‘Everywhere I Looked, Climate Change Bled’: Abi Daré on Writing Climate Fiction
Bestselling novelist and winner of the Climate Fiction Prize joins Zero to discuss why she couldn’t ignore climate change as she told the story of girls in Nigeria.
Water and mud polluted by oil sits in a creek in Nigeria.
Photographer: George Osodi/Bloomberg
In the latest episode of Zero’s Imagine series, Akshat Rathi is joined by Abi Daré, winner of the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize. Abi is the bestselling author of And So I Roar, which tells the story of the teenager Adunni as she confronts superstition, lack of education and the impacts of climate change on the rural communities of Nigeria.
Abi joins Zero to talk about the role climate change plays in her storytelling, and how she has seen Nigeria adopt climate solutions as it develops rapidly.