Yinka Sunmonu
Yinka Sunmonu (born 1962) is a British writer and journalist.[1]
Life[edit]
Yinka Sunmonu was born in 1962 in London. She gained a BA in English, African and Caribbean Studies and a MA in creative and life writing from Goldsmiths' College.[1]
Sunmonu contributed a story to the 1999 anthology Afrobeat: New Black British Fiction.[1] Her first novel, Cherish, followed the conflicts of a Nigerian girl privately fostered by a white family.[2]
An expert on adoption and fostering in the black community,[1] Sunmonu has also written on dementia care in the black community.[3][4] She has written for Aspire Magazine, West Africa, Community Care, Woman to Woman, The Voice, Foster Care and Adoption & Fostering.[1]
Works[edit]
- 'Why black carers are deterred from adoption'. Adoption & Fostering, Vol. 24, Issue 1 (April 2000), pp. 59–60.
- Cherish. London: Mango Publishing, 2003.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Alison Donnell (2002). "Sunmonu, Yinka". In Alison Donnell. Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. pp. 290–291. ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7. Search this book on
- ↑ John James, Yinka Sunmonu, The Guardian, 5 November 2003. Accessed 30 August 2020.
- ↑ Sunmonu, Breaking the Silence, The Voice, 18 September 2012. Accessed 30 August 2020.
- ↑ Sunomnu, Should I Put My Elderly Relative In A Care Home?, The Voice, 24 January 2016. Accessed 30 August 2020.
- ↑ Cousins, Mark; Evans, Gareth; Ebiri, Bilge; Morley, Jonathan; Naguschewski, Dirk; Stadtler, Florian; Banerjee, Mita; Chohan, Satinder; Ilona, Anthony; Krueger, Steffen; Niblett, Michael; Grant, Neville; Campbell‐Hall, Devon (December 2004). "Reviews: African and World Cinema: Imagining Alternatives". Wasafiri. 19 (43): 73–74. doi:10.1080/02690050408589940. ISSN 0269-0055. Unknown parameter
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