Yemisi Aribisala Quotes

Nigerian essayist, writer and food memoirist

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.

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Alternative Names: Yẹ́misí Ogbe • Yemisí Aríbisálà

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One of the greatest ironies of writing is that you can write for a hundred years, write reams, but until you have something that resembles a book, you are never allowed to call yourself an author.

We don’t have a Nigerian culture of cooking and monologuing. It is coming along now with social media and Nigerian food celebrities.

The pandemic has forced a balance in the nation’s perspective where food writing is concerned.