sentences:  The daughter of lecturers, Robinson grew up during the civil war in Zaria, Nigeria; Dorset and Yorkshire.Her father, P.H.Turner an economist  and a biographer of David Livingstone  established an educational trust and spearheaded the building of a non profit making private school in Zaria, Nigeria, which she attended with other local and overseas children including, theatre director, Rufus Norris.Her mother is a lecturer in mathematics with the Open University.