I am a writer ​

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... with essays published in Critical Muslim and 3 of Cups Press, and writing featured in New African Magazine, African Arguments, The Republic, and Selamta Magazine. I am a winner of a Creative Future Writers' Award (2025) for creative non-fiction, and was shortlisted for the inaugural Fern Academy Essay Prize (2024), and the Mo Siewcharran Prize for non-fiction (2025). I have an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck University.

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... researcher 

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… with over 15 years of experience dedicated to advancing gender equality and social justice. My work focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating impactful projects for women, girls, and other marginalised groups, with a core commitment to feminist principles and evidence-based solutions.

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Working with organisations such as the World Bank, the UN, and the UK's FCDO, I have translated complex research into practical, on-the-ground strategies across diverse contexts.

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My expertise spans women's and girls’ economic rights, the care economy, social protection, climate justice, and urban development. I am also skilled in qualitative and participatory research methodologies, as well as delivering engaging seminars and workshops, drawing on extensive experience teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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Holding a PhD in Human Geography and Urban Studies and an MSc in Urbanisation and Development from the London School of Economics. My doctoral research, supported by a Leverhulme Trust Award, explored the lives of women and men working as paid domestic workers in Lagos, Nigeria. 

 

 

 ... aND PASSIONATE ABOUT LITERATURE

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Amplifying new voices and stories. I am the founder and editor of bookshy, a blog exploring African literature and ABC - a website dedicated to African Book Covers. I was the editor of the first two issues of REWRITE READS, a literary magazine committed to diverse perspectives and one-third of Not Another Book Podcast. I have moderated and chaired talks with African writers at several international events, including Africa Writes in London, England, Ake Arts & Books Festival in Abeokuta, Nigeria, and Writivism Festival in Kampala, Uganda. 

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