…a masterful storyteller with biting humor
– The Examiner
Femi is as endearing as she is skilled, and she brings great life to this simple and engaging story. Each character she creates is detailed, distinct, and authentic.
– Outreach Nerd
Poetry
Pushcart Prize Winner (2024)
“America Grows Thicker with Us” | Michigan Quarterly Review. Spring 2024, guest edited by Chris Abani
“the world is a stool on my head” but by all means take a seat” | Good River Review, winner of the 2024 Pushcart Prize
“Summer Flight on a Golden Shovel” | West Trade Review
“milksleep” | Wild Roof Journal
“prolific” | Two Thirds North. Spring 2024
“I left the Sermon to Meet You” | Stone Poetry Journal
“The Return” | Stone Poetry Journal
“grown girl: she thinks of the dead” | Spotlight Journal
Screen
2025 Sundance Episodic Lab Fellow
Selected as a 2025 Sundance Episodic Lab fellow with Butter Baby
In this animated satire set in turbulent ’90s Nigeria, a group of 10-year-old misfits confront class, capitalism, oppression, and fourth grade.
Stage
Take Me To The Poorhouse
wrote, co-produced, and performed this award-winning comedy about a middle-class Nigerian third grader who dreams of becoming poor to win the heart of her popular classmate.
Rant & Rave
wrote on the theme of adventure for Rant and Rave's monthly series. 6 writers. 1 topic.
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