London-based Olumide Popoola is a Nigerian-German writer. Her publications include essays, poetry, the novella this is not about sadness, the play Also by Mail, and the short story collection breach, which she co-authored with Annie Holmes, as well as recordings in collaboration with musicians. Her critically acclaimed novel When We Speak of Nothing was published by Cassava Republic Press in 2017.
Olumide Popoola
Original Series

You can’t breathe water
Olumide Popoola gives voice to the many migrants who have drowned at sea as they try to reach the coast of the UK.
12th May 2022

Olumide Popoola
London-based Olumide Popoola is a Nigerian-German writer.


