Early life and education At the age of six months, Pool was adopted by a British scholar working in
Sudan. At first she was raised in
Khartoum and then
Norway, before finally settling in
Manchester, England. She grew up believing that her genetic parents had died shortly after her birth. She was educated at
Liverpool University, where she studied Sociology.
Career After leaving university, Pool became a journalist on the
Manchester Evening News. She has written extensively for
The Guardian newspaper, where for several years she wrote the fashion column "The New Black". At the age of 19 she received a letter telling her that her genetic father and siblings were alive in Eritrea. Pool was a senior programmer of contemporary culture at the
Southbank Centre, London. In February 2019, she became the artistic director/CEO at the
Bernie Grant Arts Centre in
Tottenham. Pool is a contributor to the 2019 anthology
New Daughters of Africa, edited by
Margaret Busby. == Bibliography ==