Sarah Ladipo Manyika

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is a British-Nigerian writer of novels, short stories and essays and an active member of the literary community, particularly supporting and amplifying young writers and female voices. She is the author of two well-received novels, '' In Dependence'' (2009) and ''Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun'' (2016), as well as the non-fiction collection ''Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora'' (2022), and her writing has appeared in publications including ''

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'', '' Transition'', ''

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'', and '' OZY'', and previously served as founding Books Editor of ''OZY''. Manyika's work also features in the 2019 anthology ''

New Daughters of Africa ''Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present'' is a compilation of orature and literature by more than 200 women from Africa and the African diaspora ...

'', edited by

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Early life

Sarah Manyika was born and raised in

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. She has also lived in

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, France, Zimbabwe, the United States, and Britain. Her father is Nigerian and her mother is British.

Career

Manyika studied at the Universities of

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(UK),

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(France), and California (Berkeley), receiving a

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from the latter."About Sarah Ladipo Manyika"
Sarah Ladipo Manyika website. Her writing includes published essays, academic papers, book reviews and short stories.

Fiction

Manyika's short story "Mr Wonder" appeared in the 2008 collection ''Women Writing Zimbabwe''. Her first novel, ''In Dependence'', was originally published by Legend Press, London, in 2008, and was chosen by the UK's largest bookstore chain as its featured book for

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. In 2009, ''In Dependence'', was published by Cassava Republic, a literary press based in

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, Nigeria (as well as, latterly, in the UK), with a stable of authors that includes

Teju Cole Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella, '' Every Day Is for the Thief'' (2007); a novel, '' Open City'' (2011); an essay collection, ''Known and Strange Things' ...

and

Helon Habila Helon Habila Ngalabak (born November 1967) is a Nigerian novelist and poet, whose writing has won many prizes, including the Caine Prize in 2001. He worked as a lecturer and journalist in Nigeria before moving in 2002 to England, where he was a ...

. Speaking of her decision to sign with an African publisher, Manyika has said: "I realized that by granting world rights to an African publisher I could, in a small way, attempt to address the imbalance of power in a world where the gatekeepers of literature, even for so-called African stories, remain firmly rooted in the west."

Toni Kan Anthony Kan Onwordi known as Toni Kan (born 11 June 1971) is a Nigerian writer, editor, public relations senior management executive, and teacher. He is author of the collection of short stories, ''Nights of a Creaking Bed'', noted for explorin ...

writes in ''

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'': "Sarah Manyika has written an impressive debut novel which will find a well-deserved place in the pantheon of post-colonial literature." In 2014, ''In Dependence'' was published by Weaver Press in Zimbabwe, where it is a set book for the Advanced-level English Literature examination. ''In Dependence'' has also been introduced by the

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(JAMB) in Nigeria for candidates sitting for the 2017

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. She was a finalist for a 2021 Audie Award for her narration of the novel. Manyika's second novel, ''Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun'', on its publication in spring 2016 was endorsed by many other writers, including

Bernardine Evaristo Bernardine Anne Mobolaji Evaristo (born 28 May 1959) is an English author and academic. Her novel ''Girl, Woman, Other'' jointly won the Booker Prize in 2019 alongside Margaret Atwood's ''The Testaments'', making her the first Black woman to win ...

("Manyika's story about an elderly Nigerian woman is quiet, sophisticated and it expands the canon of contemporary African literature into welcome new territory"),

Aminatta Forna Aminatta Forna is a British writer of Scottish and Sierra Leonean ancestry. Her first book was a memoir, '' The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest'' (2002). Since then she has written four novels: '' Ancestor Stones'' (2006), ...

("gorgeous and finely crafted...Sarah Manyika's novel shows ordinary people at their best. Uplifting!"),

NoViolet Bulawayo NoViolet Bulawayo is the pen name of Elizabeth Zandile Tshele (born 12 October 1981), a Zimbabwean author. In 2012, the National Book Foundation named her a " 5 Under 35" honoree. She was named one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by '' Ne ...

("Astute, sensual, funny, and moving"),

Jamal Mahjoub Jamal Mahjoub (born 1960) is a writer of British and Sudanese parentage. He writes in English and has published eight novels under his own name, as well as a travel memoir, ''A Line in the River. Khartoum, City of Memory'' (2018). In 2012, Mahj ...

("Manyika writes with great verve and gentle wit, illuminating her characters with subtle insight"),

Peter Orner Peter Orner is an American writer. He is the author of two novels, three short story collections and two books of essays. Orner holds the Professorship of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College and was formerly a professor of creativ ...

("A beautiful, important new novel, and one that will continue to echo in a reader's mind for a long time after"), E. C. Osondu ("unforgettable...a powerful meditation on loss, memory, exile and loneliness. The characters in this novel will stay with you"), and

Brian Chikwava Brian Chikwava is a Zimbabwean writer and musician. His short story "Seventh Street Alchemy" was awarded the 2004 Caine Prize for African writing in English; Chikwava became the first Zimbabwean to do so. He has been a Charles Pick fellow at th ...

("A wonderfully constructed novel, always surprising"). It has been translated into several languages. ''Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun'' was shortlisted in September 2016 for the

Goldsmiths Prize The Goldsmiths Prize is a British literary award, founded in 2013 by Goldsmiths, University of London, in association with the ''New Statesman.'' It is awarded annually to a British or Irish piece of fiction that "breaks the mould or extends the ...

(alongside books by

Rachel Cusk Rachel Cusk FRSL (born 8 February 1967) is a British novelist and writer. Childhood and education Cusk was born in Saskatoon to British parents in 1967, the second of four children with an older sister and two younger brothers, and spent muc ...

Deborah Levy Deborah Levy (born 6 August 1959) is a South African novelist, playwright and poet. She initially concentrated on writing for the theatre – her plays were staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company – before focusing on prose fiction. Her ear ...

Eimear McBride Eimear McBride (born 6 October 1976) is an Irish novelist, whose debut novel, ''A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing'', won the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize in 2013 and the 2014 Women's Prize for Fiction, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. She was elected ...

, Mike McCormack and Anakana Schofield), "the first African novel to be considered for this prize", which was set up to reward fiction that breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form. The novel was also shortlisted for the

California Book Award The Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization based in Northern California. Founded in 1903, it is the oldest and largest public affairs forum in the United States. Membership is open to ...

in the fiction category (alongside works by such writers as

Andrew Sean Greer Andrew Sean Greer (born November 21, 1970) is an American novelist and short story writer. Greer received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel ''Less (novel), Less''. He is the author of ''The Story of a Marriage'', which ''The New ...

Percival Everett Percival Leonard Everett II (born December 22, 1956) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Distinguished professor, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He has described himself as "pathologicall ...

, and

Viet Thanh Nguyen Viet Thanh Nguyen (; born March 13, 1971) is a South Vietnamese-born American professor and novelist. He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California ...

). Of the genesis for ''Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun'' Manyika has said: "I've met many older women who have lived colourful lives, and yet when it comes to fiction I don't find many stories that mirror this, especially so when it comes to the lives of black women. When I cannot find stories that I'd like to read, I try writing them for myself." The novel's title is an acknowledged line from a poem by

Mary Ruefle Mary Ruefle (born 1952) is an American poet, essayist, and professor. She has published many collections of poetry, the most recent of which, ''Dunce'' (Wave Books, 2019), was longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry and a finalist for th ...

called "Donkey On". Manyika is a contributor (with her short story "The Ambassador's Wife") to the 2019 anthology ''

'', edited by

, participating in associated events.

Non-fiction

Manyika's non-fiction writing includes personal essays, book reviews, and in-depth profiles. For example, her essay "Coming of Age in the Time of the Hoodie" tells of her worries about raising her son in modern America. She has written book reviews for ''

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'', among them on '' Glory'' by

, and the ''

New Statesman ''The New Statesman'' (known from 1931 to 1964 as the ''New Statesman and Nation'') is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first c ...

'', such as on ''Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick'' by

Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist, and documentary filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo ...

. Her profile subjects include a piece on

Toni Morrison Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Her first novel, ''The Bluest Eye'', was published in 1970. The critically accl ...

for ''

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'' and

Michelle Obama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama ( Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United Stat ...

''Between Starshine and Clay''

Interviews with some of those from whom Manyika has drawn inspiration are the focus of her 2022 book ''Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora'' (Footnote Press), described as "a celebration of personal and collective stories, of histories, of people making a way where there seems to be no way, making a difference, making history." Its title, as Manyika explains, is borrowed from

Lucille Clifton Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland. Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Life ...

's poem "won't you celebrate me", which "speaks of survival through adversity and combines a blunt acknowledgement of how hard it is to survive, to forge one's own path, and yet to pull through and have something to celebrate." With a Foreword by

, the book features activists, artists and intellectuals including

Wole Soyinka Wole Soyinka , (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian author, best known as a playwright and poet. He has written three novels, ten collections of short stories, seven poetry collections, twenty five plays and five memoirs. He also wrote two transla ...

, Michelle Obama,

Cory Booker Cory Anthony Booker (born April 27, 1969) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democ ...

Claudia Rankine Claudia Rankine (; born September 4, 1963) is a Jamaican-American poet, essayist, playwright, and the editor of several anthologies. She is the author of five volumes of poetry, two plays and various essays. Her book of poetry, '' Citizen: An A ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr Henry Louis Gates Jr. (born September 16, 1950), popularly known by his childhood nickname "Skip", is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of t ...

Xoliswa Sithole Xoliswa Sithole (born 31 December 1968) is a South African actress and documentary filmmaker, raised in Zimbabwe. she won a BAFTA in 2004 for her documentary ''Orphans Of Nkandla''. She won a Peabody Award in 2010 and a BAFTA in 2011 for her doc ...

Anna Deavere Smith Anna Deavere Smith (born September 18, 1950) is an American actress, playwright, and professor. She is known for her roles as National Security Advisor Dr. Nancy McNally in ''The West Wing'' (2000–06), hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus i ...

, Lord Michael Hastings and

Evan Mawarire Evan Mawarire (born 7 March 1977) is a Zimbabwean pastor and democratic activist. He came to prominence during the 2016–17 Zimbabwe protests that challenged the rule of Robert Mugabe’s government. It was reported that Mawarire urged the peop ...

. Manyika has said that her search in "these turbulent times" for "answers, perspective, and hope" led her to write ''Between Starshine and Clay''. A ''

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'' review stated: "All through the book, there is a powerful sense of history as these figures look back, take stock, reminisce about their lives and how they came to make the impact that they did. In the process of sharing their stories, they shed light on our moment." Olatoun Gabi-Williams writes of Manyika's book: "Her portraits of the chosen 12 are multi-media collages – richly hued stills in motion picture narratives. The guests tell their stories moving back and forth in time. Their stories are vivid: of dreams chased after; of full lives led – of purpose; of their struggles; disappointments and victories. ... In their own distinctive ways, each of them is leaving the world a far more hopeful place." Among those who have praised ''Between Starshine and Clay'' are

David Olusoga David Adetayo Olusoga (born January 1970) is a British-Nigerian historian, writer, broadcaster and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester. Olusoga has presented historical documentaries on th ...

("Each encounter framed and presented with enormous literary skill and grace. ...a snap-shot of where the peoples of the Black diaspora stand, today in the early 21st Century, and how much has been overcome to get here"),

Delroy Lindo Delroy George Lindo (born 18 November 1952) is an English-American actor. He is the recipient of such accolades as an NAACP Image Award, a Satellite Award, and nominations for a Drama Desk Award, a Helen Hayes Award, a Tony Award, two Critics' ...

("This is a one-of-a-kind book, a necessary and important one"),

Ato Quayson Ato Quayson is a Ghanaian-Canadian literary critic and the Jean G. and Morris M. Dolye Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and English at Stanford University, where he is the inaugural chair of the Department of African and African American S ...

("A lesson in magic from Manyika's writing"),

("Sarah Ladipo Manyika brings an intimate, eclectic, and delightfully startling freshness in this remarkably curated celebration of the African Diaspora") and Dame

Vivian Hunt Dame Vivian Yvonne Hunt (born July 1967) is a business executive and an advocate for equal opportunities across business and society. She is the Chief Innovation Officer at Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, which is listed 5th in the Fortune 5 ...

("an amazing collection that will inspire readers young and old"). ''Between Starshine and Clay'' was selected by ''Brittle Paper'' literary magazine as one of the "100 Notable African Books of 2022".

Literary community

Manyika works with a number of organizations that support and amplify young writers and female voices. She is President of the

Hedgebrook Hedgebrook is a rural retreat for women writers on Whidbey Island, Washington, founded in 1988. Hedgebrook's artist-in-residence program accepts up to 80 writers each year, who spend two to four weeks in residence working on their diverse writi ...

Board of Directors and on the Advisory Council of

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. She previously served on the Board of the

Museum of the African Diaspora The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is a contemporary art museum in San Francisco, California. MoAD holds exhibitions and presents artists exclusively of the African diaspora, one of only a few museums of its kind in the United States. Loc ...

(MoAD) in San Francisco and partnered with MoAD to host an interview series, Conversations across the Dispora, featuring conversations with authors, artists, philanthropists, and scholars. She additionally hosted '' OZY''s video series, Write, and was the magazine's Books Editor.Sarah Ládípọ̀ Manyika
biography at ''OZY''. She has also served as a judge for literary competitions, the

Etisalat Prize for Literature The 9mobile Prize for Literature (formerly the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2013–16) was created by Etisalat Nigeria in 2013, as "the first ever pan-African prize celebrating first-time African writers of published fiction books".

in 2014, the Goldsmiths Prize in 2020, and the

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in 2021.

Personal life

She and her husband

James Manyika James M. Manyika is a Zimbabwean-Americans, American academic consultant, and business executive. He is currently a Senior Vice President at Alphabet Inc., Google-Alphabet and a member of the senior leadership team. He is also known for his resea ...

married in

Harare Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...

, Zimbabwe, in 1994.

Honours and recognition

In December 2022, Manyika was listed by ''

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'' magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans of the year, as was her husband James Manyika. In 2023, she was elected a Fellow of the

Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820 by King George IV to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, the RSL has about 800 Fellows, elect ...

Works

Novels

* '' In Dependence'' ( Legend Press, 2008;

Cassava Republic Press Cassava Republic Press is a steering African book publishing company established in Nigeria in 2006 and headed by Bibi Bakare-Yusuf,

, 2009) * ''Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun'' (Cassava Republic Press, 2016, ).

Non-fiction

* ''Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora'', Foreword by

(Footnote Press, 2022)

Short stories

* "Mr Wonder" in ''Women Writing Zimbabwe'' ( Weaver Press, 2008) * "Modupe" in ''African Love Stories'' (Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd, 2006) * "Girlfriend" in ''Fathers & Daughters'' (Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd, 2008) * "The Ambassador's Wife" in

(editor), '' New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent'' (

Myriad Editions Myriad Editions is an independent UK publishing house based in Brighton and Hove, Sussex, specialising in topical atlases, graphic non-fiction and original fiction, whose output also encompasses graphic novels that span a variety of genres, in ...

, 2019)

Book chapters

* "Oyinbo" in ''Prolematizing Blackness'' (Routledge, 2003)

Selected essays

* "Coming of Age in the Time of the Hoodie", ''

'', 23 June 2015. * "Betting on Africa", ''

'', 28 March 2016. * "For the Love of Older Characters in Good Books", '' OZY'', 29 October 2017. * "Game of Tomes: The Struggle for Literary Prizes", ''OZY'', 2 November 2017. * "On Meeting Toni Morrison", '' Transition'', No. 124, Writing Black Canadas (2017), pp. 138–147.

Indiana University Press Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana. IU Press publishes ...

Hutchins Center for African and African American Research The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, also known as the Hutchins Center, is affiliated with Harvard University. The Center supports scholarly research on the history and culture of people of African descent around the worl ...

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. * "What James Baldwin Means To Me", ''Brittle Paper'', 4 March 2019. * "On Meeting Mrs Obama", ''

146: The Politics of Feeling'', 22 March 2019. * "On Meeting Margaret Busby", ''Granta'', 19 October 2020.

Research reports

''Ph.D. Programs in African Universities: Current Status and Future Prospects. Report to the Rockefeller Foundation''
Co-authored with David Szanton (University of Berkeley, California, 2002).

References

External links

Official websiteListen aloud to readings from ''In Dependence''Introduction to Black History Month
*Sarah Ladipo Manyika interviewed by Nkrumah Bankong-Obi
"My Life, My Writings"
''P.M. News Nigeria'', 26 March 2014. *Ovo Adagha

''African Writing'', No. 9.
Sarah Ládípọ̀ Manyika
on ''OZY''
"Toni Morrison In Conversation"
Mario Kaiser & Sarah Ladipo Manyika in conversation with Toni Morrison. ''Granta'', 29 June 2017.
"Twenty Questions with Sarah Ladipo Manyika"
'' TLS'', 2019. *Darlington Chibueze Anuonye
"Taking Her Cue from Baldwin: A Conversation with Sarah Ladipo Manyika"
(interview), ''

World Literature Today ''World Literature Today'' (''WLT'') is an American magazine of international literature and culture, published at the University of Oklahoma. The magazine's stated goal is to publish international essays, poetry, fiction, interviews, and book ...

'', 9 January 2023.
If there's a book you want to read and cannot find, write it!' Sarah Ladipo Manyika's First Draft"
(interview), ''The Republic'', Nigeria, 16 March 2024. {{DEFAULTSORT:Manyika, Sarah Ladipo 1968 births 21st-century British writers 21st-century Nigerian women writers 21st-century Nigerian novelists 21st-century novelists Alumni of the University of Birmingham Black British women academics British women academics Black British academics Black British women writers Black British writers British essayists British expatriate academics in the United States British expatriates in France British expatriates in Kenya British women essayists Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Living people Nigerian emigrants to the United Kingdom Nigerian essayists Nigerian people of British descent Nigerian women academics Nigerian women essayists San Francisco State University faculty University of Bordeaux alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Writers from Ibadan

Early life

Career

Fiction

Non-fiction

''Between Starshine and Clay''

Literary community

Personal life

Honours and recognition

Works

Novels

Non-fiction

Short stories

Book chapters

Selected essays

Research reports

See also

References

External links