Yemisi Aribisala is a writer and a lover of good food. She has written about Nigerian food for over 7 years for 234Next, Chimurenga Chronic and at personal blog: www.longthroatmemoirs.com. Her essays on food are a lens through which the complex entity of Nigeria is observed. Yemisi has also written essays on various topics including feminism, Nigerian Christianity and identity. Her essays can be read online under Yemisi Ogbe. In 2017, she won the John Avery Award at the André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards for her debut book Longthroat Memoirs, and she has recently been shortlisted for the Art of Eating Prize.