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The Meridian Africa presents
The Founders Anthology
◆
Every founder carries a beginning worth returning to.
Watch the invitation
Your founder story is the most trusted thing you own. ◆
Before the world can value you, it has to meet the person who began it. ◆
We write the true version, told well. ◆
We tell the founder stories of Africa. ◆
Your founder story is the most trusted thing you own. ◆
Before the world can value you, it has to meet the person who began it. ◆
We write the true version, told well. ◆
We tell the founder stories of Africa. ◆
An Open Hand
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We are eager to hear it, and our storytellers are ready to tell it well, and to carry it to the audience meant to find you. One short conversation, and your story becomes a published feature you own and can share, in perpetuity.
We keep the circle small, so that every story gets the care it deserves.
Complimentary, by invitation.
