Rama Musa

Ramatu Musa is a Sierra Leone-born American writer focusing on culture, current affairs, and geopolitics. Musa emigrated from Sierra Leone to the United States in 1998. She was the first student to win the J. William Fulbright fellowship at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she earned an honor's Bachelor of Arts. She worked for the U.S. State Department in Geneva, Switzerland, prior to living in Jerusalem for one year as a Fulbright Scholar. Musa began her writing career with a cover story on the Millennium Villages Project in West Africa.

Background

Musa is a native of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Her first name shares an etymology with Ramatuelle, a commune in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.