Beverley Ann Abrahams

Beverley Ann Abrahams is a Zimbabwean poet and short story writer, a teacher of English for 40 years, and an activist against gender-based violence with DD4P, Daughter Destined For Purpose, a UK based charity organisation in Zimbabwe.. She has been published in three anthologies of international poets and one regional anthology of female human rights defenders. She is published in three anthologies of African short stories; and was second runner-up for the Kendeka prize for African Literature in 2022. In 2024 she was short-listed for the inaugural Carnelian Heart (UK) short story prize and the Intwasa Yvonne Vera Award. In December 2024, her poem “Broken Teeth” (Ipikai issue 5) was published in “Dambudzo Marechera At The Old Fire Station” by Oxford Brookes University. FB@Beverley Ann X@Bevy262 Insta@Beverley Abrahams LinkedIn@Beverley Abrahams