Sarah Ladipo Manyika

Sarah Ladipo Manyika

FRSL
BornNigeria[1][2]
OccupationNovelist, short-story writer, essayist, literary critic
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
EducationUniversity of Birmingham;
University of Bordeaux;
University of California, Berkeley
GenresNovels, essays, academic papers, book reviews, short stories
Notable worksIn Dependence (2008);
Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun (2016)
SpouseJames Manyika, m. 1994
Website
sarahladipomanyika.com

Sarah Ladipo Manyika FRSL is a British-Nigerian writer of novels, short stories and essays and an active member of the literary community, particularly supporting and amplifying young writers and female voices. She is the author of two well-received novels, In Dependence (2009) and Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun (2016), as well as the non-fiction collection Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora (2022), and her writing has appeared in publications including Granta, Transition, Guernica, and OZY, and previously served as founding Books Editor of OZY.[3] Manyika's work also features in the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.[4]

  1. ^ "Sarah Ladipo Manyika". Ohio State University Libraries. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ "My Life, My Writings". P.M. News. Nigeria. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference OZY was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Photos from the London Launch of Margaret Busby’s New Daughters of Africa Anthology", Brittle Paper, 9 March 2019.