Video: I am new to this writing game, but for me, it is really a nice way of exploring - Desta Haile

Desta Haile, a British-Eritrean singer, writer, and educator, is one of the five shortlisted writers in the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2021. In this exhilarating conversation, she talks of her journey as a writer, writing her shortlisted short story, Ethio-Cubano, life as a singer-writer, and working on her new book.

Desta Haile on writing Ethio-Cubano and making the shortlist of the Afritondo Short Story Prize 2021