Ayodele Olofintuade
A picture of Ayodele Olofintuade
Born
Ayọ̀délé Ọlọ́fintúádé

Ibadan, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipNigerian
WebsiteOfficial website

Ayodele Olofintuade is a Nigerian writer, journalist, and feminist. She identifies as queer and non-binary in Nigeria, which is an anti-LGBTQ country.

Biography

Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Olofintuade grew up between Lagos, Ibadan and Abeokuta.[1] They are a self-supporting, full-time writer whose works are focused primarily on feminism in Africa,[2] Yorùbá spirituality (cutting across Africa and the Diaspora) the Nigerian LGBTQ community,[3] and gender non-conforming persons in Nigeria. Olofintuade has two children.[4]

Writing

Their first major work of literature was Eno's Story (2010),[5] a children's story published by Cassava Republic Press and shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature in 2011.[6][7][8] It addressed the issue of child-trafficking that has been plaguing Nigeria for a long time.[9]

Their first major article on LGBTQ persons in Nigeria, The A-B-C of Sexuality (2014) on NigeriansTalk, was published immediately after the passage of the Same Sex Marriage Act of 2013 as part of the advocacy tools for the promulgation of the law.[10] It was around this same time they also published their first major serialised novella, Adunni: The Beautiful Ones Have not yet Died (2014) on Brittle Paper, in which some of the characters were queer.[11]

Olofintuade writes both for adults and children, especially children from disadvantaged areas. She is also an activist. Her first book, in 2011, was shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature.[6][7][8] She has had her work published in numerous magazines and journals in Nigeria, including NigeriansTalk and Anathema. Olofintuade is also the managing director of a website about the negative impact of inequality.[12][13][14][15][16][17]

In 2019, Olofintuade published her fiction titled Lakiroboto Chronicles, the book was later re-published in 2023 by Cypher press.[18][19][20][21]

Olofintuade's deep knowledge of Yorùbá spirituality and culture means that they are an important go-to for younger artists. With Laipo Read, they provide educational support for children from basic to secondary-school level.[22][23] [24][25]

Bibliography

  • Eno's Story (Cassava Republic, 2010)[26][27]
  • Lakiriboto Chronicles [28][29][30][31]
  • The Whirlwind [32]
  • Adunni: The Beautiful One Has not Yet Died [33]
  • King of the Heap [34]
  • King of the Heap Learns to Read [34]
  • Children of the Rainbow [34][35]

References

  1. ↑ Festival, Geoff Ryman Issue: 100 African Writers of SFF-Part Eight: The Ake (2018-04-27). "Ayodele Olofintuade". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2022-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Female in Nigeria: Profile". Feminist Africa. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. ↑ "Ibadan Girl at the Stockholm Pride | Ayodele Olofintuade | An Essay". brittlepaper.com. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  4. ↑ EDORO, AINEHI (August 21, 2015). "Ibadan Girl at the Stockholm Pride | Ayodele Olofintuade | An Essay". Brittle Paper. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ Dike, Virginia W. (2011). Birds of our land : a child's guide to west african birds. Robin Gowen. Abuja: Cassava Republic Press. ISBN 978-978-906-090-0. OCLC 893742114.
  6. 1 2 "NLNG Prize is not a do-or-die thing – Ayodele Olofintuade". Daily Trust. 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  7. 1 2 "Who clinches $100,000 NLNG Literature prize?". Vanguard News. 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  8. 1 2 Iwunze-Ibiam, Chioma (2011-09-07). "NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2011 FINAL SHORTLIST". Creative Writing News. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  9. ↑ "I Simply Write From A Place of Truth - In Conversation with Ayodele Olofintuade – Syncity NG". Syncity NG – Your hangout zone for everything African literature. 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  10. ↑ "The ABC of Sexuality".
  11. ↑ "The Beautiful One Has Not Yet Died — An African Story Ensemble". brittlepaper.com. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  12. ↑ "Ayodele Olofintuade". Cassava Republic Press. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  13. ↑ "[Interview] Ayodele Olofintuade". Conversations with Writers. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  14. ↑ Ryman, Geoff (2018-04-27). "About Ayodele Olofintuade". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  15. ↑ "Ayodele Olofintuade's 'Lakiriboto Chronicles' is really good". James Murua's Literature Blog. 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  16. ↑ Alhassan, Amina (2018-10-14). "Giving an empty page life is a gift – Ayodele Olofintuade – Daily Trust". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  17. ↑ RYMAN, GEOFF (27 April 2018). "AYODELE OLOFINTUADE, ISSUE: 100 AFRICAN WRITERS OF SFF". Strange Horizon. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  18. ↑ Columnist, Guest (2023-07-02). "Lákíríboto by Ayodele Olofintuade review: Amidst all the death, we celebrate life". The Big Issue. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  19. ↑ "Lakriboto Chronicles: A Brief History of Badly Behaved Women". Van Aggelen African Literary Agency. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  20. ↑ Kan, Toni (2022-06-26). "Ayodele Olofintuade's tale of badly-behaved women — Olukorede S. Yishau". The Lagos Review. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  21. ↑ "Ayodele Olofintuade". www.newwriting.net. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  22. ↑ Emelife, Jennifer (2018-12-17). "The Pen and The Sword: Ayodele Olofintuade". Praxis Magazine for Arts & Literature. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  23. ↑ Adejunmobi, M.; Coetzee, C. (2019). Routledge Handbook of African Literature. Taylor & Francis. p. 533. ISBN 978-1-351-85937-0. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  24. ↑ Branch, A.; Mampilly, Z. (2015). Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change. African Arguments. Zed Books. p. 118. ISBN 978-1-78032-999-4. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  25. ↑ "Recent Events: Ayodele Olofintuade, Author of Eno's Story, Visits ZODML". ZODML. 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  26. ↑ "Eno's Story". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  27. ↑ Eno's Story - Ayodele-Olofintuade. ASIN 9789060904.
  28. ↑ Olofintuade, Ayodele (2018). Lakiriboto Chronicles: A Brief History of Badly Behaved Women. BookBuilders-Editions Africa. ISBN 978-978-921-179-1.
  29. ↑ Olofintuade, Ayodele. Lakiriboto Chronicles: A History of Badly Behaved Women.
  30. ↑ Murua, James (2018-10-17). "Ayodele Olofintuade's 'Lakiriboto Chronicles' is really good". James Murua's Literature Blog. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  31. ↑ "Lakiriboto Chronicles: A History of Badly Behaved Women by Ayodele Olofintuade | AfriBookHub". afribookhub.com. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  32. ↑ "Oya, The Whirlwind". Van Aggelen African Literary Agency. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  33. ↑ "The Beautiful Ones Have Not Yet Died by Ayodele Olofintuade | OkadaBooks". okadabooks.com. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  34. 1 2 3 "Giving an empty page life is a gift – Ayodele Olofintuade". Daily Trust. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  35. ↑ Festival, Geoff Ryman Issue: 100 African Writers of SFF-Part Eight: The Ake (2018-04-27). "Ayodele Olofintuade". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2022-05-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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