Pede Hollist is a Professor of English at the University of Tampa and an award-winning fiction writer. His credits include So the Path Does Not Die, named the 2014 African Literature Association Creative Book of the Year; “Wherever Something Stands, Something Else Must Stand Beside It,” named 2023 African Literature Association Best Short Story; “Foreign Aid,” shortlisted for the 2013 Caine Prize; and “The Tale of the Three Water Carriers,” longlisted for the 2015 Short Story Day competition.