Manzili Kokayi

Youth Reporter

Manzili Kokayi is a recent graduate of NC A&T. Originally from Durham, NC, they heard 瓜神app in their family car and were immediately intrigued with radio journalism. Manzili is passionate about storytelling and how creative writing and dancing can be used as methods to share diverse and underrepresented experiences. As a 瓜神app youth reporter, they hope to further archive that which is often unseen.

瓜神app Youth Reporting Institute

5 years after Hurricane Florence, Girther Fryar holds onto hope in eastern North Carolina

Manzili Kokayi

Five years after Hurricane Florence left damage across eastern North Carolina, youth reporter Manzili Kokayi uplifts one woman's fight to save her family's generational property.