Minna Salami is a Nigerian, Finnish and Swedish writer and lecturer. She is the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, which connects feminism with contemporary culture from an Africa-centred perspective. Her first book, Sensuous Knowledge, will be published in 2020 by Zed and Harper Collins.  

Minna is listed alongside Angelina Jolie and Michelle Obama as one of 12 women changing the worldby ELLE Magazine. 

She is a contributor to the Guardian, BBC, CNN, The Independent, Al Jazeera, the New Internationalist and many other publications. She is a columnist for the Guardian Nigeria.

She has consulted governments on gender equality and she has curated events at The Victoria & Albert Museum in London. 

She is a guest commentator on the BBC, SKY, Al Jazeera and Channel 4.

Minna is a co-director of the feminist movement, Activate.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Gender Studies (Distinction) with a focus on black feminisms from SOAS, University of London, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from The University of Lund,