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Naomi Kelechi Di Meo

Naomi Kelechi Di Meo

Naomi Kelechi Di Meo, born in Brescia, has Nigerian, Ethiopian, Argentine, and Italian heritage. She holds a degree in Media and Information from the University of Amsterdam and a Master’s in Narrative Arts from IULM University in Milan. She is an independent writer and editor at oltreoceano.
Her work sits at the intersection of writing, music, and politics, and she is active both online and offline within grassroots organizing and political activism. Her research and writing focus on questions of class, gender, and race, informed by anti-capitalist and postcolonial frameworks.
Her work has appeared in renowned international magazines and news outlets, and she is also a published author. dimeonaomi@gmail.com

Latest articles

03.03.2026

Is Being a Hustler Healthy? Survival, Black Excellence and Fear

The myth of the hustle has reshaped how success is measured, turning relentless productivity into a moral imperative. Within this framework, Black excellence risks becoming both a survival strategy and a standard set by systems that were never built to include Blackness. 

by Murphy Tomadin, Gabriel Seroussi, Maguette Fall and Naomi Kelechi Di Meo