​MANSA RA is a writer based in Atlanta, GA. Under the name Jiréh Breon Holder, he wrote Too Heavy for Your Pocket and several episodes of New Amsterdam on NBC.

He is currently developing Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon for ColorCreative. Mansa Ra has four plays pending the pandemic: In the Southern Breeze & What to Do About It, …what the end will be, Shutter Sisters, and A Pyramid on the Mississippi which is a devised ensemble epic developed by Pyramid Theatre Company.

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