Sarah Ladipo Manyika

Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 7 March 1968) is an Anglo-Nigerian writer. She was raised in Nigeria and has lived in Kenya, France, and England. Her writing includes published essays, academic papers, book reviews and short stories. Sarah's first novel,^[1] In Dependence, was published by Legend Press in 2008.^[2] Her short story Mr Wonder appeared in the 2008 collection Women Writing Zimbabwe.^[3]

Sarah inherited her maiden name ("Ladipo") from her father who was born in Ibadan (South West Nigeria) in the late 1930s. Sarah herself was born in the UK (where her father met and married her mother in the late 1960s) but she spent much of her childhood in the city of Jos in Plateau State.

As a young teenager, Sarah also lived for two years in Nairobi, Kenya before her family moved to the UK. She then studied at the Universities of Birmingham (UK), Bordeaux (France), and Berkeley (California). She was married in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1994 and she now divides her time between San Francisco (where she teaches literature at San Francisco State University), London and Harare.

Sarah's novel In Dependence was chosen by the UK's largest bookstore chain as its featured book for Black History Month.

In 2009, In Dependence, will be published by Cassava Republic, a literary press based in Abuja, Nigeria with a stable of authors that includes Teju Cole and Helon Habila.

Works

Novels

• In Dependence (Legend Press, 2008)

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)

Book Chapters

• "Oyinbo" in Prolematizing Blackness (Routledge, 2003)

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

1. ^ "Legend Press sign San Francisco-based author Sarah Ladipo Manyika". Free Press Release. June 4, 2008. http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200806/1212575240.html. 
2. ^ "Sarah Manyika’s in dependence". Vanguard (Nigeria). 15 February 2009. http://www.vanguardngr.com/content/view/28752/74/. Retrieved 2009-02-15. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "It's all women, passion and skill in Weaver Press's latest anthology". The Zimbabwean. 26 August 2008. http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14919&Itemid=85. Retrieved 2009-02-15. 

External links

• Official Website
• Listen aloud to readings from 'In Dependence'
• Introduction to Black History Month
• Review of In Dependence on the Catch a Vibe site
• Review of In Dependence by Andreas Martin Widmann

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Name	Manyika, Sarah Ladipo
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