Plastic Free

Logline: When man finally accuses mother nature of killing humans, she replies with a poem that his actions are actually killing her.

Created by 2023 African Climate Stories Fellows:

Akassy Blessing Ahoua: is a  young lady who started writing stories and poems around the age of 12. Since then, she has entered many poetry competitions and received various recognitions and awards for her works. In 2018, she was among the 100 young Nigerians whose stories were published and launched in a book titled ‘The Future’. In 2022, she was awarded 2nd place in the Dawn Project Initiative’s poetry competition with the theme ‘Recycle, Renew and Rebirth.’ Akassy was also interviewed by a major newspaper in Nigeria following that award. She is passionate about societal impact and using poetry for worthy causes. She is an undergraduate student in medicine Lagos state university, Nigeria.

Olalabi Diya: is a screenwriter and filmmaker passionate about honing and teaching his craft. He has a bachelor’s degree in filmmaking from He has trained over 200 youths from 2013 till date. He loves to tell stories in whatever way possible.

Aghogho Kolawole-Daniels: Is a fisheries biologist and Ecologist with keen interest in conservation of natural resources. She uses writing as a tool to communicate her research findings as a Fisheries biologist. She has been able to share knowledge on anthropogenic impact on Marine fisheries to the general public through writing research papers and articles for conversation of fish diversity.