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Noo Saro-Wiwa

11 months

My new non-fiction travel book - about Africans in China (well, mainly Guangzhou and Hong Kong). Released 2nd November 😊 #blackghosts #africansinchina #noosarowiwa #africanwriters #travelwriters #travelwriting

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

10 months

28 years ago today, my father Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his colleagues were murdered for protesting against oil spills in the Niger Delta. We will never forget. ❤️ #ogoni9 #kensarowiwa #Nigeria

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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4 years

25 yrs ago today, my father #kensarowiwa was murdered by #Nigeria ’s gov’t simply for pursuing human rights for the #Ogoni people in the #nigerdelta . The gov’t still hasn’t pardoned him and his 8 colleagues. They were innocent men. #pardonkensarowiwa #pardontheogoni9 #Buhari

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

2 years

27 yrs ago today my father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and 8 colleagues were judicially murdered by the Nigerian military govt for campaigning against oil pollution in the Niger Delta. I again ask president @MBuhari to please exonerate the Ogoni 9, for the sake of all Nigerians #kensarowiwa

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

3 years

Another year, another plea for Nigeria’s govt to exonerate my father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and the rest of the #Ogoni9 who were executed on false treason charges 26 years ago today for seeking human rights and environmental justice. Help #Nigeria heal and move forward 🙏 #kensarowiwa

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

5 years

Ken Saro-Wiwa and his 8 colleagues died 24 years today in their fight to protect the Niger Delta environment. The oil pollution still hasn’t been cleaned up, and the authorities want to resume oil extraction in Ogoniland. We mustn’t let that happen. #ogoni9 #nigerdelta #hyprep

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

10 months

Recently found this photo of my father in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, circa 1981. The chats we could’ve had about our respective travels. ❤️ #kensarowiwa #noosarowiwa #china #beijing #blackghosts

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

The Nigerian government cannot call itself civilised or claim moral authority while it refuses to exonerate #kensarowiwa and his 8 colleagues. Black lives will matter outside Africa only when they matter in Africa itself. #pardonkensarowiwa #pardontheogoni9 #Buhari

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

Looking hot to trot! My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa (second from left), at Ibadan University, I think. 😊 (Nigeria, c. 1959-62) #kensarowiwa #nigeria

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

3 years

I’m presenting this BBC radio programme about the last writings of my father, Ken Saro-Wiwa. Been postponed a few times, but will finally be broadcast on January 15th

Bairbre Flood 🧡

@BairbreFlood

3 years

'Silence Would Be Treason' the last writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa - first broadcast next week, January 15th on BBC World Service. Presented by @noosarowiwa and voiced by @BArogundade

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@noosarowiwa

10 months

Publication day!! Of my book Black Ghosts. This is the back cover, with endorsements from two writers who inspired me in my youth. Thanks to @canongatebooks , the Miles Morland Foundation and my agent @EliseDillsworth #china #blackghosts #BlackBooks #travelwriting

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

My opinion piece on #diversity in travel writing :)

The TLS

@TheTLS

4 years

Why a greater diversity of writers and view points will help travel writing to raise its game ( @noosarowiwa )

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

5 years

When my late brother Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr met then Senator Barack Obama they gave each other signed copies of their books (my brother wrote In The Shadow of a Saint). This is Obama’s message to Ken, who would’ve turned 51 today ❤️ #barackobama #obama #kensarowiwajr

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

The Niger Delta’s true wealth lies in its natural environment, not its oil 🌴 #EarthDay50 #nigerdelta #nigeria

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

2 years

Happy that my Lagos article (for Conde Nast Traveller) was included in The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century anthology — edited by @jessicagvincent @monisha_rajesh @Levisonwood and @SiWillmore , and available at

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

9 months

Tickets sales end soon for my live talk this Thursday (Nov 23rd) about my new book, Black Ghosts, at Stanfords Travel⁩ bookstore in London, 7pm. 🙂 #blackghosts #BlackBooks #africansinchina #china

Black Ghosts: by Noo Saro-Wiwa

The travel memoir of a Nigerian woman in China, exploring the lives of African economic migrants in the bustling People’s Republic.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

6 years

I’m v. honoured to be included in this list 😊 The World's 30 Most Influential Women Travelers - Condé Nast Traveler

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

10 months

I’m giving a live talk about my new book, Black Ghosts, @StanfordsTravel ⁩ bookstore in London on Thursday 23rd November at 7pm. See link for more details. #blackghosts #BlackBooks #africansinchina #china

Black Ghosts: by Noo Saro-Wiwa

The travel memoir of a Nigerian woman in China, exploring the lives of African economic migrants in the bustling People’s Republic.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

An African in Greenland is one of the best #travel books ever written. I’ve reviewed Tété-Michel Kpomassie’s masterpiece for the ⁦ @thetimes ⁩ #travelbook classic series 😊 #togo #greenland #blacktravellers

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

Look who I bumped into yesterday — my boy, Joe Gomez, Liverpool’s centre back!! Only Covid stopped me wrestling him to the ground and kissing every inch of his face. My life is COMPLETE!! 😁🙏 #restraint #ynwa #liverpoolfc #joegomez #LFC

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

2 years

I speak in this new documentary about the #Nigeria football team, which won Olympic gold in 1996 soon after my activist father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, was murdered. Featuring players like Jay Jay Okocha and Celestine Babayaro. “SuperEagles'96”

SuperEagles'96

Super Eagles ‘96 is a documentary exploring how the men's Nigerian football team came together and found success, first at the African Cup of Nations in 1994, and then the knockout stages of the...

www.amazon.co.uk

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

3 years

Been sitting on this for months, but can finally share the news! My travelogue about Africans in China will be published in 2023. Thanks @epwa66 Here’s to a more prolific decade of writing😊🤞🏾 Canongate lands explorer Saro-Wiwa's 'unique' China travelogue

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

2 years

Gordon Brown recalls how other heads of state addressed Queen Elizabeth as "Your majesty or ma'am, etc." Nelson Mandela would say, "Elizabeth, how's the Duke?" 😂✊🏾

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

Today is Ogoni Day, when we highlight the struggles of the #ogoni people in #nigeria . For more reading, check out @DarajaPress "I am a Man of Peace: Writings Inspired by the #kensarowiwa collection. Edited by @helenfallon at the @library_MU

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

2 years

We’re going to Greenland next year! In the footsteps of the legendary Tete-Michel Kpomassie, author of an “African in Greenland”. Huge thanks to @Hidden_Compass for this opportunity. I’ll be travelling with the fabulous @LolaAkinmade @erikjaraker Can’t wait.

Hidden Compass

@Hidden_Compass

2 years

The 2022 #PathfinderPrize winner has been announced — and they’re going to Greenland! Congratulations to the expedition team, “In Tété’s Footsteps.” Hidden Compass and our Allies look forward to hearing about your discoveries, Pathfinders! @LolaAkinmade @noosarowiwa @erikjaraker

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

Wow, this has made my day! Thanks, Dan :) I’ve been enjoying the other docs on the platform too... learned a whole lot about Haitian history the other night 😊

Dan Snow

@thehistoryguy

4 years

This new documentary on the First Britons, a Bronze Age history with @noosarowiwa has just broken records to become the most watched ever show on History Hit TV! Congratulations!

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

Exonerate, not ‘pardon’. Apologies 😊 #ExonerateKenSaroWiwa #exonerateogoni9 #kensarowiwa #buhari

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

3 years

My broad overview of my father #kensarowiwa ‘s environmental campaign against Shell Oil and its legacy in the Niger Delta. #nigerdelta #nigeria Date with history: Justice my father died for | Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank

Date with history: Justice my father died for

November 10, 1995: Noo Saro-Wiwa writes of the fight with Shell over pollution of the Niger Delta that led to an execution

www.chathamhouse.org

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

10 months

Spoke about my book Black Ghosts on BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week, alongside China economist George Magnus and historian Michael Wood. 🙂 #Blackghosts #africansinchina #BlackBooks #china #africa

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, China – its poetry and economy

Tom Sutcliffe with Noo Saro-Wiwa, Michael Wood and George Magnus

www.bbc.co.uk

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

2 years

We are nearing our £5K fundraising target. But we need another £500 within the next 7 days to implement the first solar PV project in the Niger Delta where reliance on fossil fuels is killing our environment. Please give what you can. Many thanks🙏🏾

A just energy transition in the Niger Delta

Provide communities in the Niger Delta with access to clean electricity through the implementation of PV Solar mini grids.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

5 years

Dinner with fabulous travel writer/ photographer ⁦ @LolaAkinmade ⁩ , author of Lagom - a Swedish word/philosophy which roughly means “just the right amount”. Nothing ‘lagom’ about my meal, though: too much wine, too many tacos, too much laughter 😆 #lagom #Sverige #Nigeria

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

3 years

My latest review for ⁦ @TheTLS ⁩. ⁦ @Tim_Hannigan ⁩ ‘s excellent book examines the #travelwriting genre from all angles. He interviews some of the greats, incl. William Dalrymple and Sara Wheeler (who more or less calls Colin Thubron a liar, lol)

The Travel Writing Tribe by Tim Hannigan | Book review | The TLS

“Is travel writing dead?” It is a question that has been asked regularly since the nineteenth century. Yet time and time again, the genre has defied all

www.the-tls.co.uk

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

10 months

Thanks for including my new travel book, Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China (Canongate, 2023), which comes out tomorrow 🙂 #china #blackghosts #africansinchina #canongate

China Books of The Year 📚

@NewChinaBooks

10 months

Selection of cool books coming out in November. (Can you believe it's November already?) @LetaHong @bratton @noosarowiwa

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

My latest piece for @CNTraveler - a feature about #Lagos #Nigeria . It was commissioned and written last year, before Covid and the tragic shootings/ arrests of peaceful EndSARS protesters. May their spirit of defiance live on 🇳🇬

Why Lagos, Nigeria, Is the Cultural Capital We're Heading to Next

Even against a backdrop of seemingly intractable challenges, frenetic Lagos has emerged as a powerhouse of fashion, art, and culture.

www.cntraveler.com

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

Yes! 🙌🏾 #gorillas #nigeria

World's rarest gorillas spotted with babies in Nigeria's forest

A group of rare Cross River gorillas have been spotted in Nigeria's southern region.

amp.cnn.com

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

8 years

Gloriously outspoken in era when black Americans were conditioned to barely look white folks in the eye #MuhammedAli

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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10 months

My latest travel piece for @CNTraveler How Conservation and Community Are Helping to Heal the Land—and People—of Rwanda

How Conservation and Community Are Helping to Heal the Land—and People—of Rwanda

Across the East African nation, once-warring neighbors are quietly coming together to restore their natural heritage.

www.cntraveler.com

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

As we celebrate Ogoni Day, also take a look at the expanded 2nd Edition of "Silence Would Be Treason: Last writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa" via @DarajaPress #ogoni #kensarowiwa #HumanRights #nigeria #nigerdelta

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

I’ve presented a documentary with Dr Selina Brace for Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit about #Cheddarman , a #Mesolithic fossil. DNA analysis shows he had dark skin/blue eyes, which raises questions about who the indigenous Brits are 🙂 Producer: @MarkBowsherFilm

The First Britons

If the words British history conjure up images of Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, Boudica, Mary Seacole, The Beatles and the Blitz, you’re squinting at a small spec of the history of humanity of these...

access.historyhit.com

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

I will be in discussion with these fine authors about decolonising travel writing. Tune in if you can - Tuesday 14th 😊

Meera Dattani 🇪🇺

@no_fixed_plans

4 years

Chairing my first debate 😳 on decolonising travel writing, why it's important and how we do it. Next Tue 14 July 12.30pm on Zoom with @monisha_rajesh @AshBhardwaj @noosarowiwa @Tim_Hannigan I'm sure it'll be a brilliant discussion! £5/ @TravWriters free

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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4 years

Click on link to watch ⬇️

Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)

@ihrb

4 years

The View from the Ground: Marking 25 years since the execution of #KenSaroWiwa and 8 other Ogoni men, IHRB's @SalilTripathi talks with @NooSaroWiwa , Ledum Mitee, and Austin Onuoha about their impact in Nigeria. ⬇️ #ogoni9

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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10 months

Tune in to BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking where I join Teju Cole and Tate Modern curator Osei Bonsu to discuss our respective projects 🙂 #blackghosts #BlackBooks #africansinchina

Free Thinking - African identity via China and photography - BBC Sounds

Teju Cole, Noo Saro-Wiwa and Tate curator Osei Bonsu talk to Laurence Scott.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

5 years

An excerpt from my next travel book (currently in progress) about Africans living in China; part of the new Daughters of Africa Anthology. Can’t wait to read the other stories. Many thanks #MargaretBusby 😊 @anniemedz #africansinchina #china

bookanista.com

@bookanista

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"It’s not every day I find myself eyeing up pornographic imagery with a Chinese man and a veiled-up African Muslim woman..." @noosarowiwa in #Guangzhou via @MyriadEditions ' #NewDaughtersofAfrica , ed. #MargaretBusby #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2019

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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4 years

My latest piece for ⁦ @cntraveller ⁩ . I accidentally included Wendell Steavenson in the list (oops) but her book on Georgia is an excellent read nonetheless 😊 #diversereads #travelwriting

Diversity in travel writing: 15 travel books written by people of colour

15 recommended travel books written by people of colour.

www.cntraveller.com

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@noosarowiwa

2 years

My latest article for Condé Nast Traveller… Great food at Tatale restaurant in the @TheAfricaCentre , prepared by @akwasibmensa via @cntraveller

The best restaurants in London right now

Where to eat in London.

www.cntraveller.com

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

6 years

My latest piece for the Times Literary Supplement — on the LGBT panel discussions at this year’s Africa Writes literary festival @CassavaRepublic @FrankieEdozien

The TLS

@TheTLS

6 years

Documenting diversity | @noosarowiwa on the experience of the LGBT community in Africa, and the writers who are confronting prejudice

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

Brits in the time of #coronavirus are getting a sneak peak of life as an average #Nigerian : uncertain financial future, limited hospital beds, and international travel restrictions coz nobody wants you in their country.

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

3 years

In the latest TLS podcast I discuss @Tim_Hannigan ’s excellent new book about the travel writing genre :)

The TLS

@TheTLS

3 years

From the most recent TLS podcast: @noosarowiwa on travel writing

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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7 years

Proud to be a judge on this year's Jhalak Prize, promoting books that might otherwise have skipped readers' radar. Deciding this #shortlist was agony... had to omit some real beauties. Well done to all the authors :-) #mustread

Sunny Singh

@ProfSunnySingh

7 years

Announcing the second ever @jhalakprize #shortlist . SIX #mustread books so get them now!

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

3 years

Join me at Wimbledon Library on Thurs October 28 for my talk about my travels and photography in the Niger Delta. This’ll be my first real-life, non-virtual event in a long time 😊 Click on link for tickets

Merton Council

@Merton_Council

3 years

This #BlackHistoryMonth @MertonLibraries have lots of fun events to join in with, including: 🎤Talks with author @noosarowiwa on her travels in the Niger Delta 🕷️Kids Anansi spider coding & craft session 📜Heritage displays ❗Some events require booking👇

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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4 years

Thanks for including my book Looking For Transwonderland in this list :-) 10 of the best road trips to take … by audiobook

10 of the best road trips to take … by audiobook

There are audiobooks aplenty for an actual road trip, but what about when we’re stuck at home? From Kerouac to Dervla Murphy, hit the highway with these epic journeys

www.theguardian.com

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

2 years

Beautiful sculptures by ⁦ @S_DouglasCamp ⁩ at the October Gallery. I caught the show 20 minutes before it closed 😅 Can still see more of them at the Victoria & Albert museum 👌🏾

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

6 years

My latest book review for the Times Literary Supplement: a dramatic and entertaining memoir by Caribbean author Maryse Condé, who pulls no punches about her time in Africa in the 1960s. Dialogue of bodies #MaryseConde #tls #caribbeanliterature #bookreview

Maryse Condé: The continent as a foil for existence | The TLS

The French Caribbean novelist Maryse Condé, who decries the “jumble of half-truths” contained in so many autobiographies, has written a refreshingly fran...

www.the-tls.co.uk

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

#EdnaAdanIsmail ‘s autobiog. What a woman: Anti- #FGM fighter; Somaliland’s 1st ever midwife; the only foreign minister to deliver triplets while in office. She once competed in a men-only car rally disguised as a bloke; and built #Somaliland ‘s 1st maternity hospital. Legend.🙌🏾

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

At 4.30pm today (London) I’ll be presenting on #BBCradio , exploring the theme of #touch through #poetry . Physical touch is something we’ve all been missing in these socially distanced #Covid times - especially those of us who have lost loved ones.

BBC Radio 4 - Every Little Touch

Writer Noo Saro-Wiwa gives her personal perspective on poetry’s relationship with touch.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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6 years

Looking forward to speaking this Saturday, May 26th, at the @BareLit Festival. Will have a nuanced discussion with Bridget Minamore about cultural criticism and who gets to decide what makes good or bad art, music, literature and food. Tickets here:

Conversation: Who Gets to Be Tastemaker? — Bare Lit Festival

Cultural criticism is hugely lacking in a diversity of experiences yet dictates what makes good or bad art, music, literature and food. We explore the role of the cultural critic with poet Bridget...

barelitfestival.com

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4 years

😂 #2020

Ciara King

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4 years

Curfew in Barcelona last night. The juxtaposition of the man on the piano playing “Eternal Flame” by The Bangles and the scene unfolding behind them is quite something.

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Support the #EndSars Movement

Support #EndSars Relief, organized by Oreoluwa Amosu

Hi Everyone, Thank you for clicking the link and visiting the page. This fundraiser is set up… Oreoluwa Amosu needs your support for Support #EndSars Relief

www.gofundme.com

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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My article on #Covid in #Nigeria in 2020 for #Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. Lockdown in #portharcourt : the rich drove their Mercs to the slums at 2am to buy food in illegal night market. That and other stories (government response, etc).

COVID-19 in Nigeria

Drawing on the reactions of local experts in public health and health finance, this article traces the course of the pandemic in Nigeria, and discusses the measures taken to contain it, public comp...

www.tandfonline.com

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

6 years

I’ll be discussing travel writing at the Ake Arts & Book Festival in Lagos on Oct 27. Looking forward to hearing other panel discussions too... lots of great writers on the schedule.

AkeArts&BookFestival

@akefestival

6 years

Noo Saro-Wiwa @noosarowiwa is the author of Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria (Granta, 2012) which was selected as BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week in 2012, and named The UK Sunday Times Travel Book of the Year 2012. #Akefest18

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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7 years

Reunited with lovely Sister Majella McCarron who supported my father Ken before he died. He smuggled letters to her during his incarceration

OLA Ireland

@OLAireland

7 years

Writing #Nigeria : Well done to authors @noosarowiwa & @ChibunduOnuzo who took part in the @ILFDublin last Saturday

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4 years

Even in times of scarcity, nobody in NW3 wants to eat #broccoli #coronapocolypse #sainsburys

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"A soldier without any political or ideological training is a potential criminal" ~ Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso 1983-1987 #EndSarsNow #Nigeria #NigerianLivesMatter

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

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6 years

My travel piece on the Republic of Georgia, for City AM magazine. Many thanks to Maximum Exposure PR and ⁦ @travel_unknown ⁩ #TravelTuesday #republicofgeorgia #georgia #travel #caucasus #cityam

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3 years

Tonight :)

Merton Libraries

@MertonLibraries

3 years

Join author @noosarowiwa this evening as she takes you on a journey recounting her travels in the Niger Delta. Booking required #BlackHistoryMonth Merton Council @Merton_Council #Wimbledon #Merton 🏛️ Wimbledon Library 🕕 6pm

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Ugandan activist and writer Stella Nyanzi was imprisoned in 2017. She speaks about her ordeal and how PEN International’s support helped her get through it (PEN International defends freedom of expression) via @YouTube

PEN International defends freedom of expression

PEN International defends freedom of expression and protects writers at risk. We need your help to change the ending for more writers like Stella. Please don...

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Lil piece I’ve written for⁩ Condé Nast Traveller about #Abidjan , #cotedivoire . If this beautiful city can bounce back from civil war it will survive Covid too (the East African Maasai ref made sense in the longer version 😆) @cntraveller #cntraveller #abidjan #cotedivoire

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Noo Saro-Wiwa on “Black Ghosts” in China and the Complex Lives of the African Diaspora – The China-Global South Project via @ChinaGSProject #china #blackbooks #africansinchina

Noo Saro-Wiwa on “Black Ghosts” in China and the Complex Lives of the African Diaspora

Author Noo Saro-Wiwa had not spent much time in China when she heard that cities like Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Yiwu, among others, were home to large, vibrant African migrant communities. But other...

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8 years

Looking for Transwonderland has won the Italian Albatros prize for travel writing :-) #Italy

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5 years

Interesting BBC Radio 4 series about environmental activists. This episode (by novelist Helon Habila) focuses on my father, with contribution from my sister, Zina #kensarowiwa #nigerdelta #nigeria

Green Originals - Ken Saro-Wiwa - BBC Sounds

Reflections on the modern pioneers of the environmental movement. Today - Ken Saro-Wiwa.

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4 years

Men in bowler hats and empty supermarket shelves... have I woken up in 1943?? #corona #coronapocolypse #blitz

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@noosarowiwa

6 years

Reposting my travel piece on the Republic of Georgia for City AM magazine — URL has changed. Many thanks to Maximum Exposure PR and ⁦ @travel_unknown ⁩ #TravelTuesday #republicofgeorgia #georgia #travel #caucasus #cityam

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@noosarowiwa

6 years

African travelogues by African writers: A Stranger’s Pose by Emmanuel Iduma 👍🏾

A Brilliant Travelogue That Presents Africa Through a New Lens

A recent book by Emmanuel Iduma expands what writing about the continent can be by paying extraordinary attention to the ebbs and flows of human connection.

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@noosarowiwa

7 years

Hear me speak with Samiah Nkrumah about being daughters of political icons @bbcworldservice #bbcworldservice

BBC World Service - The Conversation, Daughters of Political Icons

Two women whose fathers made an indelible mark on the political landscape in West Africa.

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

3 years

Thanks @kerrysmith01 for including me on this piece about where writers write. Never had the luxury of a study – luckily I can write anywhere, so long as I have peace of mind. Find out where DBC Pierre and John Simpson, et al. get their work done :)

Where writers write

In the second part of our Writing From Anywhere series, we peep inside the sanctuaries of some of our favourite modern-day authors

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

Many thanks for including my book #lookingfortranswonderland in your podcast 😊👍🏾

Strong Sense of Place

@strongsenseof

4 years

Our new podcast episode is ready to sweep you away on a virtual trip to Nigeria! Featuring books we LOVE from @tadethompson @noosarowiwa @abidare_author @OyinBraithwaite and @franekwuyasi

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3 years

My teen record collection was mainly #mixtapes coz I couldn't afford albums. Even now, when I hear Prince's Take Me With You, I still think Deelite's Groove Is In the Heart will play afterwards 😂 #LouOttens , inventor of the #cassettetape , dies aged 94

Lou Ottens, inventor of the cassette tape, dies aged 94

Dutch engineer was also instrumental in development of first CD in his work at Philips

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

6 years

Palawan, Philippines #TravelTuesday #philippines #palawan #photography

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@noosarowiwa

6 years

My round-up of Michelle Obama’s book talk at the Southbank Centre. So glad I was ableto attend. Amazing talk, amazing woman 😊 @MichelleObama @southbankcentre

The TLS

@TheTLS

6 years

Insights and advice from @MichelleObama @southbankcentre

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6 years

Thank you @BareLit for an excellent panel discussion today; enjoyed talking with the awesome Bridget Minamore and audience. Great food in the green room too :-) #BareLit18

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@noosarowiwa

3 years

Lovely endorsement from Sara Wheeler, whose book, Terra Incognita I read in a Cape Town hotel room in 2003 and made me depressed because it was too good 😆 #lookingfortranswonderland

Sara Wheeler

@saradwheeler

3 years

Re-reading this by @noosarowiwa and hugely enjoying it in today's climate of cultural reckoning. 'How I wished we held the cultural monopoly on the portrayal of African history’, Saro-Wiwa writes, reflecting on a frank Nigerian glance backwards in Calabar.

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7 years

Very honoured to be on this year's judging panel for the Jhalak nook prize

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

1 year

My latest review for the @TLS : "Humans are a contradictory species ... We tend to demonize the unknown, yet we often believe that heaven must exist on the other, unseen side"; The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer | Book review | The TLS

Looking for perfection in a fallen world

Can paradise ever be found in a world of seemingly unending conflict? This is the question the essayist and travel writer Pico Iyer poses in his latest

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

7 years

My interview with awesome diasporan Nigerian tapas joint, Chuku’s. Thanks Emeka for this interview... so refreshing to be asked about things like pounded yam for a change 😄 #nigeria

Chuku's

@chukusLDN

7 years

New interview with @noosarowiwa , travel writing pioneer & author of 'Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria'

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Yangshuo, China #TravelTuesday #yangshuo #china #photography #

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@noosarowiwa

4 years

Many thanks to Aké Literary Festival for giving me the chance to fan-girl the novelist Maryse Condé in this documentary. Fabulous woman 😄🙌🏾 #AkeFest2020 #maryseconde

Lọlá Shónẹ́yìn

@lolashoneyin

4 years

We're thrilled to share this documentary, featuring @AfrolitSansFro1 @molarawood @chikaunigwe @bisiadjapon @AmaAtaAidoo @EdwigeDro @juyterlinde @SABLELitMag @Sisonkemsimang @noosarowiwa @ClariceGargard @KiisaSoyinka , a tribute to #AkeFest2020 headliner

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5 years

My listicle for CNN Travel... Happy Nigeria Independence Day #Nigeria #nigeriaindependence #travel #cnntravel

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@noosarowiwa

7 years

I’ll be reading an excerpt of my book alongside these fine writers at Brixton BookJam in March. Looking forward to it 😄 #books #literature #london

Brixton BookJam

@BrixtonBookJam

7 years

#ff @CCsw19 , @guygunaratne , @tony_white_ , @markhillwriter , @JuliaBell , @noosarowiwa @deserterblog , @CCsw19 , @ivyngeow - all reading at BookJam on 5th March!

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West African girl giving a Chinese policeman a piece of her (theatrical) mind 😂 #africansinchina #blackghosts #china #BlackBooks

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Frescoes at the Gelati Monastery in Kutaisi, Republic of Georgia — built 1106 AD @travel_unknown #travelgeorgia #georgia

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@noosarowiwa

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Attending one of my favourite literary festivals on June 17-20 in Nantes, France. Covid better not mess this up... I will swim across the Channel if I have to 😆

ATLANTIDE

@AtlantideNantes

3 years

RDV du 17 au 20 juin au lieu unique #Nantes ! Les invité·e·s #atlantide2021 : Nimrod // @RoukiataO // @noosarowiwa // Maboula Soumahoro Co-production @lelieuunique et @LaCiteCongres , labellisée @SaisonAfrica20 #SaisonAfrica2020

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🤗❤️

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@EllieRushing

4 years

West Philly reacts to Biden’s lead in Pennsylvania by dancing in the street, of course

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6 years

Thank you, AIR! I’m extremely honoured and grateful 😄

Artists in Residency

@ArtInResidency

6 years

The Africa Centre is pleased to announce its 2017 AIR - Bellagio Center award recipients. Congratulations to these four, truly exceptional, artists. @biyibandele @Sisonkemsimang @noosarowiwa and @monaeltahawy

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@IfeomaOzoma blew the whistle on her tech company and got racist abuse for it. But she fought back and has now co-sponsored new California law designed to protect #whistleblowers 🙌🏾🎉

Ifeoma Ozoma

@IfeomaOzoma

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WE DID IT!😭 Words can't fully capture what this means but we named the bill Silenced No More so I’ll say a bit.😂 Abusing workers then forcing silence - under the threat of lost income and healthcare - is depraved. As of Jan 1, 40 MILLION people no longer have to stay silent.

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NY Times asks whether it's ethical to travel to countries that persecute people based on their gender, sexuality, religion or ethnicity. Opinions from travel writers, including Pico Iyer, Dervla Murphy and myself #travel #ethics #travelethics #nytimes

When, if Ever, Is It Unethical to Visit a Country? (Published 2019)

Seven well-traveled writers discuss the dilemma of whether or not to visit nations with oppressive governments.

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@noosarowiwa

4 years

My review of Hilary Mantel’s event at the Southbank Centre (in a distant era when large public gatherings were ok). Great woman. #hilarymantel #themirrorandthelight #tls

Hilary Mantel on The Mirror & the Light at the Southbank Centre

Hilary Mantel’s hungrily anticipated latest novel, The Mirror and the Light, has been eleven years in the making. The media’s frequent references to its long “gestation” sound like the heralding of a...

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@noosarowiwa

5 years

Oops, forgot to post this last week!Had a great chat with these guys for their new and original literary podcast 😊

PokingBooks

@PokingBooks

5 years

*AUTHOR REVEAL*. Episode 4’s Um Bongo-loving / Geldof-sceptic guest is @noosarowiwa . But did Ellie guess what Noo’s book was about? Find out wherever you get your podcasts! #noosarowiwa #pokingbooks #bookpodcast #literarypodcast

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4 years

Come join me as I chat online with readers on Wednesday January 6th (5pm London, 2pm New York, etc.) 🙂 January Book Club: "Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria" by Noo Saro-Wiwa | The Nomadic Network. #bookclub #literature

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@noosarowiwa

4 years

Electric motorbike startups in Africa have waitlists; taxi drivers are especially eager to move away from conventional vehicles via @business

East Africa’s Electric Motorbikes Are Fueling a Carbon-Free Future

Start-ups are supplying the vehicles to the motorbike-taxi drivers who provide the most common form of public transport in many cities.

www.bloomberg.com

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Noo Saro-Wiwa

@noosarowiwa

4 years

Anyone got contact details for one or two good Lagos vloggers? An American network news channel is looking for someone to file a video blog on its digital channel. Inbox me. Thanks. #Nigeria #EndSarsNow

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