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

Abimbola Alao
Ọjọ́ìbíAbimbola Gbemi Alao
Ibadan, Nigeria
Iṣẹ́Literary scholar, author, children's book translator, lecturer
Websiteabimbolaalao.com

Ìgbésí ayé

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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.[1] Ó sì kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ gboyè PhD ní ọdún 2023, láti University of Lapland, Lapin yliopisto ní Finland.[2] [3] 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.[4] [5] 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.[6][7]

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.[8]

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'.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11]

Àmì ẹ̀yẹ

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  • 2022, Winner The Box Plymouth After Dark Project.[12]
  • 2005, BBC 'Breeze' bursary award.[13]
  • 2008, Royal Court Theatre '24 Degrees' Writing Competition.

Àwọn iṣẹ́ rẹ̀

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Abimbola jẹ́ sọ̀rọ̀sọ̀rọ̀ ní ibi ayẹyẹ ajẹmọ́ iṣé lítíréṣọ̀.[14] Ó tún máa ń pa ìtàn,[15] ó jẹ́ òṣèré-olórin lórí rédíò[16] àti akéwì lóri ìtàgé. Àwọn olùgbọ́ rẹ̀ jẹ́ ọmọdé, ọdọ́ àti àwọn àgbàlagbà.

Àwọn ìwé rẹ̀

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Fiction and Non-Fiction

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Àwọn ògbùfọ̀ rẹ̀

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  • 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.

Àwọn ìtọ́kasí

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  1. "The university of pioneers, advancing knowledge and transforming lives". University of Plymouth (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2022-05-24. 
  2. "Dissertation: Drama as a tool to raise awareness of dementia". University of Lapland (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2023-06-02. 
  3. "NACER TEAM, Abimbola Alao". University of Lapland (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2023-03-09. 
  4. "Parliamentary glory for World Stories". Award. October 2013. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731150248/http://www.kidsout.org.uk/parliamentary-glory-for-world-stories/. Retrieved 30 October 2013. 
  5. "Digital Heroes Regional Winners". Storytelling. October 2013. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/digital-heroes-regional-winners-announced-2286373. Retrieved 30 October 2013. 
  6. "World Stories | Library". website (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2020-01-22. 
  7. "Books | Abimbola Alao". website (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2022-05-25. 
  8. "University of Plymouth, Abimbola Alao". University of Plymouth (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2022-09-09. 
  9. "Dementia story-telling is awesome". Stoke Damerel Community College. January 2014. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140525201346/http://www.sdcc.net/student/700-dementia-story-telling.html. Retrieved 24 May 2014. 
  10. "National award for Dementia Project". Stoke Damerel Community College. May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195704/http://www.sdcc.net/student/793-national-award-for-dementia-project.html. Retrieved 24 May 2014. 
  11. "Dementia: Abimbola Alao, university lecturer, tells John about who it affects and symptoms to look out for". 20 February 2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f482b7. 
  12. "New micro-commissions will explore Plymouth after dark". The Box, Plymouth. February 2022. https://www.theboxplymouth.com/blog/news/bhm-commissions. Retrieved 12 January 2023. 
  13. "The cool breeze is now blowing". BBC Online. September 2006. https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2006/02/08/breeze_update_feature.shtml. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 
  14. "Last year's authors". July 2015. Archived from the original on 2024-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20240222230927/https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/students-and-family/arts-institute-public-programme/book-festival/authors. 
  15. "Storytelling Festival: Buckfast Abbey". Storytelling. July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190420113819/https://www.buckfast.org.uk/photos/155/christian-story-telling-festival-2nd-4th-july-2015/. Retrieved 20 April 2019. 
  16. "The Day Will Come". BBC Online. October 2007. https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/08/06/radiomusical_feature.shtml. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 
  17. (in English) Trickster tales for telling: a collection of West African tales for call-and-response storytelling. www.worldcat.org. 2016. OCLC 974190547. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/974190547. 
  18. "The Goshen Principle av Abimbola Gbemi Alao (Häftad)". Bokus.com (in Èdè Suwidiisi). Retrieved 31 July 2021. 
  19. 19.0 19.1 Ogunsoa, Sameo (2003) (in English). The legendary weaver. Lampo. OCLC 55561364. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55561364. Retrieved 31 July 2021. 
  20. (in English) The Goshen Principle: (a shelter in the time of storm). 2010. OCLC 640410940. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/640410940. Retrieved 31 July 2021. 
  21. "World Stories". Fable. October 2011. http://worldstories.org.uk/lang/yoruba/. Retrieved 12 October 2011.