Paula Akpan

Paula Akpan is a journalist and public speaker. A sociology graduate from the University of Nottingham, Paula’s work mainly focuses on blackness, queerness, and social politics and she regularly writes for a variety of publications including Vogue, Teen Vogue, The Independent, Stylist and more. She’s an incoming Masters student at Goldsmiths, studying Black British History with a focus on mapping out the lives and activism of Black British lesbians and queer women during the 70s and 80s.