is a writer based in Abuja, Lagos. She has worked extensively in civil society focusing on gender, youth, agriculture and regional development and her writing has appeared on, among others, Quartz Africa, Open Democracy and Guardian Newspaper. She is also the founder of Testimonial Archive Project, an online archive that shares stories of survivors of violence in Nigeria's northeast.

Saratu Abiola

The Meaning of Aṣa Understanding the Ascension of a Singular Artist

Saratu Abiola·December 8, 2023

Aṣa released her eponymous debut album in 2007 and has been a favourite of many Nigerians ever since, with fans across generations. Her most enduring feature has been the singularity, not only of her music, but also of the ways in which she has always held herself apart, even when the spotlight was at its brightest. Read More...

December 23/January 24 Nigeria vol7-no4

‘Are the people in this story I’m telling recognizably human?’ Saratu Abiola’s First Draft

Saratu Abiola·April 8, 2020

Each time author of ‘A Woman among Women’, Saratu Abiola, writes, her truth is at stake. Hence, she writes, ‘to learn what I know and what I don’t, organizing my thoughts in as intellectually honest a way that I can so that I come away from it with more clarity than when I started.’ Read More...

April/May 2020 First Draft Interviews

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Saratu Abiola

The Meaning of Aṣa Understanding the Ascension of a Singular Artist

‘Are the people in this story I’m telling recognizably human?’ Saratu Abiola’s First Draft

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