Tomiwa Owolade
writer and critic; contributing writer, New Statesman; author, This is Not America: Why Black Lives in Britain Matter

Tomiwa is a writer, critic and author of This is Not America: Why Black Lives in Britain Matter. He has written columns, essays and book reviews for many publications, including the Times, the Spectator, the FT, UnHerd, the Evening Standard and Literary Review and is a contributing writer at the New Statesman.

Tomiwa has also appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Across the Red Line, in which he discussed wsensitivityhether we should analyse race in Britain through an American perspective. He studied English at Queen Mary, University of London and University College London.

Tomiwa’s interests include identity politics, liberalism, social protest movements, and religion. He enjoys reading fiction and nonfiction books; watching films and TV shows; watching YouTube documentaries about 20th century dictators and eating lemon cheesecake.

Follow Tomiwa on Twitter @tomowolade

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