Lavinya is a Writer, Author, Founder & Director of The Black Curriculum.

She has written her first book, ‘Omitted‘ due to be published this year, 2024, by 4th Estate.

Having graduated in a BA African Studies and Development from SOAS University, London in 2019, Lavinya was inspired by her learning and experience in New Zealand to set up The Black Curriculum in 2019 aged 22.

During university, she was engaged in student activism as the ‘Working Class Student Officer’ and co-founded a society called Art and the African Mind, which aimed to promote and provide African-centred art and information as well as support for students.

Continuing to engage in her love of writing, Lavinya published her dissertation which won the inaugural Walter Rodney Prize, and has written on social and cultural themes throughout the African diaspora for outlets including the Guardian, Black Ballad, Quartz Africa.

Believing in the power of education she was propelled to write ‘Omitted‘ –  which dives into popular misconceptions about Black history, and asks why education still hasn’t changed, even in schools now.

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