TJ Dema 
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LETHE الانجليزية

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DREAMS الانجليزية

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JUST BECAUSE الانجليزية

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CIRCUMCISION الانجليزية

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THE YARN OF THE HIDDEN SPINDLE الانجليزية

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BREAD FOR THE BIRDS الانجليزية

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FIRST BORN LULLABY الانجليزية

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TJ Dema 
Author

Foto © P. Rolinec / 8ties baby
* , Gaborone, بتسوانا
يعيش في: Gaborone,

Tjawangwa Dema is an award-winning poet, occasional essayist and arts administrator. Her collection The Careless Seamstress won won the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University and is an Honorary Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol.

In 2020 her play Food of the Gods was commissioned as part of Popelei Theatre’s award-winning digital season. She is alumna of the HarperCollins Author Academy in Children’s Fiction. She has given readings and facilitated workshops in over twenty countries. Her work has been translated into numerous languages and a translated collection is forthcoming in German. She has been longlisted for the Women Poets’ Prize and shortlisted for Bristol City Poet. TJ sits on the Bristol Poetry Institute Partnerships Board as well as the Lyra: Bristol Poetry Festival steering committee. She co-produces the Africa Writes – Bristol festival.

Foto © P. Rolinec / 8ties baby