Zainabu Jallo is a Brazilian-Nigerian-Swiss scholar, playwright, and portrait photographer. Her academic and creative work have been conveyed through fellowships at the Sundance Institute Theatre Program, The Institute for World Literature, Harvard University, the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, Residenztheater Munich, Château de Lavigny, and the House of Writers in Switzerland. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts England, and the UNESCO Coalition of Artists for the General History of Africa.