Ralph Micheal Leonard also known as Ralph Leonard (born May 9, 1996) is an international British Nigerian journalist, film critic, author, and commentator. He won the Jom Charity Award and in 2024 he won the Yessiey Awards for best author and commentator.
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. Leonard began his professional journalism career in 2018. His works have appeared in UnHerd, The Atlantic, The Daily Telegraph, Sublation Magazine, New Statesman, openDemocracy, Daily Mail, Evening Standard,The Freethinker (journal), Muck Rack, 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. 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.
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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