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Tomiwa Owolade (born 1996) is a Nigerian-born journalist and author based in London, England.

Biography

Owolade was born in Nigeria in 1996 and moved to London in 2005. He studied English at Queen Mary, University of London[1] and earned a postgraduate degree in English from University College London. He was one of the judges at the UCL Orwell Political Fiction Prize in 2023.[2][3][4][5][6]

He has written for The Observer, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman[7] London Evening Standard and other t British newspapers and magazines.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Most recently for the Guardian about changes in language use in the UK[15] and the conflicts in Gaza for the Times.[16]

In 2023, Owolade published the book This is Not America, in which he argues that "too much of the conversation around race in Britain is viewed through the prism of American ideas that don't reflect the history, challenges and achievements of increasingly diverse black populations at home."[17]

Goodreads describes the book as "Humane, empirical and passionate, this book promises to start a new conversation about race and, vitally, shed light on black British life today."[18] Reviewing it in The Guardian, Colin Grant called it a "timely intervention into the politics of identity"[19] [20] and Tony Sewell wrote in The Telegraph that it is "a sensible study of racism, unravelling the important differences between the UK and the US."[21] Pratinav Anil writing in The Times , where it was book of the week in June 2023, [22] explained that it looks in detail at the challenge of a patronising attitude that Owalade abhors.

References

  1. ^ "Alumni profile - Tomiwa Owolade". www.qmul.ac.uk. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ UCL (30 April 2018). "News". UCL English. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Tomiwa Owolade | The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Tomiwa Owolade". New Statesman. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Tomiwa Owolade". Battle of Ideas. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Tomiwa Owolade". www.ft.com. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Tomiwa Owolade, Author at New Statesman". New Statesman. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  8. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (22 May 2023). "Our obsession with race is pushing us apart". The Times. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (20 May 2023). "How philistine of David Starkey to limit western civilisation to whiteness". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  10. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (23 April 2023). "What Diane Abbott gets wrong about racism". New Statesman. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  11. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (15 April 2023). "Racism in Britain is not a black and white issue. It's far more complicated". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  12. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (20 July 2022). "How Africa can rethink its relationship with the west". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  13. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (4 June 2023). "How American jargon infiltrated British English – and our politics". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  14. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (28 August 2023). "Salman Rushdie's warning rings true: ignore the Twitter outrage". Evening Standard. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  15. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (5 November 2023). "Would you Adam and Eve it – cockney's out. We're all speaking multicultural now". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  16. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (7 November 2023). "Palestine's friends do its cause no favours". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  17. ^ LSE. "This is Not America: why black lives in Britain matter | LSE Festival". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  18. ^ "This Is Not America". Goodreads. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  19. ^ Grant, Colin (26 June 2023). "This Is Not America by Tomiwa Owolade review – black and British… and a world apart". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  20. ^ Grant, Colin (26 June 2023). "This Is Not America by Tomiwa Owolade review – black and British… and a world apart". The Guardian.
  21. ^ "A must read exposé of how Britain fell for America's madness on race". The Telegraph. 17 June 2023.
  22. ^ Anil, Pratinav (26 July 2023). "This Is Not America by Tomiwa Owolade review — it's class, not colour, that matters in Britain". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 27 July 2023.


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