‘I know now that stories are infinite and everywhere,’ Wana Udobang says. ‘Some stories are urgent, some aren’t, there are always new stories to tell. This is part of my liberation practice: that life is infinite.’
With over 15 years of a trailblazing storytelling career across journalism, performance poetry, filmmaking and TV, Wana Udobang is one of the poets who revitalized the Nigerian poetry landscape in the last decade. But before she found success as a poet, she began as a freelance features producer with the BBC World Service, and the first editor of Bella Naija. Her oeuvre includes freelance work for the likes of The Guardian and Al Jazeera; a decorated career in radio; Culture Diaries, an archival project; three spoken word albums. She has dedicated the better part of the past two decades to addressing cultures of violence and shame in Nigeria, particularly the impact of these cultures on the lives of Nigerian women...
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