Natasha Gordon-Chipembere

My name is Natasha Gordon-Chipembere. I have a Ph.D. in English and African Diasporic literature. I focused my first academic book on Sarah Baartman in Representation and Black womanhood: The Legacy of Sarah Baartman (Palgrave 2011). My creative non-fiction writing has also been published in Essence Magazine along with a monthly series, “Musings from An Afro-Costa Rican” in the Tico Times. My current literary writing focuses on slavery and the legacy of Afro-descendants in Latin America. My literary historical fiction novel, Finding La Negrita (FLN) was published by Jaded Ibis Press in September 2022. FLN won the 2023 Silver IPPY Award for Best Historical Fiction and was nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Best Debut Novel in 2023. Lastly, I am the founder and host of the annual Tengo Sed Writing Retreats in Costa Rica, an exclusive gathering of global BIPOC writers. I was born in New York to Costa Rican/Panamanian parents.