Toyin adewale-gabriel biography of williams
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel is the author of Naked Testimonies, Die Aromaforscherin and Flackernde Kerzen.
Worked at Development Solutions Organization (DSO), Studied at Obafemi Awolowo University, Went to st louis grammer school ikere ekiti, Lives in Abuja, Nigeria....
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969) is a Nigerian writer.
She writes poetry and has worked as a literary critic for The Guardian, Post Express and The Daily Times. Adewale-Gabriel writes in both English and in German.
This conversation explores the role of translation in the poets' writing, the multiple language worlds they inhabit, and that, in turn, inhabit their.Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Toyin received her M.A. Lit. degree from Obafemi Awolowo University. She was the co-founder and coordinator for several years of the Association of Writers of Nigeria
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- I am a woman of faith and l find the Bible inspirational for living and writing.
- People are always looking for labels, boxes, compartments, a so-called easier way of dissecting what you write and I think in that process, they miss out on the real wealth of engaging your imagination. Having said that, I am a woman who is writing from my varied experiences (as a citizen of the world, Nigerian, daughter, sister, mother, wife, and mentor) and those of other women in my society.
I see myself as a voice for woman, child and man. I advocate for wom