Maitefa Angaza (Judith Halsey) is the editor of African Voices, an acclaimed, nationally distributed Black arts magazine. She is a co-producer of the documentary In Our Heads About Our Hair (2012) and author of Kwanzaa: From Holiday to Every Day, (Dafina Books, 2007), which climbed to #1 on amazon.com holiday books page. She is the proud former executive editor of the award-winning, now defunct newspaper, The City Sun and also worked as an editor at The Daily Challenge, both New York City publications.
Ms. Angaza works also as an independent journalist, public relations and publicity writer and arts reviewer. Her work has been published in Essence, Black Issues Book Review, The Amsterdam News, Our Time Press, The Network Journal, Positive Community, Dance Attitude and other publications. Her articles, “Maya: A Precious Prism” and “The Rise of Slam Nation” have been required reading at several universities. As an editor she has worked on fiction and non-fiction book projects and both print-related and web-based content. She has been interviewed on radio and cable television and has served as a workshop leader and panel moderator at the Harlem Book Fair and other events.
Ms. Angaza sits on the board of the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, which showcases the work of women of color filmmakers from around the world through an annual weekend conference and a few small events at other the times of the year. She also serves as a member of the board of African Voices Communications.