Lolade Siyonbola

Lolade is the visionary behind noirpress and a PhD student at Cambridge University, where she's researching identity and assimilation of the Nigerian creative class in New York and London. She has a Master's in African Studies from Yale and a Bachelor's in Computer Science from Mizzou. Lolade is passionate about using technology to preserve and innovate on ancient cultures and traditions, and obsesses over traditional textiles, artistic indigenous films and bridging gaps across the Black Diaspora.