Sarah Ladipo Manyika
| Sarah Ladipo Manyika | |
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| Born |
March 7, 1968 Nigeria[1][2] |
| Occupation | Professor of Literature at San Francisco State University |
| Ethnicity | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Education |
University of Birmingham University of Bordeaux University of California - Berkeley |
| Genres | essays, academic papers, book reviews, short stories |
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Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 7 March 1968) is an Anglo-Nigerian writer.
Early life
Sarah was born and raised in Nigeria.[1][2] She has also lived in Kenya, France, and England. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is British.[3] Sarah inherited her maiden name (Ladipo) from her father who was born in Ibadan (South West Nigeria) in the late 1930s. Sarah's father met and married her mother in the UK in the late 1960s. She spent much of her childhood in Lagos and the city of Jos in Plateau State.[2] As a young teenager, Sarah lived for two years in Nairobi, Kenya, before her family moved to the UK.
Career
She studied at the Universities of Birmingham (UK), Bordeaux (France), and Berkeley (California). She was married in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1994 and now divides her time between San Francisco (where she teaches literature at San Francisco State University), London and Harare. Her writing includes published essays, academic papers, book reviews and short stories. Sarah's first novel,[4] In Dependence, was published by Legend Press in 2008.[5] Her short story "Mr Wonder" appeared in the 2008 collection Women Writing Zimbabwe.[6] Sarah's novel In Dependence was chosen by the UK's largest bookstore chain as its featured book for Black History Month.[7] In 2009, In Dependence, was published by Cassava Republic,[8] a literary press based in Abuja, Nigeria, with a stable of authors that includes Teju Cole and Helon Habila.
Works
Novels
- In Dependence (Legend Press, 2008; Cassava Republic, 2009)
Short stories
- "Mr Wonder" in Women Writing Zimbabwe, (Weaver Press, 2008)
- "Modupe" in African Love Stories, (Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd, 2006)
- "Girlfriend" in Fathers & Daughters, (Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd, 2008)
Book chapters
- "Oyinbo" in Prolematizing Blackness (Routledge, 2003)
Research reports
- Ph.D. Programs in African Universities: Current Status and Future Prospects. Report to the Rockefeller Foundation. Co-authored with David Szanton (University of Berkeley, California, 2002).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sarah Ladipo Manyika". Ohio State University Library. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "My Life, My Writings". Nigeria: PM News. March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ Vanessa Okwara (August 3, 2014). "My style is simple and chic -Sarah Ladipo Manyika". New Telegraph. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Legend Press sign San Francisco-based author Sarah Ladipo Manyika". Free Press Release. June 4, 2008.
- ↑ "Sarah Manyika’s in dependence". Vanguard (Nigeria). 15 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ↑ "It's all women, passion and skill in Weaver Press's latest anthology". The Zimbabwean. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ↑ "Sarah Ladipo Manyika". African Writing (9). Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ↑ In Dependence page, Cassava Republic.
External links
- Official Website
- Listen aloud to readings from In Dependence
- Introduction to Black History Month
- Review of In Dependence on the Catch a Vibe site
- Review of In Dependence by Andreas Martin Widmann.
- Sarah Ladipo Manyika interviewed by Nkrumah Bankong-Obi: "My Life, My Writings", PM News Nigeria, 26 March 2014.
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