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A portrait photo of Peres Owino.

Peres Owino wants writers to bring nobility when writing about present day, or ancestral Africans.

Photo by MK McGehee.

Peres Owino is Bringing Back Nobility in African Storytelling

The Kenyan American writer, whose docudrama ‘African Queens: Njinga,’ received twelve nominations in the Daytime Emmys this year, discusses her craft, authenticity in storytelling, and upcoming projects.