Fatuma Adar
Fatuma Adar is a Somali-Canadian writer based in Toronto. She was long-listed in CBC’s Creative Nonfiction Prize and profiled in Up Close: Young Black Women Making Canada Better.
Fatuma Adar is a Somali-Canadian writer based in Toronto. She was long-listed in CBC’s Creative Nonfiction Prize and profiled in Up Close: Young Black Women Making Canada Better. In 2017, she joined the third cohort of The Bars Workshop at the Public Theater in New York City. Her work has been featured in the Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail and an anthology entitled Black Writers Matter published by the University of Regina Press. She is developing a new musical called Dixon Road with support from the OAC, TAC, Obsidian Theatre and The Musical Stage Company. Fatuma is currently in development with CBC for her musical comedy She’s Not Special. She created the campaign Empowering Black Screenwriters that got over 200 Black writers free screenwriting software. In 2020 Fatuma continues her advocacy for Black creators by becoming Artistic Producer of Obsidian Theatre, Canada’s largest theatre for Black voices.
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