Zainabu Jallo is a Playwright & Documentary Photographer; working with a fusion of text and photography.
Zainabu’s Onions Make Us Cry was first drafted at The Royal Court Theatre London in August 2008, where she was a part of a residency for international playwrights. She was offered a literary fellowship at the Global Arts Village, New Delhi where Onions Make Us Cry was first presented.
Zainabu facilitated Masterclasses at the Garden Literary Festival in December 2010 alongside Helon Habila.
She is a Fellow of the international summer writing residency at the Royal Court Theatre in London. As a fellow of the Global Arts Village in India, she her second Developed Play Onions Make Us Cry , a play which has won several awards. She is a Fellow of the Sundance Institute, Chateau Lavigny, writers Ledig-Rowohlt Foundation House, Laussane, Switzerland.Instituto Volusiano of Artes, Brasil and more recently, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Her other plays include, Saraya Dangana, Holy Night, These Feelings, Caught In The Blank, My Sultan Is a Rock Star, The Revolutionary Carrot and White Elephants.
Zainabu holds a B.A in Theatre & Communications from the University of Jos Nigeria and an M.A in World Literature from the University of Bern, Switzerland.
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