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Yemisi Aribisala

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Biography

Yemisi Aribisala (born 27 April 1973) is a Nigerian essayist, writer, painter, and food memoirist. She has been described as having a “fearless, witty, and unapologetic voice”. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Vogue magazine, Chimurenga, Popula, Google Arts & Culture, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Critical Muslim 26: Gastronomy, Sandwich Magazine (The African Scramble), The Guardian (UK), Aké Review, and Olongo Africa. Aribisala is renowned for her work in documenting Nigerian food as an entry point to thinking and understanding the culture and society. Her first book, Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex, and the Nigerian Taste Buds, won the John Avery Prize at the André Simon Book Awards 2016. Her work has also appeared in New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (edited by Margaret Busby); In the Kitchen: Essays on Food and Life, and The Best American Food Writing 2019 (edited by Samin Nosrat). Aribisala currently lives in London, United Kingdom.

News / Ranking / Titbits / Awards

January 2017, Aribisala’s debut book Longthroat Memoirs won the John Avery Prize at the André Simon Book Awards 2016. March 2017, Aribisala was listed as one of the 100 inspiring women in Nigeria in 2017. February 2018, Longthroat Memoirs: Soups Sex & Nigerian Taste Buds was shortlisted for the 2018 Art of Eating Prize. May 2018 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, Longthroat Memoirs: Soups Sex & Nigerian Taste Buds won second place in the category of Best in the World in African Cuisine.

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