Kole Ade Odutola/African Spaces Blog

Kole Ade Odutola, African Spaces

Kole Ade Odutola is a Nigerian poet, photographer, teacher, environmental and cultural activist, videographer, culture communicator  He worked as a radio show presenter, producer, and photojournalist. He holds two master’s degrees, one in TV/Video for development from the University of Reading, UK and another in organizational communication, learning and design from Ithaca College.  As guest of the Goethe Institute, Bremen, he was invited to learn to speak German. Kole is the author of The Poet Fled and The Poet Bled. He has had papers and poems published in cross-continental journals and anthologies,  such as For Ken, For Nigeria, Junge Nigerianische Lyrik, and many other venues. Currently, he teaches Yoruba language and culture at the University of Florida while putting the finishing touches to his doctorate in media studies. One of his passions is to open up African political spaces so that more faces can be seen in places of power contributing to the growth and development of the continent