Dayo Olopade is a Nigerian-American journalist and mediaphile.

Growing up in Chicago, she read enough books to eventually win a prize for collecting them in college. She graduated from Yale with degrees in Literature and African Studies, then began her writing career in Washington. She covered politics at The New Republic, The Slate Group, and the Daily Beast, and has also written reviews, feature articles and profiles for lots of outlets, including The Atlantic, The American Prospect, Democracy, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The Nation, The New York Times and The Washington Post.

In 2010, she moved to Nairobi to report a book, as part of a fellowship with the New America Foundation. "The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa" was released in March 2014.

She is currently completing a JD/MBA at Yale University, as a Knight Law and Media Scholar.

Nigeria, Black Heritage, Black History Month, African-American Women, Authors, Journalism,