BRIEF BIODATA OF DR WALE OKEDIRAN
Dr Wale Okediran is an award winning author of 14 Novels, 6 Biographies, 3 Travel Stories Collections, 2 Short Stories Collections as well as numerous published articles and lectures.
The Film adaptation of his novel; TENANTS OF THE HOUSE recently completed a two-year run on NETFLIX Global streaming platform while the film adaptation of another novel, THE WEAVING LOOMS is currently underway.
In 2010, Okediran established the Ebedi International Writers Residency in Iseyin, Nigeria. The free facility for the use of writers in need of a conducive atmosphere to complete their ongoing works has since inception hosted 300 writers from 10 African countries.
Dr Okediran is an adjunct Lecturer on creative writing in two Nigerian Universities as well as a Honorary Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters. He is the current Secretary General Of the Pan African Writers Association with the headquarters in Accra, Ghana.