SYNW sends birthday greetings to Oyinkansola at 19

 

SYNW SENDS BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO OYINKANSOLA AT 19

 The first Young writers’ body in Nigeria, Society of Young Nigerian Writers (SYNW) has congratulated Oyinkansola Adesewa, Eko Book Club Coordinator on her 19th birthday.

SYNW, in a statement by her President, Wole Adedoyin on Tuesday in Ilesa, lauded the Coordinator of Eko Book Club for her service to the Young Writers body.

According to the release, “On the occasion of your birthday, we wish you many more fulfilling years of peaceful service in good health, happiness, and all-round wellness. Happy birthday! We wish you God’s continued guidance, blessing, long life, and prosperity. We pray that the days ahead bring you more of God’s strength as well as glory, honor, and peace! We are glad to celebrate your special day with you.

SYNW in her statement enjoined Oyinkansola’s family, friends, literary associates, and well-wishers to celebrate this new age of her in good health and sound mind.

SYNW finally prayed that the Almighty God will grant Adesewa Oyinkansola longer life, good health and more strength to celebrate more fruitful years.

OYEYIOLA-OURIAS Oyinkansola Adesewa is a graduate of Mass Communication in Les Cours Sonou Universitaire, Benin Republic. Oyinkansola is the 2nd child and last born in her family. She grew with a single mother and her elder brother who has Celebral Palsy. She is a girl child activist and advocate. She is the Founder of “Girls Day Out with Oyinkan” (GDOWO) a yearly advocacy workshop that celebrates the United Nations International Day for the Girl Child. She is also the Founder of Haywire Street Art Painting, a collective of talented girls using arts to advance the cause of women empowerment. Oyinkansola is a multi-talented performance poet, visual artist, writer, actor and designer (design clothes and batiks), dancer, model and motivational speaker, event planner, caterer and make up artist. She's as well a radio presenter for kiddies program (Ajapa World) and she is an MC (anchored the ''End violence against cildren in Nigeria'' in 2016, which was organised by the Lagos state government in collaboration with USAID, UNICEF,CDC and so on). She has participated in some group art exhibitions (Africa4Her at TerraKulture, National Gallery of Art and Culture, National Theatre (Association for the advancement of women in culture-AA.WC-2016) and Tender Arts at SilverBird Galleria). She has also performed poetry at MAKE MUSIC (World music day) in 2017, Black Heritage Festival, Lagos Book and Art Festival (LABAF), was one of those who represented Nigeria and Africa in Brave New Voices poetry festival 2020 and other platforms. She started writing at the age of 6. Her first book titled “Thoughts of a Child” was published when she was 8 years old through a writing contest that she won. Oyinkansola has won a lot of awards and competitions like the Best Art Work at the National Gallery of Arts Competition, Creative Young Artist of the year by the Global Foundation Award and Young Author of the Year by Child Rights Initiative including other numerous awards. Oyinkansola is a budding technology enthusiast and she strongly believes that technological skills should be used to empower the girl child in Africa. She is very passionate about social justice and community development.