campaign.)

Ayesha Harruna Attah

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

Bernardine Evaristo

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Grasping at Life: not yet walking. #firstteeth #memorylane

A post shared by Bernardine Evaristo (@bernardineevaristowriter) on Aug 11, 2018 at 12:46am PDT

Chibundu Onuzo

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So young, so chic in my black turtle neck, what else could I grow up to be but a writer?

A post shared by Dr Chibundu Onuzo (@chibundu.onuzo) on Oct 6, 2015 at 5:24am PDT

Chika Unigwe

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#tbt giving a speech at my school, FGGC, Bwari , Abuja , welcoming guests to a school event 🙂 Head Girl tinz 🙂 Grateful for my years at Bwari, for the friends I made , for my teachers and my principals ( and vice); for the chance to learn leadership skills as a school prefect ; for making me a comfortable speaker in preparation for my life as a writer 🙂 🙂 #tbt #writersofinstagram #nostalgia #bwari #abuja #prounitate

A post shared by chika Unigwe (@realchikaunigwe) on Sep 5, 2019 at 9:05am PDT

Minna Salami

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I may be just a little older and so on, but I’m otherwise the exact same little unimpressed feminist philosopher (in practice) now as I was then. Thanks for the photo @arikantola cc @finnarrian look who ya uncle found!

A post shared by Minna Salami (@msafropolitan) on Oct 3, 2017 at 8:55am PDT