Ralph Micheal Leonard also known as Ralph Leonard (born May 9, 1996) is an international

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journalist, film critic, author, and commentator. He won the Jom Charity Award and in 2024 he won the Yessiey Awards for best author and commentator.

Early life

Ralph Leonard was born on 9 May 1996 in Eastbourne, United Kingdom to Mabel Oboh, a Nigerian/British broadcaster, actress, film producer, and politician, and Gary Leonard, a former British diplomat. He started his basic education in Nigeria before finishing his schooling in the United Kingdom. He attended Gorse Ride and Parklane primary schools, followed by Little Heath Secondary School in England. He pursued higher education in Law for one year at

Swansea University Swansea University () is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it chang ...

, Wales, UK, before transitioning to Media Studies at Bracknell & Wokingham College, England, UK, where he graduated in 2018.

Career

Ralph Leonard, is a conservative Marxist ideologist, an author of international politics, religion, culture, sex, literature, and humanism, and has published some articles in contemporary discussions. He is the author of the 'Letters on Liberty pamphlet', 'Unshackling Intimacy', 'And Israel: A settler-colonial State? A clarification'. He is a regular Commentator on Sublation Media. Leonard began his professional journalism career in 2018. His works have appeared in

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, Sublation Magazine,

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. In 2022, He was listed as the 5th most powerful young man in Africa by NBTlive and was named among the top 10 influential people in the diaspora by yessiey magazine. In 2023, He was listed by Nation newspaper among three Nigerian journalists making significant strides in the global media world. and in 2024 Legit.ng mentioned him among the Top 4 remarkable Africans. Ralph has been described as a secular humanist and defender of media freedom and journalist protection, and an advocate against, human trafficking and social injustice.

Awards and recognitions

In 2020, He was nominated and won Jom Charity Award for his article in

about the murder of

George Floyd George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd had used a counterfeit tw ...

by Officer

Derek Chauvin Derek Michael Chauvin ( ; born 1976) is an American former police officer who Murder of George Floyd, murdered George Floyd, a 46-year-old African Americans, African American man, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On May 25, 2020, Floyd was arrest ...

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, USA and in 2024 he won the Yessiey Awards for best author and commentator.

References

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