BIO
Olúwáṣọlá Kẹ́hìndé Olówó-Aké
is a Vancouver-based Nigerian design researcher, storyteller & poet. She studied Fashion Design (BA Hons.) at Nottingham Trent University and completed her Master of interdisciplinary Design (MDes) at Emily Carr Art + Design University. Her design practice focuses on using Yorùbá storytelling methods to contemplate her experiences and recount them, as she lives and works in the diaspora and additionally depict these narratives- through dance, song, garments and poetry. She has a podcast called ‘…into words with Sola’ where she explores storytelling through poetry. She is the host of The Writing Circle Project (WCP).