Yinka Sunmonu Explained

Yinka Sunmonu (born 1962) is a British writer and journalist.^[1]

Life

Yinka Sunmonu was born in 1962 in London. She gained a BA in English, African and Caribbean Studies and a MA in creative and life writing from Goldsmiths' College.^[1]

Sunmonu contributed a story to the 1999 anthology .^[1] Her first novel, Cherish, followed the conflicts of a Nigerian girl privately fostered by a white family.^[2]

An expert on adoption and fostering in the black community,^[1] Sunmonu has also written on dementia care in the black community.^{[3] [4]} She has written for Aspire Magazine, West Africa, Community Care, Woman to Woman, The Voice, Foster Care and Adoption & Fostering.^[1]

Works

• "Why black carers are deterred from adoption". Adoption & Fostering, Vol. 24, Issue 1 (April 2000), pp. 59–60.
• Cherish. London: Mango Publishing, 2003.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Alison Donnell

   . Alison . Donnell. Alison Donnell. Alison Donnell. Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. https://books.google.com/books?id=VfdpdZ9DwH0C&pg=PA290. 2002. Routledge. 978-1-134-70025-7. 290–291. Sunmonu, Yinka.

2. News: John . James. Yinka Sunmonu. The Guardian. 5 November 2003. 30 August 2020.
3. News: Yinka. Sunmonu. Breaking the Silence. The Voice. 18 September 2012. 30 August 2020.
4. News: Yinka . Sunmonu. Should I Put My Elderly Relative In A Care Home?. The Voice. 24 January 2016. 30 August 2020.
5. Cousins . Mark . Mark Cousins (writer). Evans . Gareth . Ebiri . Bilge . Bilge Ebiri. Morley . Jonathan . Naguschewski . Dirk . Stadtler . Florian . Banerjee . Mita . Chohan . Satinder . Ilona . Anthony . Krueger . Steffen . Niblett . Michael . Grant . Neville . Campbell-Hall . Devon . December 2004 . Reviews: African and World Cinema: Imagining Alternatives . . en . 19 . 43 . 73–74 . 10.1080/02690050408589940 . 219611820 . 0269-0055.