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Musih Tedji Xaviere

Musih Tedji Xaviere (Njinikom, Cameroon) is a UK-based  writer, activist, and Moth Storyteller. She is an alumna of the Goethe-Institut, the Moth, and the African Women Development Fund writing programs. Her debut novel, These Letters End in Tears, which won the 2021 Pontas and JJ Bola Emerging Writer’s Prize, was shortlisted for the 2025 British Book Awards and was selected as a Brittle Paper Notable African Book of the year. Her work has appeared in Odd Magazine.

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