OluTimehin Adegbeye

OluTimehin Adegbeye in Oslo in 2018

OluTimehin Adegbeye, born October 3, 1991, is a Nigerian writer, editor and activist. Her work concentrates on questions of gender, sexuality, poverty and feminism.

Career

She was an editor at the Nigerian blogazine for two years, and is still a contributor.[1] Adegbeye regularly writes about politics, gender and other social issues on ThisIsAfrica.[2] Her writing has been published in different languages, notably English, Japanese and Norwegian. She is a stringer for the Norwegian magazine Bistandsaktuelt[3] and has also been published by Klassekampen[4][5] Her work in Norwegian has been used as background for textbooks for Norwegian junior colleges.[6]

Adegbeye was one of the speakers at TEDLagos 2017. She was picked as a speaker for TEDGlobal in 2017.[7] In 2015, OluTimehin Adegbeye participated in Chimamanda Adichie's Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop in Lagos.[8] She is an alumna of the FEMRITE[9] workshop in Uganda (2014) and the BRITDOC Queer Impact Producers Lab (2017).[10]

OluTimehin Adegbeye is a prominent figure among Nigerian and African feminists of her generation.[11] Through her website,[12] blog,[13] Twitter,[14] journalism and online activism, she has gained a wide readership among feminists and activists. She is known for the way she combines her experiences as a single mother in a male-dominated Nigerian society with gender theory and social struggles. Adegbeye currently works as a communication officer with the human rights organization JEI[15] in Lagos.

References[16]

  1. ↑ "You searched for OluTimehin • Olisa Blogazine". Olisa Blogazine. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  2. ↑ "Olutimehin Adegbeye, Author at This Is Africa". This Is Africa. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  3. ↑ "Vi lever et liv i konstant motvind". NoradDev (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  4. ↑ "Landranerne herjer i Lagos". Klassekampen. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  5. ↑ "Krigen mot de fattige: Den planlagte hjemløsheten". afrika.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  6. ↑ "Politikk og makt - versjon 2: Kapittel 29 - Brudd på menneskerettighetene". politikkogmakt-versjon2.cappelendamm.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  7. ↑ "TEDGlobal 2017: August 27-30, Arusha, Tanzania". tedglobal2017.ted.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  8. ↑ Books, Farafina (2015-06-03). "Selected Participants: 2015 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop". Farafina Books. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  9. ↑ "First Non-fiction workshop". FEMRITE - Uganda Women Writers Association. 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  10. ↑ "Britdoc". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  11. ↑ temitopebenson. "Arese Ugwu, Dami Elebe, Mr. Eazi, Kelechi Iheanacho & More! See YNaija's List for 'The New Establishment' 2017 | TIC Media". theinterviewcentral.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  12. ↑ "Welcome | OluTimehin Adegbeye". www.ohtimehin.com. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  13. ↑ "OluTimehin – Medium". medium.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  14. ↑ "OluTimehin Adegbeye (@OhTimehin) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  15. ↑ "Just Empower". Justice & Empowerment Initiatives. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  16. ↑ "Welcome | OluTimehin Adegbeye". www.ohtimehin.com. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
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