Sandrine Ndahiro

Sandrine Ndahiro is a writer and activist who moved to Ireland in 2006 from Rwanda. She’s the co-founder of Unsliencing Black Voices and co-editor of Unapologetic - an interdisciplinary, cultural literary magazine that celebrates marginalised voices who tackle social issues here in Ireland. The first issue of Unapologetic featured literature, artwork and articles on the theme of ‘Change Makers’, and the second issue on the theme of ‘Inbetween’. 

With a Masters in African Literature from Limerick University, her work has appeared at the Dingle Literary Festival and at the Frederick Douglass Festival. She’s also a regular contributor to the online publication, Rogue Collective, and is currently starting to put together the third issue of Unapologetic.

She reads a piece specially commissioned for this podcast, inspired by a photograph of when she was a child growing up in a refugee camp - and we’ve a great conversation about her background, her influences, and how she sees the future of Ireland developing.