Zina Saro-Wiwa, UK/Nigeria

Zina Saro-Wiwa (daughter of the late Nigerian activist and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa) is a 32-year-old filmmaker, writer and presenter. She is also the founder of AfricaLab, A multimedia company dedicated to changing the way the world sees Africa.

Zina was born in 1976 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and moved to Britain at the age of one and was brought up in Surrey. She and her twin sister were sent to Roedean in Sussex at the age of 10, which they attended until the age of 18. She worked for political think tank Demos during her gap year, then moved to Brazil for two months before attending Bristol University where she nearly studied music composition but eventually opted for Economics and Social History.

Zina has enjoyed a varied and highprofile career in journalism, radio, television, music and film since the age of 16. She has written for national newspapers and magazines and this year will publish two short stories. She has been television presenter for BBC2's arts magazine programme The Culture Show from 2004 to Feb 2008 and is currently developing a programme for Channel 4 about African presence in the UK. Zina began working as a BBC radio reporter at age 20, and worked for both Radios 3 and 4 as presenter, reporter, producer and researcher on a variety of programmes. She has worked as a musician and music journalist and was advisor for the British Council's music unit.

Zina has made three documentaries to date, her third film, This is My Africa, will be screened on Mon 27 Oct.