Cianga (cha-nga)  is a Congolese artist based in California, by way of South Africa. Winner of the 2023 Evaristo Prize and a recipient of the Cave Canem + EcoTheo’s Starshine & Clay Fellowship, Cianga creates interdisciplinary work that seeks to decolonize and disrupt language. They earned an MFA from Bennington College and have received residency and fellowship support from UC Berkeley’s Arts & Research Center, Brooklyn Poets, and Atlantic Center for the Arts. Their work can be found in New England Review, Foglifter Journal, Rappahannock Review, EcoTheo Review and elsewhere. They write, draw, compose, perform with the belief of black art as radical joy and critical protest.

Their debut chapbook, Congo, seen from the heavens is available through now with Foglifter Press.

For more information on Cianga's achievements and career, check out their CV.

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