Inspiring Open #10: Lola Shoneyin – The Fearless Life of a Tireless Creator
Channel: Wiki In Africa
Date: 04/08/2022

Our guest on Inspiring Open this week is Lola Shoneyin. 

Lola didn’t see writing as a special skill growing up-she thought everybody could write and so she started to write. Fast-forward, Lola is now an award-winning author and poet. Some of her works include three books of poems, three children's books, and her highly acclaimed novel ‘The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives’ which was nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2011 and went on to win the PEN Awards. In 2020, it was announced that the book was to be a Netflix production. She is the founder of Book Buzz Foundation, organisers of the Aké Arts & Book Festival, one of the most important literary festivals on the African continent.

Chapters:
02:39     Early Life
11:15     Early Career
19:58     The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
25:16     Polygamy
30:15     Writing Unapologetically about Sex
36:43     Right-to-Write Project
43:11     One Read Up
46:07     Aké Books and Art Festival
54:30     Marriage and Children

Inspiring Open is a new podcast from Wiki Loves Women that gives voice to the incredible women who are changing Africa; telling their stories and sharing the lessons they’ve learned along the way. We talk to the CEOs, entrepreneurs, musicians, writers, educators, and political movers and shakers.  Inspiring Open amplifies their stories, letting them take you on their personal journey in conversation with host Betty Kankam-Boadu. 

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