Latif Askia Ba is a poet with Choreic Cerebral Palsy from Brooklyn, New York. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University, taught there as an Early Career Fellow, and was the Print Poetry Editor for the Columbia Journal’s sixty-first issue. He is the author The Machine Code of a Bleeding Moon, and his work appears in Poetry Magazine and many other publications. His newest collection, The Choreic Period, is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions in January, 2025.
I created Teranga House as a way to easily share my work with anyone who is interested. Eventually, I want to feature other creators’ work, making this site as communal and hospitable as possible, but for now, I’m focused on creating quality content and growing a quality audience.