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Noo Saro-Wiwa

Nigeria, United Kingdom
Guest at the ILB: 2024

Noo Saro-Wiwa, born in Port Harcourt and raised in England, is an author and journalist specializing in travel writing. She studied at King’s College London and Columbia University in New York, and is a staff writer at »Condé Nast Traveller Magazine UK«. Her prose has appeared in various anthologies. Her first book, »Looking For Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria« (2012), was published to critical acclaim. Her most recent book, »Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans In China« (2023), was one of the »Financial Times« Travel Books of 2023.

Status: June 2024

Looking For Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria
Granta
London, 2012

Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans In China
Canongate
Edinburgh, 2023