Abimbola Alao

**Abimbola Alao**, tí a tún mọ̀ sí Abi Alao, ó jẹ́ olùsọ̀tàn, Òǹkòwé, atúmọ̀ ìwé àwọn ọmọ kékeré àti olùwídìí.

## Ìgbésí ayé
Abí Abímbólá sí ìlú Ibadan, Nàìjírià. Ó kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ ní University of Ibadan, Nigeria, níbití ó tí gba BA (Hon) Classics ní 1988 àti MA Classics ní 1991. Ó tún kẹ́kọ̀ọ́  PGCE àti MA ní creative Writing ní University of Plymouth. Ó sì kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ gboyè PhD ní ọdún 2023, láti University of Lapland, Lapin yliopisto ní Finland.  Abímbọ́lá ni Òǹkòwé, Dear Toriola, Let's Talk About Perimenopause (2019), Trickster Tales for Telling (2016), How to Enhance Your Storytelling With Music (2016),The Legendary Weaver: New Edition, a young-adult fiction book (2003 and 2011), and The Goshen Principle: A Shelter in the Time of Storm (2010). Ó  ti kọ oríṣiríṣi ewì, ìtàn kékéèké àti eré oníṣe. Ní 2008, eré oníṣe rẹ̀, 'Legal Stuff', yege BBC and Royal Court Theatre '24 Degrees' Writing Competition. Ní 2011-2012, Ó kọ ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìtàn fún KidsOut World Stories; iṣẹ́ yìí yege 2013 Talk Talk Digital Heroes award for the East of England.  Ó jẹ́ atúnmọ̀ ìwé àwọn ọmọ kékeré, àwọn ìṣe jẹ́ translation of the classics: 'Hansel and Gretel', 'The Little Red Hen and the Grain of Wheat' àti àwọn ìwé míràn, published by Mantra Lingua publishers. 

Abímbọ́lá jẹ́ olùkọ́ ní ilé olúwa ni Institute of Education, University of Plymouth, láti 2003 dé 2007. Ní 2007, a yàn gẹ́gẹ́bí  olùkọ́ ní Creative Writing at the University of St Mark & St John (MARJON), Plymouth, níbití ó tí kọ́ni fún ọdún mọ́kànlá. Olùgba Plymouth's 2017 Mayflower Scholarship, nísinsìyí ó ń ṣèwádìí nípa  influence of psychosocial intervention on disease progression in people living with dementia.

Abímbọ́lá jẹ́ olùkọ́ni àti olùpèsè fún 'StoryWeavers for Dementia', a Special Study Unit (SSU) in Medical Humanities, at the Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth. 

The program, developed by Abimbola, explores non-pharmacological approach to dementia care. Òhun ni a fún àwọn ènìyàn tí wọ́n ń gbé pẹ̀lú oríṣi àjẹsáradementia. Ní 2015, Abímbọ́lá darapọ̀ mọ́  Alzheimer's Society láti darí 12-week project with service users in memory cafes. This culminated in an anthology titled, 'Narrative Adventures from Plymouth Memory Cafes'. Ni oṣù sẹẹrẹ 2014, Stoke Damerel College in Plymouth kópa nínú StoryWeavers for Dementia; ilé ìwé náà yege the Prime Minister's Dementia Friendly Award: Schools Category in May 2014. 

Abímbọ́lá jẹ́ olùkópa fún  BBC Radio Devon 'Pause for thought', láàárín 2004 àti 2009. Ó tún kópa sí 'Saturday Thought', a weekly column in The Herald.

## Àmì ẹ̀yẹ

* 2022, Winner The Box Plymouth After Dark Project.
* 2005, BBC 'Breeze' bursary award.
* 2008, Royal Court Theatre '24 Degrees' Writing Competition.

## Àwọn iṣẹ́ rẹ̀
Abimbola jẹ́ sọ̀rọ̀sọ̀rọ̀ ní ibi ayẹyẹ ajẹmọ́ iṣé lítíréṣọ̀. Ó tún máa ń pa ìtàn, ó jẹ́ òṣèré-olórin lórí rédíò àti akéwì lóri ìtàgé. Àwọn olùgbọ́ rẹ̀ jẹ́ ọmọdé, ọdọ́ àti àwọn àgbàlagbà.

## Àwọn ìwé rẹ̀

### Fiction and Non-Fiction

* *Desert Haiku* (2023, )
* *Dear Toriola, Let's Talk About Perimenopause* (2019, )
* *Trickster Tales for Telling* (2016, )
* *How to Enhance Your Storytelling With Music* (2016, )
* *The Legendary Weaver: New Edition* (2011, )
* *The Goshen Principle: A Shelter in the Time of Storm* (2010, )
* *World Stories* (2011)
* *The Legendary Weaver* (2003, )

## Àwọn ògbùfọ̀ rẹ̀

* *Hansel and Gretel: *"Hansel ati Gretel" Dual Language Yoruba translation by Abimbola Alao. (2005) Mantra Lingua.
* *The little Red Hen and the Grains of Wheat: *Adie Pupa Kekere ati Eso Alikama' Dual Language Yoruba translation by Abimbola Alao. (2005) Mantra Lingua.
* *Floppy's Friends: * "Awon ore e Floppy" Dual Language Yoruba translation by Abimbola Alao. (2004) Mantra Lingua.
* *Nita Goes to Hospital: * 'Nita lo si ile iwosan' Dual Language Yoruba translation by Abimbola Alao. (2005) Mantra Lingua.
* *Grandma's Saturday Soup: * 'Obe Ojo Abameta Mama Agba' Dual Language Yoruba translation by Abimbola Alao. (2005) Mantra Lingua.
* *Welcome to the world baby: * 'Kaabo sinu aye Omo titun' Dual Language Yoruba translation by Abimbola Alao. (2005) Mantra Lingua.
* *My Talking Dictionary & Interactive CD ROM* Yoruba & English – Yoruba translation by Abimbola Alao. (2005) Mantra Lingua.

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