Wana Udobang

Wana Udobang is a Nigeria-based freelance journalist and filmmaker who work has covered women’s rights, social justice, healthcare, personal narratives, culture and the arts. She has worked with the BBC Radio4, BBC World Service and Nigeria’s Inspiration 92.3 FM. Her work has appeared on Aljazeera, The Guardian, The Africa Report, Ozy, Index on Censorship, and Brittle Paper. In 2016, she was long listed for the One World Media award in the Women’s rights in Africa award category. She is a recipient of the International Reporting Project(IRP) Fellowship, the Gabriel Garcia Marquez Fellowship in Cultural Journalism and the Religion News Foundation grant. Her documentary works include; Sensitive Skin a documentary film on Psoriasis, Nylon a short documentary on grief and the docu-series Warriors exploring the lives of people with sickle cell disease. She is creator of the interview series Culture Diaries. Wana graduated from the University for The Creative Arts with a first-class degree in Journalism.