Ayodele Olofintuade
Yoruba-Nigerian writer, journalist, and feminist
Ayodele Olofintuade is a Nigerian writer, journalist, and feminist. She identifies as queer and non-binary in Nigeria, which is an anti-LGBTQ country. Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Olofintuade grew up between Lagos, Ibadan and Abeokuta.They are a self-supporting, full-time writer whose works are focused primarily on feminism in Africa, Yorùbá spirituality (cutting across Africa and the Diaspora) the Nigerian LGBTQ community, and gender non-conforming persons in Nigeria. Olofintuade has two children.
Quotes
edit- Fortunately women who have gone before me have made that something I no longer fear.
- The first thing I figure out is the plot, and as it develops, the characters take shape. I believe the characters tell me their own stories.
- Playing with words, making up new ones, gifting your audience with a well written story is nothing short of magic.
- Turning an empty page into stories, making something out of nothing.
