Noo Saro-Wiwa
Noo Saro-Wiwa | |
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Born | British-Nigerian |
Citizenship | British, Nigeria |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Writer |
Years active | 2012 - present |
Known for | Travel writing |
Notable work | Transwonderland: Travel in Nigeria |
Relatives |
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Noo Saro-Wiwa is a
Education
Noo Saro-Wiwa was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and grew up in Ewell, Surrey in England.[1] She attended Roedean School, King's College London and Columbia University, New York, and currently lives in London.[2]
Writing
Saro-Wiwa's first book was
In 2016, she contributed to the anthology An Unreliable Guide to London (Influx Press), as well as A Country of Refuge (Unbound), an anthology of writing on asylum seekers. Another of her stories also featured in La Felicità Degli Uomini Semplici (66th and 2nd), an Italian-language anthology based around football.
Her second book, Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China, will be published by Canongate in November, 2023.
She has contributed book reviews, travel, analysis and opinion articles for
Condé Nast Traveller magazine named Saro-Wiwa as one of the "30 Most Influential Female Travellers" in 2018.[5]
She is a contributor to the 2019 anthology
She narrated the BBC documentary Silence Would Be Treason,[7] broadcast 15 January 2022. The documentary includes letters sent by Ken Saro-Wiwa to the Irish nun, Sister Majella McCarron.
Personal life
Noo Saro-Wiwa is the daughter of the Nigerian poet and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, and her twin sister is video artist and filmmaker Zina Saro-Wiwa.
Bibliography
- Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (Granta Books, 2012).
- Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China (Canongate, 2023)
Selected articles
- "The unexpected consequence of gorilla conservation in Uganda", City A.M., 11 December 2019.
- "Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the creation of Fleabag"
- "Swimming With Sharks: Hillary and Chelsea Clinton discuss their new book, Gutsy Women"
- "Working-class heroine: Noo Saro-Wiwa shares insights and advice from Michelle Obama", TLS, 6 December 2018.
- "A land of conquest, casinos and copious wine, Georgia", City A.M., 5 July 2018.
- "What's in a name? Well, the right letters would help", The Guardian, 12 February 2015.
- "Boko Haram: Why selfies won't 'bring back our girls'", Prospect, 20 May 2014.[8]
- "Bombastic, monochrome and simplistic – and yet still I love Top Gun", The Guardian, 16 May 2016.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Jon Henley, "Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa's daughter remembers her father", The Guardian, 31 December 2011.
- ^ "Noo Saro-Wiwa" at David Higham.
- ISBN 978-1-84708-552-8.
- ^ "2013 winner". authorsclub.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014.
- ^ Michelle Jana Chan, "The World's Most Influential Women Travellers", Condé Nast Traveller, 19 December 2018.
- ^ Olatoun Gabi-Williams, "After seminal anthology, Busby celebrates New Daughters of Africa", Guardian Arts, The Guardian (Nigeria), 21 April 2019.
- ^ "Silence would be teason". The Documentary Podcast. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ Noo Saro-Wiwa, "Boko Haram: Why selfies won't 'bring back our girls'", Prospect, 20 May 2014.
- ^ Noo Saro-Wiwa, "Bombastic, monochrome and simplistic – and yet still I love Top Gun", The Guardian, 16 May 2016.