Andrea Enisuoh

Andrea Enisuoh (1970 – 13 February 2020) was an English socialist, feminist, journalist, political activist, trade unionist, human rights campaigner, and volunteer based in Hackney, London, England. In 1989, she was the first Black woman to be elected a member of the National Executive Committee of the National Union of Students (NUS).

Biography Enisuoh was born in Manchester, England, and it was while attending Further Education college in Manchester that she became involved in politics, serving as Chair of the Youth Action Committee in the city in 1987. She spent most of her living and working life based in Hackney. She was the first London worker in the Show Racism the Red Card campaign, founded to call out discrimination in football. Her co-ordination at BEMA provided community support for members via mentorship and learning opportunities to upgrade their skillsets in navigating the injustices and discrimination faced by visible minorities.

Enisuoh was an arts and culture contributor to New Nation weekly newspaper, and supported increased representation of Black writers in theatre and performance. In 2003, she appeared as a talking head on BBC Radio 4's Front Row, to discuss Percival Everett's novel Erasure. She collaborated with Grenada-born writer Jacob Ross to edit the short story collection Turf.

Enisuoh died on 13 February 2020, aged 49.