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Abíọ́dún A. Abdul

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Abíọ́dún (pronounced A-byaw-doon) Abdul is a Yorùbá-Nigerian Writer and UNESCO Global Poetry Slam Winner 2022. Her expressive writing includes life essays, diasporic travel stories and upcoming memoir-polemic series ‘Stained Glass Eyes: Race, Family and Multiculturalism’ encompassing her schooling across Yorùbá-Nigeria, Scots-Britain and Japan (achieved through a Japanese Government scholarship). Book 1 is nearing publication and Book 2 comprises her PhD research funded by a UoN Faculty of Arts scholarship. She also writes Yorùbá-centred short stories and poetry on social justice as well as topics celebrating our common humanity. Some are posted on her web platform 'Yorùbá Yonder', through which she also conceived her event series focusing on cultural and social themes of Yorùbá/Nigeria/Africa/Diaspora: YNAD Talks. She has been published in anthologies; writes/podcasts for literary magazines; performs at literary festivals/events; delivers writing workshops; and presents at academic conferences, and founded Global Majority Writers (GMW).

Whilst working as an Academic English Lecturer & Assessor across the globe, she conceived educational projects promoting intercultural intelligence - 「あなたの感覚は何色ですか」What Colour Are Your Senses?; youth empowerment - Global Roots: British Shores; and combatting prejudice - The Scottish Racism Project (ScRaP). The Coalition of Racial Equality & Rights (CRER) has praised her articles and commissioned consultancy work.

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