Titilope Sonuga

Titilope Sonuga

Titilope Sonuga, also known as Titi Sonuga, is a Nigerian poet, civil engineer and actress who spends her time between Lagos and Edmonton, Canada.

Early career

Sonuga worked for five years as an engineer where she used her spare time to pursue her poetic and acting ambitions.[1]

Poetry

Sonuga won the 2011 Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award, and the 2012 Maya Mangelou Poetry Contest. She established Rouge Poetry in Edmonton, a poetry slam series. In May 2015 she became the first poet to appear at a Nigerian presidential inauguration. She published a poetry collection in 2016.[2] Sonuga has performed in the Lagos International Poetry Festival.[3]

Other work

Aside from poetry, Sonuga has dabbled in acting, and portrays Eki in the second series of NdaniTV's hit series Gidi Up with OC Ukeje, Deyemi Okanlawon, Somkele Iyamah and Ikechukwu Onunakuhttps.[4] She also works as Intel’s ambassador for the She Will Connect Program across Nigeria.[3]

Personal life

In 2015 she announced her engagement to photographer Seun Williams.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Poet Titilope Sonuga talks Leaving a Career in Engineering to Follow Her Dreams | Watch Episode 2 of “Culture Diaries”, BellaNaija.com, Retrieved 7 October 2016
  2. ↑ "About: Titilope Sonuga". Poejazzi.com. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Titi Sonuga". Lagospoetryfestival.com. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Gidi cast on The Juice, Ndanitv, Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Titilope Sonuga is engaged!". Pulse. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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