Claudia Owusu is a Ghana girl through and through. As a writer and filmmaker, her work divulges the nuance of Black girlhood through a personal and collective lens. 

Her writing is featured or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, The Offing Mag, Chestnut Review, Ninth Letter, Bellingham Review, and elsewhere. Her films have screened internationally at Aesthetica, the New York African Film Festival, Urbanworld, and Blackstar Fest.

She is the author of the chapbook, In These Bones I am Shifting from Akashic Books. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from The Ohio State University. She has received support and fellowships from the Blue Mountain Center, the Ohioana Library, and the Greater Columbus Art Council.

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Her favorite song, if she had to choose, is “Binz” by Solange.