In the interest of sharing what African young writers and media entrepreneurs from other parts of Africa are doing in promoting under-represented African stories, this Oromo Press podcast presents an in-depth interview with Aminata Diop, a Senegalese published author based in New York City. Aminata Diop is a novelist and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Tamaji Magazine.
The Tamaji Magazine is "a collaborative bilingual webzine" that promotes communication between black cultures around the world and between new and old African Diasporas using multimedia and social media. Qeerransoo Biyyaa sat down for an interview with Aminata Diop to probe into her professional and creative journey and to share that unique experience with the audience of Oromo Press.
Aminata Diop's has one big vision: she thinks of achieving a digital revolution through her magazine--a kind of revolution that aims to rekindle pan-African cultural conversations among African youth and the youth in the African diasporas around the planet.
The magazine also showcases African stories to interested non-Africans as well in English and French--Aminata speaks and writes in both .
She authored a novel titled The Mirth of College and is now working on her forthcoming novel project.
Listen to the podcast and compare this West African experience to your own Oromo, East African experience. Also,find out what kind of hip-hop music and Senegalese music Aminata Diop enjoys listening to toward the end of the interview.