Born in Nigeria, Angela Ajayi came to the United States to attend college and discovered an undeniable love for literature — and books. After completing a B.A. in English literature, she spent six weeks at the Radcliffe Publishing Course in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and then moved to New York City where she worked in scholarly publishing for a number of years and completed an M.A. in comparative literature at Columbia University. She currently works for a publishing house in New Jersey and edits mainly scholarly books on Africa.