Ziwe

Ziwerekoru "Ziwe" Fumudoh is an American comedian and writer known for her satiric commentary on politics, race relations and young adulthood. On September 2, 2021, it was reported that for Season 3, which is also the final season of Apple TV+'s Dickinson, Ziwe had been cast as Sojourner Truth, as well as joining the the writing staff this season.

Biography
Fumudoh grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the second of three children to parents who emigrated from Nigeria to the U.S. after living through a civil war there. In 2010, Fumudoh graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Fumudoh was a summer intern at Comedy Central in her junior year of college, working on shows including The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. uring her senior year of college, she summer-interned as a writer for The Onion and took improv classes at the iO improv theater. After graduation she started working as a screenwriter on The Rundown with Robin Thede.