Ralph Leonard
{{Short description|British Nigerian author and writer}}
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Ralph Micheal Leonard also known as Ralph Leonard (born May 9, 1996) is an international British Nigerian journalist, film critic, author, and commentator.{{Cite web |last=Dailytimes|first=The |date=2023-11-22 |title=Investigative Reporting and Its Impact: The Case of Ralph Leonard |url=https://dailytimesng.com/investigative-reporting-and-its-impact-the-case-of-ralph-leonard/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Daily Times (Nigeria)|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Guardian|first=The |date=2020-08-28 |title=A nuanced perspective on racism: Ralph Leonard's thought-provoking insights |url=https://guardian.ng/features/a-nuanced-perspective-on-racism-ralph-leonards-thought-provoking-insights/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Guardian (Nigeria)|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= Nigerian Tribune|first=The |date=2021-09-09|title=From storytelling to social commentary: The odyssey of Ralph Leonard in developing free intimacies |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/from-storytelling-to-social-commentary-the-odyssey-of-ralph-leonard-in-developing-free-intimacies/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Nigerian Tribune|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nation|first=The |date=2023-08-24 |title=Nigerian journalists making significant strides in the global media world|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/nigerian-journalists-making-significant-strides-in-the-global-media-world/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Nation (Nigeria)|language=en-US}}
He won the Jom Charity Award{{Cite web |last=Thisday|first=The |date=2022-06-22 |title=A Nuanced Perspective on Racism: Ralph Leonard's Thought-Provoking Article Receives the Jom Charity SCIO Award|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/24/a-nuanced-perspective-on-racism-ralph-leonards-thought-provoking-article-receives-the-jom-charity-scio-award/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=This Day|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=PM news|first=The |date=2020-07-23|title=British Nigerian writer nominated for jom charity awards|url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/07/23/british-nigerian-writer-nominated-for-jom-charity-awards/?amp=1|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=P.M. News|language=en-US}} and in 2024 he won the Yessiey Awards for best author and commentator.{{Cite web |last=Nation|first=The |date=2024-09-24 |title=Nigerian journalists making significant strides in the global media world|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/ralph-leonard-wins-yessiey-award-for-best-author-and-commentator/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Nation (Nigeria)|language=en-US}}
Early life
Ralph Leonard was born on 9 May 1996 in Eastbourne, United Kingdom to Mabel Oboh, a Nigerian/British broadcaster, actress, film producer, and politician, and Gary Leonard, a former British diplomat. He started his basic education in Nigeria before finishing his schooling in the United Kingdom. He attended Gorse Ride and Parklane primary schools, followed by Little Heath Secondary School in England. He pursued higher education in Law for one year at Swansea University, Wales, UK, before transitioning to Media Studies at Bracknell & Wokingham College, England, UK, where he graduated in 2018.
Career
Ralph Leonard, is a conservative Marxist ideologist, an author of international politics, religion, culture, sex, literature, and humanism, and has published some articles in contemporary discussions.
He is the author of the 'Letters on Liberty pamphlet', 'Unshackling Intimacy', 'And Israel: A settler-colonial State? A clarification'. He is a regular Commentator on Sublation Media.{{Cite web |last=Dailytimes|first=The |date=2024-04-27 |title=British Nigerian author urges nuanced understanding of israeli palestinian conflict|url=https://dailytimesng.com/british-nigerian-author-urges-nuanced-understanding-of-israeli-palestinian-conflict/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Daily Times (Nigeria)|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sublation|first=The |date=2023-11-22 |title=Israel: A settler-colonial state? A clarification'|url=https://sublationmedia.com/israel-a-settler-colonial-state-a-clarification-2/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Sublation|language=en-US}} Leonard began his professional journalism career in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Sun|first=The |date=2021-04-15|title=Ralph leonard discovering international solidarity and activism|url=https://thesun.ng/ralph-leonard-discovering-international-solidarity-and-activism/?amp|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Sun (Nigeria)|language=en-US}} His works have appeared in UnHerd,{{Cite web |last=Nation|first=The |date=2020-06-03 |title=Britain's race pain is not the same as America's A like-for-like equation is potentially inflammatory, crassly propagandistic — and untrue|url=https://unherd.com/2020/06/british-and-american-black-experience-are-not-the-same/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=UnHerd|language=en-US}} The Atlantic,{{Cite web |last=Atlantic|first=The |date=2023-05-13 |title=Author at the Atlantic|url= https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ralph-leonard/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Atlantic|language=en-US}} The Daily Telegraph,{{Cite web |last=Telegraph|first=The |date=2025-03-05|title=The state isn't the only threat to free speech: the workplace is, too|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025/03/05/the-state-isnt-the-only-threat-to-free-speech-the-workplace/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Daily Telegraph|language=en-US}} Sublation Magazine,{{Cite web |last=Sublation magazine|first=The |date=2025-03-05|title=Sublation writers|url=https://www.sublationmag.com/ourwriters|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Sublationmag|language=en-US}} New Statesman,{{Cite web |last=New stateman|first=The |date=2024-06-07|title=Authors|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/author/ralphleonard|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=New Statesman|language=en-US}} openDemocracy, Daily Mail, Evening Standard,{{Cite web |last=Evening Standard|first=The|date=2024-07-15|title=Evening standardwriters|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/author/ralph-leonard|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Evening Standard|language=en-US}}The Freethinker (journal),{{Cite web |last=Evening Standard|first=The |date=2024-06-05|title=Freethinker writers|url=https://freethinker.co.uk/author/ralph-leonard/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=The Freethinker|language=en-US}} Muck Rack,{{Cite web |last=Evening Standard|first=The |date=2024-07-15|title=Muck Rack writers|url=https://muckrack.com/ralph-leonard/articles|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Muck Rack|language=en-US}} Quillette.
In 2022, He was listed as the 5th most powerful young man in Africa by NBTlive and was named among the top 10 influential people in the diaspora by yessiey magazine. In 2023, He was listed by Nation newspaper among three Nigerian journalists making significant strides in the global media world. and in 2024 Legit.ng mentioned him among the Top 4 remarkable Africans.{{Cite web |last=Legit|first=The |date=2024-03-15|title=Top 4 remarkable Africans taking great strides|url=https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1612670-top-4-remarkable-africans-taking-great-strides/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Legit.ng|language=en-US}}
Ralph has been described as a secular humanist and defender of media freedom and journalist protection, and an advocate against, human trafficking and social injustice.{{Cite web |last=PM news|first=The |date=2023-02-22|title=Sexual liberation and neo puritanism Ralph leonards challenge to leftist orthodoxy|url=https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/02/22/sexual-liberation-and-neo-puritanism-ralph-leonards-challenge-to-leftist-orthodoxy/|access-date=2025-03-05 |website=P.M. News|language=en-US}}
Awards and recognitions
In 2020, He was nominated and won Jom Charity Award for his article in Daily Mail about the murder of George Floyd by Officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, USA and in 2024 he won the Yessiey Awards for best author and commentator.
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