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Abi Daré
Writer

Abi Daré

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Writing The Girl with the Louding Voice.

The Girl with the Louding Voice · And So I Roar

Born
Unknown
Birthplace
Lagos, Nigeria

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Abi Daré

Abi Daré is a Nigerian novelist whose work follows women confronting barriers to education and independence.

Early life

Education

Grew up in Lagos, studied law in Wolverhampton and later completed postgraduate studies in project management and creative writing.

Career

  1. Early writing

    Blog and magazine

    Wrote fiction online and edited a church magazine.

  2. 2018

    Bath Novel Award

    Won the award for her debut manuscript.

  3. 2020

    First novel

    Published The Girl with the Louding Voice.

Selected work

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Told the story of Adunni, a Nigerian teenager seeking education.

And So I Roar

Published her second novel.

Beyond work

Public speaking

Delivered a keynote at Harvard’s Social Enterprise Conference in 2023.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Dudley Council from England. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.