Koko kalango biography

Born to a Nigerian father and a Jamaican mother, Odo Claire ('Koko') Kalango is a freelance writer and founder of the Rainbow Book Club (part of the Rainbow.
Koko Kalango is a writer, book activist, and host of Colours of Life show.
Odo Claire 'Koko' Kalango is the founder of the Rainbow Foundation and founder Colours of Life Ministry.

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A Literary Luminary’s Story in a Nutshell

In an engaging, easy-to-read narrative, the literary activist Koko Kalango distils the life of Wole Soyinka—a masterclass in creativity, activism, and defiance—for the enjoyment of a younger audience. Okechukwu Uwaezuoke writes

Who could have predicted the serendipitous twist of fate that awaited a tiny ball of energy, barely out of his toddler tantrums? Take his daring sneak peek into the school system before he was officially invited to the party, for instance. Was it a thirst for knowledge or a mischievous streak? Either way, this tiny tornado was already showing signs of greatness—or at least, a knack for shaking things up! After all, it should by now be self-evident that fate has a peculiar sense of humour and loves surprises.

And so began the unconventional journey of a trailblazing young mind, who would ultimately become the illustrious Wole Soyinka: activist and Nobel laureate, as revealed in Koko Kalango’s latest book. This tribute by the Rainbow Book Club founder is the apt icing to the grand celebrations ma

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How Koko Kalango’s Book Travelled From Lagos to London

For Koko Kalango, book activist and Director, Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014, all things are bright and beautiful as she launched her memoir. For almost two decades, Kalango has been at the forefront of promoting reading and writers in Nigeria through the Rainbow Book Club, which she founded in 2005. Now she tells her story in her book All Things Bright and Beautiful: A Personal Journey of Faith.

The book was launched at a well-attended and memorable event in Ikoyi, Lagos at Alliance Francaise inside Mike Adenuga Centre. Media personality Nicole Chikwe and actor Adeolu Adefarasin reviewed the book while the author was interviewed by Pastor Tolu Odukoya-Ijogun and Femi Taiwo. The highlight of the two-hour event was an enchanting engagement with the author in which the audience were taken through her fascinating and relatable life journey as a child and an adult whose conviction and belief in God has remained unshaken through thick and thin.

Joke Silva, Koko Kalango and Nicole Chikwe at the

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Born to a Nigerian father and a Jamaican mother, Odo Claire (‘Koko’) Kalango is a freelance writer and founder of the Rainbow Book Club (part of the Rainbow Foundation), whose work in promoting reading amongst young people was instrumental in Port Harcourt being World Book Capital 2014. For this honour brought to Nigeria, Koko received a national award.

Projects Koko has overseen include the Port Harcourt World Book Capital year-long programme; ‘Africa 39,’ a selection and celebration of 39 important African writers under the age of 40 which led to the publishing of a book with this title; the establishment of a 300-seater library in Port Harcourt sponsored by SHELL to mark Nigeria’s centenary, the Port Harcourt Book Festival (formerly the Garden City Literary Festival) and the Get Nigeria Reading Again campaign.

Koko is the author of Colours of Life, a devotional, she writes the Colours of Life column in This Day Style Magazine and hosts the Colours of Life show.

Koko has a Bachelor’s in French from the University of Benin, a Masters in Internation