Ciku Kimeria is an author, journalist, communication and strategy specialist, adventurer and travel writer. She writes both fiction and non-fiction, focusing on African stories that need telling, and has written in media outlets such as Bloomberg, Quartz Africa, African Arguments, OkayAfrica, and The Africa Report. She is the author of two mystery novels (Dance of the Monkeys, Of Goats and Poisoned Oranges), and she served as the Africa Communication Manager at Dalberg after years of working as a strategy consultant. She was recently selected for a Bellagio Center Residency by The Rockefeller Foundation.