Shyama Perera is a famous broadcaster as well as an author. In addition, she is a critic and a commentator. Moreover, she is also the chairperson of the South Asian Diaspora Arts Archive (SADAA) and trustee of YUF.
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Shyama Perera Wikipedia
Shyama Perera is famous for being the first Sri Lankan born in Moscow. However, during the year. In 1962, she moved to England with her mother.
Shyama is Chair of the South Asian Diaspora Arts Archive housed at Birmingham Museum and Gallery, and a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund. Away from her screen, she moderates public events, researching and structuring lively specialist debates across subjects and sectors.
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Perera was born in 1958 in Moscow though she is a Sri. Lankan. 4 years after her birth, Shyama and her mother moved to the UK. presently, the British journalist is 63 years old.
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Shyma Perera holds an honorary bachelor’s degree from Open University.
Shyma is known to have appeared in TV shows like Network East (1989-1992), The Paper (2015), 31 First (1990), and many more as a moderator and telecaster. Shyama also wrote a book, Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet in 1999.
Family And Husband Of The BBC Journalist, Shyma Perera
Shyama Perera has always kept her family background and parents’ information away from the media. However, according to sources, she seems close to her mother since her father left right after they arrived in the UK.
Shyama was once married to an unknown husband since his identity has not once been disclosed to the media. Now, she is an independent and divorced woman. Shyama and her ex-husband were blessed with two beautiful girls Nushy and Tushy.
She is currently a single mother to her children Nushy and Tushy. Currently, Perera and her daughters are residing in North-west London.