[15] Her article "Why African Babies Don't Cry", an African perspective, has been translated into more than 20 languages and has been used as a training tool by La Leche League and The World Alliance for Breast Feeding.
[19][20][21] Niala's work has been staged at The Africa Centre, London, at the Tate Modern and to celebrate World Theatre Day in New York City.
[22][23][24] She performs stories in different countries including at the Hay Festival, in Kenya and the UK.
When she was 17 she filmed, by herself a documentary entitled In and Out of Africa that was aired in 1993 on BBC 2 as part of their Teenage Diaries Series.
[28] Her diaries were aired on BBC Radio 4 as part of the series Messages to Myself, where she was the youngest participant in the programme.