Richard Ali, a lawyer and writer, has published the novel, City of Memories (2012) and the poetry collection, The Anguish and Vigilance of Things (2019).
He is a founding member of the Nairobi-based arts collective and digital publisher, Jalada Africa, which he now leads as Managing Editor; he cofounded the Nigerian publishing house, Parresia Publishers Limited, and the poetry-only press, Konya Shamsrumi.
He has expertise in internal security issues and preventing and countering violent extremism in the Sahel and is currently Executive Director of Engaging Borders SRD. He continues to maintain a law practice in Abuja.