Remi Adedeji
Born1937 (age 86–87)
Okemesi, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Ekiti State, Nigeria)
NationalityNigerian
OccupationChildren's writer

Remi Aduke Adedeji (born 1937) is a Nigerian writer for children.

Biography

Adedeji was born in Okemesi in Ekiti State in 1937.[1] Adedeji was disappointed with books for children because they did not reflect African culture. Many of her stories are based on Nigerian folk tales.[1] She wrote and published The fat woman in 1973.[2] She has become an associate editor for the academic journal, Bookbird.[3] Her books frequently involve a tortoise character. Her 1986 book of "Moonlight Stories" involves a number of Just-so stories which explains why vultures are bald or why the tortoise's shell appears cracked.[4]

Works

References

  1. ^ a b Remi Adedeji, Ohio University, Retrieved 27 February 2016
  2. ^ a b Remi Adedeji, A Bibliography of Anglophone Women Writers, Tony Simoes da Silva, aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au, Retrieved 27 February 2016
  3. ^ Adedeji, Remi (1999). Moonlight Stories. Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN 978-978-129-248-4.
  4. ^ a b Moonlight Stories, African Book Collective, Retrieved 27 February 2016


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