AKINSE YEWANDE ADENIKE
yewandeakinse@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Creative writer and Author who is passionate about the spoken and written word. An Advocate,
Orator, and Poet who achieves set goals by maintaining a high pedigree of professionalism and
competence.
SIGNATURE SKILLS
- Advocacy
- Artivism
- Research
- Innovation
- Oratory
- Teamwork
- Microsoft Office
- Creative writing and Storytelling
EDUCATION
- University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos 2017 – 2019 | Awarded with a Master of Laws (LL.M)
- Nigerian Law School, Kano Campus 2013 – 2014 | Barrister at Law (BL)
- University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos 2008 – 2013 | Awarded with a Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) (Second Class Upper Honors)
CERTIFICATES
- Master of Laws (LL.M) certificate 2019
- Call to bar certificate 2014
- Council of legal education qualifying certificate B.L 2014
- Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) certificate 2013
PUBLICATIONS
- Books:
- The rise and fall of rhymes and rhythms, (Poems) Famecliff Publishing, 2025
- A tale of being, of green and of ing (Poems), Upper Room Publishing, 2019
- Voices: A collection of Poems that tell stories, Upper Room Publishing, 2016
- Appearances:
My poems have appeared in Clay Literary, Trampset, Galleyway, Afritondo, Shuf Poetry, The
Open Culture Collective, Lumiere Review, Dipity Magazine, The Unconventional Courier, The
Agam Agenda, The Creative Zine, Konya Shamsrumi, Sevhage, Moremi Review, Tampered
Press, Nightingale and Sparrow, Versopolis, Auvert Magazine, Panocha Zine, Visual Verse, Pride
Magazine, The Dirigible Balloon, The BeZine, Outside the box Poetry, Spirits Magazine,
Unheard Stories Magazine, Genre: Urban Arts Magazine, Unclear Magazine, Broots Magazine,
Unclear Magazine, Broots Magazine and elsewhere.
AWARDS
- Winner of the Fidelity Bank creative writing prize 2013
- Winner of the Guardian Newspaper poetry prize 2019
- Winner of the Project Knucklehead Prize for Creative Rebellion 2021
- Winner of The World Bank Poetry Prize 2022
MEMBERSHIP
- Nigerian Bar Association (Member) 2014
- World Literacy Foundation (Ambassador) 2020
- Project Knucklehead (Ambassador) 2021
