And decided to build a bridge through words.

For Muminah Koleoso, storytelling is both art and activism. It is how she builds community, amplifies identity, and creates belonging where there was once silence.

Muminah was born in Lagos to Nigerian Yoruba parents and raised across England and Scotland.
She learned early what it meant to navigate multiple cultures. That tension, between roots and routes, between visibility and erasure were part of what shaped the writer, poet, and advocate she has become.

A graduate of the University of Edinburgh with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics, Muminah began in the world of logic and systems but her heart belonged to language and to the spaces where rhythm and resistance were normal occurrences.
She pivoted into media and the literary arts, embracing her multi-passionate nature and transforming her creativity into a force for representation.

Today, she is the founder and host of Sister Station, a podcast and open mic platform where Muslim and BPOC women share their work, their stories, and their truth. It’s a digital home for voices that have long been overlooked, and a community that reminds women they are not alone.

Her writing, poetry, and commentary have appeared in Black Ballad, Friday Magazine, Young Writers’ Anthologies, and across literary festivals including the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Cymera Festival, and Push the Boat Out Festival. She’s a member of the Scottish BPOC Writers Network, the UK Black Writers Guild, and a fellow of the Black British Book Festival’s “Fi Wi Time” Creative Nonfiction Programme, where her short story was published in the fellowship’s first anthology.

Recognition has followed, and rightfully so. Muminah is the 2025 Young Scot Award winner for Culture & Entertainment, the 2025 Black Scottish Awards’ Creative of the Year, and the MCM Comic Con Scholarship recipient for creatives. She’s also a finalist for the Black Muslim Awards’ Social Media Influencer and Performing Artist of the Year. Her influence continues to grow across borders. Also in 2025, Muminah has won the Society of Young Publishers’ First Chapter Award and was named one of the Young Women’s Movement’s 30 Under 30.

This recognition reflects both her creative excellence and her impact on public life. Her podcast, Sister Station, now reaches listeners in more than 28 countries, and her writing has expanded into national platforms, including recent publication in The Scotsman.

Muminah’s story, however, does not stop at art. Beyond the creative world, she is a passionate youth advocate.
As an alumna of the Young Women Lead Programme with the Young Women’s Movement (YWM), she contributed to national research on young women’s political participation and later represented Scotland at international gender equality forums in Hungary and Brussels.

In every room she enters, be it on a stage, behind a mic, or at a policymaking table, Muminah brings light, language, and leadership.
Her journey is a reminder that creativity is defined by both self and expression. It’s a way of taking up space in a world that often forgets to make room.

For Muminah Koleoso, the words she writes are what she uses to build worlds where young women, Black women, Muslim women can finally see themselves reflected, heard, and celebrated.