Chika Oduah

Chika Oduah
Born
Chikaodinaka Sandra Oduah

(1986-03-14) March 14, 1986 (age 38)
Ogbaru, Anambra State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian, American
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist
Years active2010–present
Websitechika-oduah.com

Chikaodinaka Sandra Oduah (born March 14, 1986) is a Nigerian-American journalist, poet and cultural entrepreneur who has worked as a television news producer, correspondent, writer and photographer.[1] She is the founder of Zikora Media & Arts,[2] which operates as a media production company and a cultural institution. Oduah was formerly a correspondent for VICE News.[3] Known for her unique human-focused ethnographic reporting style with an anthropological approach,[4][5] she was awarded a CNN Multichoice African Journalist Award in 2016. Upon the abduction of 276 schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria, she was the first international journalist to visit and spend extensive time in the remote community of Chibok. Her thorough and exclusive coverage of the mass kidnapping won her the Trust Women "Journalist of The Year Award" from the Thomson Reuters Foundation in 2014.[6] Oduah's reporting explores culture, history, conflict, human rights, and development to capture the complexities, hopes and everyday realities of Africans and people of African descent.[7]

  1. ^ Courtney McLarnon (5 June 2015). "Our Interview of the Month with Chika Oduah". Make Every Woman Count. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ^ Chijioke, Arinze (Jan 22, 2024). "This platform is challenging common stereotypes about Africa". International Journalists' Network. Retrieved Jan 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Chika Oduah (5 December 2020). "Police brutality in Nigeria". VICENews Youtube. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. ^ Sarda, Juan (5 March 2016). "Una mujer contra Boko Haram". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. ^ Chika Oduah (30 June 2015). "A Close Encounter With Boko Haram". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  6. ^ Walstrom, Stephanie (5 May 2015). "Award Winner Chika Oduah on women, technology and "demystifying" Africa". ONE Campaign. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  7. ^ Oduah, Chika (9 December 2020). "Award Winner Chika Oduah- Rest of the World". Rest of World. Retrieved 25 January 2021.