Tolu' A. Akinyemi
Tolu' A. Akinyemi | |
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Rayuwa | |
Karatu | |
Makaranta | University of Hertfordshire (en) |
Sana'a |
Tolu A. Akinyemi, marubuci ne kuma mawaƙi ɗan Najeriya wanda ya sami lambar yabo da yawa da ya shahara dalilin kundin waƙoƙin sa, Dead Lions Don't Roar.[1][2][3]
Rayuwar farko da ilimi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Akinyemi Tolulope Adeola Akinyemi a Ado-Ekiti. Ya yi digiri a fannin tattalin arziki daga Jami’ar Jihar Ekiti sannan ya yi digiri na biyu a fannin (Accounting and Financial Management) daga Jami’ar Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK.[4]
Sana'a
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Akinyemi ya tashi daga Najeriya zuwa Birtaniya a shekarar 2010 kuma tun daga nan ya buga littattafai guda ashirin da ɗaya.[5][6][7][8] Ya fito da littafinsa na farko na waƙa, mai taken; Dead Lions Don't Roar, a cikin shekaran 2017.[9]
Akinyemi ya fitar da, Dead Dogs Don't Bark , littafinsa na biyu na wakoki kuma littafi na uku a shekarar 2018.[10] Sai kuma Dead Cats Don't Meow, wanda aka saki a cikin Afrilu 2019 kuma ya ba da rangadin littattafai na ƙasashe da yawa na Birtaniya da Najeriya.[11]
An fitar da littattafan Akinyemi da aka buga/wallafa da kuma ta hanyar yanar gizo. An nazarta wakokinsa a matsayin “waqoqin daukaka” da mujallar Nazarin Turanci a Afirka, ta yi.[12]
Tarin waqoqin kundin Tolu, mai taken, Everybody Don Kolomental, an yi amfani da shi azaman hanyar koyarwa don shigar da ɗaliban likitanci a cikin tattaunawa game da lafiyar hankali da jin daɗin rayuwa a Jami’ar Benin/Asibitin Koyarwa, Jihar Edo, Najeriya.[13]
Har ila yau, waƙarsa, Everybody don Kolomental', an karanta tare da yin nazari daga Farfesa Kingsley Oalei Akhigbe, farfesa a fannin ilimin taɓin hankali, a cikin jerin lakcoci na farko na 293 a Jami'ar Benin, kan maudu'in, (Kolomental and Elephant) a cikin dakin. - (Our Mental Health).[13]
Akinyemi shi ma mawaƙi ne na wasan kwaikwayo kuma ya yi wasa a bikin, Great Northern Slam, Crossing The Tyne Festival, Feltonbury Arts and Music Festival,The Havering Literary Festival. Shine baƙon da de yi wasa a Havering Libraries Black History, a watan Oktoba 20121.[14] Haka-zalika, wani taro a Woolwich Centre Library National Poetry Day a watan Oktoban 2018; Yayi wasa a dandalin The Stanza - Inda yayi wasa, jawabi, wasan ban dariya, a Open Mic, wanda aka gudanar a ranar 31 ga Agusta 2023. Ya kasance mawaƙin baƙo a wurin taron Ndi Igbo North East England (NINEE) Black History Month.[15]
A ranar 25 ga Oktoba 2023, Lion & Lilac, ƙungiyar adabi wacce Akinyemi na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ta, ta shirya taron waƙa don murnar watan Baƙar fata.[16][17] Tolu ya kasance jarumin kanun labarai, tare da wasu hazikan mawaƙa.
A watan Satumbar 2023, Tolu Akinyemi ya fara rangadin waka na farko a fadin Arewa maso Gabashin Ingila, wanda ya soma da The Cooking Pot, a gidan Baba Yaga, Whitley Bay. Wannan ya biyo bayan wasan kwaikwayo mai ban sha'awa a Poetry Jam, wanda aka shirya a Cibiyar Waddington Street da ke Durham, tare da wasu fitattun wurare a faɗin yankin.
Majalisar Arts Council England ta amince da shi a matsayin marubuci mai hazaka ta musamman.[18]
Girmamawa da kyaututtuka
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A cikin 2020, ya sami kyautar, Best Indie Book Award, sakamakon kundin waƙarsa, ƘA Booktiful Love.[19] Tarin gajerun labaran waƙoƙinsa, Inferno of Silence, ya lashe lambar yabo ta 2021 IRDA Kyautar, Discovery Award,[20] dalilin gajerun labarai da Next Generation Indie Book Awards Archived 2020-06-26 at the Wayback Machine (2021) dalilin, Best Cover Design (Fiction).[21]
Tallafawa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Tun a shekarar 2017, Akinyemi ya ba da gudummawar wani kaso daga cikin kuɗaɗen da aka samu daga littafansa na sadaka. Ya bayar da gudummawar tallafi £1000, ga, Age Uk Northumberland's friendship line campaign.[22][23][24]
Bibliography
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Shekara | Suna | Mawallafi | ISBN | Iri |
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August 2017 | Dead Lions Don't Roar: A Collection of Poet Fic Wisdom For The Discerning | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | I978-1-999815905[ | Poetry |
April 2018 | Unravel Your Hidden Gems | T & B Global Concepts Ltd | 1999815998 | Nonfiction |
September 2018 | Dead Dogs Don't Bark | T & B Global Concepts Ltd | 978-1999815929 | Poetry |
April 2019 | Dead Cats Don't Meow – Don't waste the ninth life | T & B Global Concepts Ltd | 9781999815943 | Poetry |
August 2019 | Never Play Games With the Devil | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 9781999815967 | Poetry |
May 7 2020 | Inferno of Silence | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 9781913636029 | Short stories |
May 8 2020 | A Booktiful Love | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 9781913636005 | Poetry |
January 1 2021 | Black # Inferior | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636067 | Poetry |
January 1 2021 | Never Marry A Writer | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636081 | Poetry |
April 1 2021 | Everybody Don Kolomental | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636111 | Poetry |
June 1 2021 | I Wear Self-Confidence Like a Second Skin | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636197 | Children Literature |
May 31 2021 | I am Not a Troublemaker | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636159 | Children Literature |
September 7 2021 | Born in Lockdown | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636289 | Poetry |
December 31 2021 | A god in a Human Body | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636135 | Poetry |
July 29 2022 | If You Have To Be Anything, be Kind | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636340 | Children Literature |
August 14 2022 | City of Lost Memories | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636326 | Poetry |
September 8 2022 | Awaken Your Inner Lion | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | ' 978-1913636364 | Nonfiction |
September 8 2022 | On The Train To Hell | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636425 | Poetry |
January 1 2023 | You Need More Than Dreams | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636302 | Poetry |
February 28 2023 | The Morning Cloud is Empty | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636388 | Poetry |
June 22 2023 | Architects of a Cleaner Financial System | The Roaring Lion Newcastle | 978-1913636449 | Poetry |
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Moyosore, Faith Agboola. "Great blend of themes". The Nation. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Adebayo, Bukola. "Akinyemi out with Dead Lions Don't Roar". The Punch NG. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Literary, Review. "Grab Your Chance Now". The Sun: Voice of the Nation. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Okolo, Edwin. "With "Dead Lions Don't Roar", Tolu Akinyemi opts for relatable simplicity". Ynaija. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ "Amazon Author Central". Amazon Author Central. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ "With Unravel Your Hidden Gems, Tolu Akinyemi digs deep for glory". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ The, Partner. "OkadaBooks For the Weekend Featuring 'Never Play Games with the Devil". Business Day. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ The Newsroom. "Poet to see work in print". New post leader UK. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Akubiro, Henry (16 September 2017). "Grab your chance now". The Sun (Nigeria).
- ↑ Akubiro, Henry (23 March 2019). "Wake Up From Your Slumber".
- ↑ "New book, Dead cats don't meow, hits shelves in April". Vanguard Nigeria. 24 February 2019.
- ↑ Hållén, Nicklas (2018). "OkadaBooks and the Poetics of Uplift". English Studies in Africa. 61 (2): 36–48. doi:10.1080/00138398.2018.1540152. S2CID 166164213.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Kolomental and the Elephant in the Room - Our Mental Health. Lecture by Professor Kingsley Oalei Akhigbe". YouTube. 5 October 2023.
- ↑ Ross, Jordon. "Havering celebrates Black History Month". www.havering.gov.uk (in Turanci). Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ↑ Review, The Newcastle (2023-08-03). "Multiple Award-Winning Poet Tolu' A. Akinyemi – The Lion of Newcastle announces North-East Spoken Word Tour for Autumn 2023 – Literary news from the Tyne and beyond" (in Turanci). Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ↑ "Events" (in Turanci). Retrieved 2023-10-29.
- ↑ Tolu' A. Akinyemi performing at Lion and Lilac's Black History Month Special (in Turanci), retrieved 2023-10-28
- ↑ "New Book Launch Makes Hat Trick For Local Author". Northern Insight UK. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ "Best Indie Book Award". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2021 Discovery Awards Winners!". IndieReader (in Turanci). 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ↑ Awards, Next Generation Indie Book. "Next Generation Indie Book Awards". indiebookawards.com (in Turanci). Retrieved 2021-06-06.
- ↑ "New book to raise funds for Age UK Northumberland". Northumberland Age UK. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Northern Insight UK. "Tolu Supports Sunshine Fund". Issue 35. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ↑ Anna, Toms. "Business Book to Raise Charitable Funds". Retrieved 6 June 2020.