Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi

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| known_for          = Co-founding the African Women's Development Fund&lt;ref&gt;[https://awdf.org/history-2/#:~:text=In%20the%20year%202000%2C%20three,change%20in%20African%20women's%20lives. History – The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.synergos.org/network/bio/olabisi-adeleye-fayemi Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi – Synergos]&lt;/ref&gt;
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| awards             = 2018 Zik Leadership Prize for humanitarian Leadership by Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC).&lt;ref&gt;[https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/ Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize – The Guardian]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/erelufayemi-otedola-two-governors-ex-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadershipprize/ Erelu Fayemi, Otedola, Two Governors, Ex-Ghanaian President Win Zik LeadershipPrize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/erelu-fayemi-two-govs-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/amp/ Erelu Fayemi, two govs, former Ghanaian President win Zik Leadership Prize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/ Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award – The Nation Online]&lt;/ref&gt;
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'''Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi '''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi.wav|Listen|help=no}} (ki ma bi ọjọ 11 June 1963) chi [[British Nigerian|Nigerian-British]] [[Feminist movement|feminist activist]], policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner kpai writer.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2024-11-09 |title=Democracy in black and white, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/democracy-in-black-and-white-by-bisi-adeleye-fayemi/amp/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

She was [[first lady]] of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria. She is the wife of Ekiti State governor [[Kayode Fayemi]]  from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Office of the First Lady – Ekiti State Website |url=https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/executive-council/office-of-the-first-lady/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye – Fayemi |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi/e/B079LBBY75?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Fayemi is the founder of Above Whispers Media Foundation and writes a weekly column called ''Loud Whispers'' at the website Abovewhispers.com.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last= |title=Above Whispers – About |url=http://abovewhispers.com/about-me/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=AboveWhispers}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2017-12-24 |title=The pulse of girl child in 'Loud Whispers' |url=https://t.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/the-pulse-of-girl-child-in-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=H.E. Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi. Government of Ekiti, Nigeria – Casa Foundation |url=https://casafoundation.ca/h-e-olabisi-adeleye-fayemi-government-of-ekiti-nigeria/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=casafoundation.ca}}&lt;/ref&gt; She set up a [[Mentorship|mentoring]] program called The Wrapper Network. She was a [[UN Women]] Nigeria [[Senior advisor]] (2017–2018) and is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the [[African Leadership Centre]], [[King's College London]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/Visiting-Appointments/Visiting-Senior-Research-Fellows/Ms.-Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi.aspx|title=King's College London – Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-08}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Bisi... – Nigeria Hall of Fame Records |url=https://www.facebook.com/490491614335172/photos/a.1596171930433796/2194412930609690/?type=3 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website= Facebook|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Education==
She has a BA (1984) and MA (1988) in history from the [[University of Ife]], now the [[Obafemi Awolowo University|Obafemi Awolo]]&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt;[[Obafemi Awolowo University|wo University]], Nigeria.&lt;ref name=&quot;Tribune Online 2022&quot;&gt;{{cite web | title=Bisi Fayemi (First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria) | website=Tribune Online | date=2022-06-15 | url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/bisi-fayemi-first-lady-of-ekiti-state-nigeria/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}&lt;/ref&gt;  She received her MA in Gender and Society (1992) from [[Middlesex University]], UK.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi – African Philanthropy Forum |url=https://africanpf.org/speakers/bisi-adeleye-fayemi/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Career==
She was the Director of [[Akina Mama wa Afrika]] (AMWA) from 1991 to 2001, it is an international organisation for African women with offices in London and [[Kampala]].&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;/&gt; She established the African Women's Leadership Institute. She co-founded the [[African Women's Development Fund]] (AWDF), a grant-making foundation for women's organisations based in [[Ghana]] and served as the first CEO from 2001 to 2010.&lt;ref name=&quot;Newfield Foundation&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.newfieldfound.org/grants.awarded.php?group=16 | title=African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) | publisher=Newfield Foundation |access-date=5 July 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about// |title=About AWDF 10 Years of Leadership and Empowerment for African Women |publisher=www.awdf.org |date= |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702223538/http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about/ |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
Bisi has served as Trustee, Comic Relief (UK) (1998–2001), co-Chair, International Network of Women's Funds (2004–2006); Honorary President, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (2003–2005); board member, Women's Funding Network (2009–2012), board member and Programs Committee Chair, [Fund for Women] (2012–2016). She is also one of the founders of the African Grantmakers Network (now African Philanthropy Network) in 2009. She was one of the conveners of the African Feminist Forum which was launched in 2006 and was a member of the Regional Working Group (2006–2016) as well as the Nigeria National Working Group.

Bisi used her platform as First Lady to [[Influencer|influence]] legal and policy frameworks and to mobilise resources from a wide range of stakeholders, for the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Women's rights activist and community mobiliser, By Toyin Falola|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/466639-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-womens-rights-activist-and-community-mobiliser-by-toyin-falola.html|access-date=2022-02-23|language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Bisi campaigned for the Gender Based Violence Prohibition Law (GBV Law November 2011, revised in October 2019) an Equal Opportunities Bill (November 2013) a HIV Anti-Stigma Bill (April 2014),&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=Bisi Fayemi: Our focus on Covid-19 |url=https://m.guardian.ng/guardian-woman/bisi-fayemi-our-focus-on-covid-19/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: A quintessential amazon per excellence |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/erelu-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-a-quintessential-amazon-per-excellence/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt; a Treatment, Care and Protection Bill for Sexually Abused Minors (June 2020), the Ekiti State Mental Health Law (October 2021) the Ekiti State Gender Composition Law (March 2022), and the Multiple Births Trust Fund (October 2022). She was Chair of the Ekiti State GBV Management Committee as well as Chair of the Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency. She was also Chair, Nigerian Governors' Wives Forum (2019–2022) and under her leadership, the NGWF became a visible and active platform for the protection of women and children. It was the NGWF that facilitated the State of Emergency against Gender Based Violence declared by the [[Nigeria Governors' Forum]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in June 2020.

She's a story writer and an example of a story she wrote is a story of a great [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] [[heroine]] ([[Moremi Ajasoro]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=punchng |date=2017-11-29 |title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers |url=https://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Awards and recognition==
In December 2021, she was named as one of the 100 most influential leaders in [[civil society]] in Nigeria by National Network of NGOS in Nigeria, the umbrella body for CSOs in Nigeria. 
In March 2022, she was declared Outstanding Woman Leader by the United Nations Development Program Nigeria, UN Women Nigeria, the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the [[British Empire|British]] High Commission. 
In November 2022, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Philanthropy Network, a regional platform for African philanthropic institutions.

==Selected publications==
Adeleye-Fayemi is the author of ''Speaking for Myself: Perspectives on Social, Political and [[Feminist activism]] in Africa'' (2013), ''Speaking above a Whisper''(2013) an autobiography, ''Loud Whispers'' (2017), ''Where is your Wrapper?'' (2020), ''Demand and Supply'' (2023), and ''A Tray of Locust Beans'' (2023). She also co-edited ''Voice, Power and Soul''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.kcl.ac.uk |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021074507/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;

* 2008 ''Voice, Power and Soul'' (co-edited with [[Jessica Horn]])&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last1=Adeleye-Fayemi |first1=Bisi |title=Voice, power and soul: portraits of African feminists |last2=Horn |first2=Jessica |last3=Wilson |first3=Shamillah |last4=Mukasa |first4=Sarah |last5=Quarmyne |first5=Nyani |last6=African Women Development Fund |last7=African Feminist Forum |date=2009 |publisher=African Women's Development Fund |isbn=978-9988-1-2512-7 |language=English |oclc=946579055}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking Above A Whisper''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Jimoh |first=Michael |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |title=First Lady with a Difference |work=This Day |date=27 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140056/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking For Myself''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Ajibade |first=Kunle |url=http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |title=Championing the Cause of African Women |work=City Voice |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170916/http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2017 ''Loud Whispers''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=http://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/|title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers|work=Punch Newspapers|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2020 ''Where Is Your Wrapper?''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last=Adeleye-Fayemi |first=Bisi |title=Where Is Your Wrapper? |date=2020 |publisher=Kachifo Limited |isbn=978-978-57067-9-6 |language=English |oclc=1249565868}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''Demand and Supply''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Demand and Supply|date=20 April 2024 |url=https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''A Tray of Locust Beans''

==Personal life==
She is married to [[Kayode Fayemi]],&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt; who went on to become [[Governor of Ekiti State]] in 2010, and again in 2018; they met while they were students, and they have one son together, Folajimi Fayemi (born 1994).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Eka Ikpe]] – Nigerian development economist and Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London
* [[Toyin Ajao]] – Nigerian scholar and founder of Ìmọ́lẹ̀ of Afrika Centre, focused on restorative healing of intergenerational trauma
* [[Fatima Akilu]] – Nigerian psychologist and director of the Neem Foundation, focused on mental health and countering violent extremism
* [[Funmi Olonisakin]] – Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre and scholar of leadership and peacebuilding in Africa

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKsuN94yMs &quot;Know Your African Feminists: Bisi Adeleye Fayemi&quot;]. 4th African Feminist Forum Interview Series, April 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe. YouTube.
* [http://awdf.org/the-african-women-leaders-network-awln-at-the-44th-session-of-the-commission-on-population-and-development/] The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) at the 44th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
* [https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101718/https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections |date=2 February 2020 }} Nigerian Women Leaders call for more involvement of women to promote peaceful elections 
* [https://www.sunnewsonline.com/fayemis-wife-wins-zik-leadership-award/] Fayemi's wife wins Zik leadership award
* [https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/] Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize
* [https://thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/] Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award
* [https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/] In new books, aye demands opportunities, policies for women

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'''Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi '''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi.wav|Listen|help=no}} (ki ma bi ọjọ 11 June 1963) chi [[British Nigerian|Nigerian-British]] [[Feminist movement|feminist activist]], policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner kpai writer.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2024-11-09 |title=Democracy in black and white, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/democracy-in-black-and-white-by-bisi-adeleye-fayemi/amp/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Ọnwụ chi [[first lady]] of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria. Onwu chi ọya eyi Ekiti State governor [[Kayode Fayemi]]  kwì 2010 tì  2014 kpai kwì 2018 ti 2022.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Office of the First Lady – Ekiti State Website |url=https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/executive-council/office-of-the-first-lady/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye – Fayemi |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi/e/B079LBBY75?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Fayemi is the founder of Above Whispers Media Foundation and writes a weekly column called ''Loud Whispers'' at the website Abovewhispers.com.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last= |title=Above Whispers – About |url=http://abovewhispers.com/about-me/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=AboveWhispers}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2017-12-24 |title=The pulse of girl child in 'Loud Whispers' |url=https://t.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/the-pulse-of-girl-child-in-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=H.E. Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi. Government of Ekiti, Nigeria – Casa Foundation |url=https://casafoundation.ca/h-e-olabisi-adeleye-fayemi-government-of-ekiti-nigeria/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=casafoundation.ca}}&lt;/ref&gt; She set up a [[Mentorship|mentoring]] program called The Wrapper Network. She was a [[UN Women]] Nigeria [[Senior advisor]] (2017–2018) and is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the [[African Leadership Centre]], [[King's College London]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/Visiting-Appointments/Visiting-Senior-Research-Fellows/Ms.-Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi.aspx|title=King's College London – Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-08}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Bisi... – Nigeria Hall of Fame Records |url=https://www.facebook.com/490491614335172/photos/a.1596171930433796/2194412930609690/?type=3 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website= Facebook|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Education==
She has a BA (1984) and MA (1988) in history from the [[University of Ife]], now the [[Obafemi Awolowo University|Obafemi Awolo]]&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt;[[Obafemi Awolowo University|wo University]], Nigeria.&lt;ref name=&quot;Tribune Online 2022&quot;&gt;{{cite web | title=Bisi Fayemi (First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria) | website=Tribune Online | date=2022-06-15 | url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/bisi-fayemi-first-lady-of-ekiti-state-nigeria/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}&lt;/ref&gt;  She received her MA in Gender and Society (1992) from [[Middlesex University]], UK.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi – African Philanthropy Forum |url=https://africanpf.org/speakers/bisi-adeleye-fayemi/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Career==
She was the Director of [[Akina Mama wa Afrika]] (AMWA) from 1991 to 2001, it is an international organisation for African women with offices in London and [[Kampala]].&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;/&gt; She established the African Women's Leadership Institute. She co-founded the [[African Women's Development Fund]] (AWDF), a grant-making foundation for women's organisations based in [[Ghana]] and served as the first CEO from 2001 to 2010.&lt;ref name=&quot;Newfield Foundation&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.newfieldfound.org/grants.awarded.php?group=16 | title=African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) | publisher=Newfield Foundation |access-date=5 July 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about// |title=About AWDF 10 Years of Leadership and Empowerment for African Women |publisher=www.awdf.org |date= |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702223538/http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about/ |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
Bisi has served as Trustee, Comic Relief (UK) (1998–2001), co-Chair, International Network of Women's Funds (2004–2006); Honorary President, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (2003–2005); board member, Women's Funding Network (2009–2012), board member and Programs Committee Chair, [Fund for Women] (2012–2016). She is also one of the founders of the African Grantmakers Network (now African Philanthropy Network) in 2009. She was one of the conveners of the African Feminist Forum which was launched in 2006 and was a member of the Regional Working Group (2006–2016) as well as the Nigeria National Working Group.

Bisi used her platform as First Lady to [[Influencer|influence]] legal and policy frameworks and to mobilise resources from a wide range of stakeholders, for the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Women's rights activist and community mobiliser, By Toyin Falola|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/466639-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-womens-rights-activist-and-community-mobiliser-by-toyin-falola.html|access-date=2022-02-23|language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Bisi campaigned for the Gender Based Violence Prohibition Law (GBV Law November 2011, revised in October 2019) an Equal Opportunities Bill (November 2013) a HIV Anti-Stigma Bill (April 2014),&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=Bisi Fayemi: Our focus on Covid-19 |url=https://m.guardian.ng/guardian-woman/bisi-fayemi-our-focus-on-covid-19/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: A quintessential amazon per excellence |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/erelu-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-a-quintessential-amazon-per-excellence/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt; a Treatment, Care and Protection Bill for Sexually Abused Minors (June 2020), the Ekiti State Mental Health Law (October 2021) the Ekiti State Gender Composition Law (March 2022), and the Multiple Births Trust Fund (October 2022). She was Chair of the Ekiti State GBV Management Committee as well as Chair of the Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency. She was also Chair, Nigerian Governors' Wives Forum (2019–2022) and under her leadership, the NGWF became a visible and active platform for the protection of women and children. It was the NGWF that facilitated the State of Emergency against Gender Based Violence declared by the [[Nigeria Governors' Forum]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in June 2020.

She's a story writer and an example of a story she wrote is a story of a great [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] [[heroine]] ([[Moremi Ajasoro]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=punchng |date=2017-11-29 |title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers |url=https://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Awards and recognition==
In December 2021, she was named as one of the 100 most influential leaders in [[civil society]] in Nigeria by National Network of NGOS in Nigeria, the umbrella body for CSOs in Nigeria. 
In March 2022, she was declared Outstanding Woman Leader by the United Nations Development Program Nigeria, UN Women Nigeria, the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the [[British Empire|British]] High Commission. 
In November 2022, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Philanthropy Network, a regional platform for African philanthropic institutions.

==Selected publications==
Adeleye-Fayemi is the author of ''Speaking for Myself: Perspectives on Social, Political and [[Feminist activism]] in Africa'' (2013), ''Speaking above a Whisper''(2013) an autobiography, ''Loud Whispers'' (2017), ''Where is your Wrapper?'' (2020), ''Demand and Supply'' (2023), and ''A Tray of Locust Beans'' (2023). She also co-edited ''Voice, Power and Soul''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.kcl.ac.uk |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021074507/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;

* 2008 ''Voice, Power and Soul'' (co-edited with [[Jessica Horn]])&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last1=Adeleye-Fayemi |first1=Bisi |title=Voice, power and soul: portraits of African feminists |last2=Horn |first2=Jessica |last3=Wilson |first3=Shamillah |last4=Mukasa |first4=Sarah |last5=Quarmyne |first5=Nyani |last6=African Women Development Fund |last7=African Feminist Forum |date=2009 |publisher=African Women's Development Fund |isbn=978-9988-1-2512-7 |language=English |oclc=946579055}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking Above A Whisper''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Jimoh |first=Michael |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |title=First Lady with a Difference |work=This Day |date=27 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140056/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking For Myself''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Ajibade |first=Kunle |url=http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |title=Championing the Cause of African Women |work=City Voice |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170916/http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2017 ''Loud Whispers''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=http://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/|title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers|work=Punch Newspapers|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2020 ''Where Is Your Wrapper?''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last=Adeleye-Fayemi |first=Bisi |title=Where Is Your Wrapper? |date=2020 |publisher=Kachifo Limited |isbn=978-978-57067-9-6 |language=English |oclc=1249565868}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''Demand and Supply''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Demand and Supply|date=20 April 2024 |url=https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''A Tray of Locust Beans''

==Personal life==
She is married to [[Kayode Fayemi]],&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt; who went on to become [[Governor of Ekiti State]] in 2010, and again in 2018; they met while they were students, and they have one son together, Folajimi Fayemi (born 1994).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Eka Ikpe]] – Nigerian development economist and Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London
* [[Toyin Ajao]] – Nigerian scholar and founder of Ìmọ́lẹ̀ of Afrika Centre, focused on restorative healing of intergenerational trauma
* [[Fatima Akilu]] – Nigerian psychologist and director of the Neem Foundation, focused on mental health and countering violent extremism
* [[Funmi Olonisakin]] – Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre and scholar of leadership and peacebuilding in Africa

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKsuN94yMs &quot;Know Your African Feminists: Bisi Adeleye Fayemi&quot;]. 4th African Feminist Forum Interview Series, April 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe. YouTube.
* [http://awdf.org/the-african-women-leaders-network-awln-at-the-44th-session-of-the-commission-on-population-and-development/] The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) at the 44th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
* [https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101718/https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections |date=2 February 2020 }} Nigerian Women Leaders call for more involvement of women to promote peaceful elections 
* [https://www.sunnewsonline.com/fayemis-wife-wins-zik-leadership-award/] Fayemi's wife wins Zik leadership award
* [https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/] Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize
* [https://thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/] Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award
* [https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/] In new books, aye demands opportunities, policies for women

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| known_for          = Co-founding the African Women's Development Fund&lt;ref&gt;[https://awdf.org/history-2/#:~:text=In%20the%20year%202000%2C%20three,change%20in%20African%20women's%20lives. History – The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.synergos.org/network/bio/olabisi-adeleye-fayemi Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi – Synergos]&lt;/ref&gt;
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| awards             = 2018 Zik Leadership Prize for humanitarian Leadership by Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC).&lt;ref&gt;[https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/ Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize – The Guardian]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/erelufayemi-otedola-two-governors-ex-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadershipprize/ Erelu Fayemi, Otedola, Two Governors, Ex-Ghanaian President Win Zik LeadershipPrize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/erelu-fayemi-two-govs-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/amp/ Erelu Fayemi, two govs, former Ghanaian President win Zik Leadership Prize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/ Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award – The Nation Online]&lt;/ref&gt;
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'''Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi '''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi.wav|Listen|help=no}} (ki ma bi ọjọ 11 June 1963) chi [[British Nigerian|Nigerian-British]] [[Feminist movement|feminist activist]], policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner kpai writer.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2024-11-09 |title=Democracy in black and white, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/democracy-in-black-and-white-by-bisi-adeleye-fayemi/amp/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Ọnwụ chi [[first lady]] of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria. Onwu chi ọya eyi Ekiti State governor [[Kayode Fayemi]]  kwì 2010 tì  2014 kpai kwì 2018 ti 2022.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Office of the First Lady – Ekiti State Website |url=https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/executive-council/office-of-the-first-lady/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye – Fayemi |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi/e/B079LBBY75?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Fayemi chi founder eyi Above Whispers Media Foundation kpai ya ki weekly column called ''Loud Whispers'' at the website Abovewhispers.com.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last= |title=Above Whispers – About |url=http://abovewhispers.com/about-me/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=AboveWhispers}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2017-12-24 |title=The pulse of girl child in 'Loud Whispers' |url=https://t.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/the-pulse-of-girl-child-in-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=H.E. Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi. Government of Ekiti, Nigeria – Casa Foundation |url=https://casafoundation.ca/h-e-olabisi-adeleye-fayemi-government-of-ekiti-nigeria/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=casafoundation.ca}}&lt;/ref&gt; She set up a [[Mentorship|mentoring]] program called The Wrapper Network. She was a [[UN Women]] Nigeria [[Senior advisor]] (2017–2018) and is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the [[African Leadership Centre]], [[King's College London]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/Visiting-Appointments/Visiting-Senior-Research-Fellows/Ms.-Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi.aspx|title=King's College London – Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-08}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Bisi... – Nigeria Hall of Fame Records |url=https://www.facebook.com/490491614335172/photos/a.1596171930433796/2194412930609690/?type=3 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website= Facebook|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Education==
She has a BA (1984) and MA (1988) in history from the [[University of Ife]], now the [[Obafemi Awolowo University|Obafemi Awolo]]&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt;[[Obafemi Awolowo University|wo University]], Nigeria.&lt;ref name=&quot;Tribune Online 2022&quot;&gt;{{cite web | title=Bisi Fayemi (First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria) | website=Tribune Online | date=2022-06-15 | url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/bisi-fayemi-first-lady-of-ekiti-state-nigeria/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}&lt;/ref&gt;  She received her MA in Gender and Society (1992) from [[Middlesex University]], UK.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi – African Philanthropy Forum |url=https://africanpf.org/speakers/bisi-adeleye-fayemi/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Career==
She was the Director of [[Akina Mama wa Afrika]] (AMWA) from 1991 to 2001, it is an international organisation for African women with offices in London and [[Kampala]].&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;/&gt; She established the African Women's Leadership Institute. She co-founded the [[African Women's Development Fund]] (AWDF), a grant-making foundation for women's organisations based in [[Ghana]] and served as the first CEO from 2001 to 2010.&lt;ref name=&quot;Newfield Foundation&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.newfieldfound.org/grants.awarded.php?group=16 | title=African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) | publisher=Newfield Foundation |access-date=5 July 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about// |title=About AWDF 10 Years of Leadership and Empowerment for African Women |publisher=www.awdf.org |date= |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702223538/http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about/ |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
Bisi has served as Trustee, Comic Relief (UK) (1998–2001), co-Chair, International Network of Women's Funds (2004–2006); Honorary President, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (2003–2005); board member, Women's Funding Network (2009–2012), board member and Programs Committee Chair, [Fund for Women] (2012–2016). She is also one of the founders of the African Grantmakers Network (now African Philanthropy Network) in 2009. She was one of the conveners of the African Feminist Forum which was launched in 2006 and was a member of the Regional Working Group (2006–2016) as well as the Nigeria National Working Group.

Bisi used her platform as First Lady to [[Influencer|influence]] legal and policy frameworks and to mobilise resources from a wide range of stakeholders, for the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Women's rights activist and community mobiliser, By Toyin Falola|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/466639-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-womens-rights-activist-and-community-mobiliser-by-toyin-falola.html|access-date=2022-02-23|language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Bisi campaigned for the Gender Based Violence Prohibition Law (GBV Law November 2011, revised in October 2019) an Equal Opportunities Bill (November 2013) a HIV Anti-Stigma Bill (April 2014),&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=Bisi Fayemi: Our focus on Covid-19 |url=https://m.guardian.ng/guardian-woman/bisi-fayemi-our-focus-on-covid-19/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: A quintessential amazon per excellence |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/erelu-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-a-quintessential-amazon-per-excellence/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt; a Treatment, Care and Protection Bill for Sexually Abused Minors (June 2020), the Ekiti State Mental Health Law (October 2021) the Ekiti State Gender Composition Law (March 2022), and the Multiple Births Trust Fund (October 2022). She was Chair of the Ekiti State GBV Management Committee as well as Chair of the Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency. She was also Chair, Nigerian Governors' Wives Forum (2019–2022) and under her leadership, the NGWF became a visible and active platform for the protection of women and children. It was the NGWF that facilitated the State of Emergency against Gender Based Violence declared by the [[Nigeria Governors' Forum]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in June 2020.

She's a story writer and an example of a story she wrote is a story of a great [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] [[heroine]] ([[Moremi Ajasoro]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=punchng |date=2017-11-29 |title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers |url=https://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Awards and recognition==
In December 2021, she was named as one of the 100 most influential leaders in [[civil society]] in Nigeria by National Network of NGOS in Nigeria, the umbrella body for CSOs in Nigeria. 
In March 2022, she was declared Outstanding Woman Leader by the United Nations Development Program Nigeria, UN Women Nigeria, the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the [[British Empire|British]] High Commission. 
In November 2022, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Philanthropy Network, a regional platform for African philanthropic institutions.

==Selected publications==
Adeleye-Fayemi is the author of ''Speaking for Myself: Perspectives on Social, Political and [[Feminist activism]] in Africa'' (2013), ''Speaking above a Whisper''(2013) an autobiography, ''Loud Whispers'' (2017), ''Where is your Wrapper?'' (2020), ''Demand and Supply'' (2023), and ''A Tray of Locust Beans'' (2023). She also co-edited ''Voice, Power and Soul''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.kcl.ac.uk |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021074507/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;

* 2008 ''Voice, Power and Soul'' (co-edited with [[Jessica Horn]])&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last1=Adeleye-Fayemi |first1=Bisi |title=Voice, power and soul: portraits of African feminists |last2=Horn |first2=Jessica |last3=Wilson |first3=Shamillah |last4=Mukasa |first4=Sarah |last5=Quarmyne |first5=Nyani |last6=African Women Development Fund |last7=African Feminist Forum |date=2009 |publisher=African Women's Development Fund |isbn=978-9988-1-2512-7 |language=English |oclc=946579055}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking Above A Whisper''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Jimoh |first=Michael |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |title=First Lady with a Difference |work=This Day |date=27 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140056/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking For Myself''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Ajibade |first=Kunle |url=http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |title=Championing the Cause of African Women |work=City Voice |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170916/http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2017 ''Loud Whispers''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=http://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/|title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers|work=Punch Newspapers|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2020 ''Where Is Your Wrapper?''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last=Adeleye-Fayemi |first=Bisi |title=Where Is Your Wrapper? |date=2020 |publisher=Kachifo Limited |isbn=978-978-57067-9-6 |language=English |oclc=1249565868}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''Demand and Supply''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Demand and Supply|date=20 April 2024 |url=https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''A Tray of Locust Beans''

==Personal life==
She is married to [[Kayode Fayemi]],&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt; who went on to become [[Governor of Ekiti State]] in 2010, and again in 2018; they met while they were students, and they have one son together, Folajimi Fayemi (born 1994).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Eka Ikpe]] – Nigerian development economist and Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London
* [[Toyin Ajao]] – Nigerian scholar and founder of Ìmọ́lẹ̀ of Afrika Centre, focused on restorative healing of intergenerational trauma
* [[Fatima Akilu]] – Nigerian psychologist and director of the Neem Foundation, focused on mental health and countering violent extremism
* [[Funmi Olonisakin]] – Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre and scholar of leadership and peacebuilding in Africa

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKsuN94yMs &quot;Know Your African Feminists: Bisi Adeleye Fayemi&quot;]. 4th African Feminist Forum Interview Series, April 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe. YouTube.
* [http://awdf.org/the-african-women-leaders-network-awln-at-the-44th-session-of-the-commission-on-population-and-development/] The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) at the 44th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
* [https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101718/https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections |date=2 February 2020 }} Nigerian Women Leaders call for more involvement of women to promote peaceful elections 
* [https://www.sunnewsonline.com/fayemis-wife-wins-zik-leadership-award/] Fayemi's wife wins Zik leadership award
* [https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/] Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize
* [https://thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/] Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award
* [https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/] In new books, aye demands opportunities, policies for women

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| known_for          = Co-founding the African Women's Development Fund&lt;ref&gt;[https://awdf.org/history-2/#:~:text=In%20the%20year%202000%2C%20three,change%20in%20African%20women's%20lives. History – The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.synergos.org/network/bio/olabisi-adeleye-fayemi Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi – Synergos]&lt;/ref&gt;
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Kayode Fayemi]]|1989}}
| awards             = 2018 Zik Leadership Prize for humanitarian Leadership by Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC).&lt;ref&gt;[https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/ Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize – The Guardian]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/erelufayemi-otedola-two-governors-ex-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadershipprize/ Erelu Fayemi, Otedola, Two Governors, Ex-Ghanaian President Win Zik LeadershipPrize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/erelu-fayemi-two-govs-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/amp/ Erelu Fayemi, two govs, former Ghanaian President win Zik Leadership Prize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/ Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award – The Nation Online]&lt;/ref&gt;
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'''Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi '''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi.wav|Listen|help=no}} (ki ma bi ọjọ 11 June 1963) chi Nigerian-British feminist activist, policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner kpai writer.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2024-11-09 |title=Democracy in black and white, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/democracy-in-black-and-white-by-bisi-adeleye-fayemi/amp/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Ọnwụ chi first lady of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria. Onwu chi ọya eyi Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi  kwì 2010 tì  2014 kpai kwì 2018 ti 2022.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Office of the First Lady – Ekiti State Website |url=https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/executive-council/office-of-the-first-lady/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye – Fayemi |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi/e/B079LBBY75?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Fayemi chi founder eyi Above Whispers Media Foundation kpai ya ki weekly column my ma dọ ki ''Loud Whispers'' at the website Abovewhispers.com.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last= |title=Above Whispers – About |url=http://abovewhispers.com/about-me/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=AboveWhispers}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2017-12-24 |title=The pulse of girl child in 'Loud Whispers' |url=https://t.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/the-pulse-of-girl-child-in-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=H.E. Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi. Government of Ekiti, Nigeria – Casa Foundation |url=https://casafoundation.ca/h-e-olabisi-adeleye-fayemi-government-of-ekiti-nigeria/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=casafoundation.ca}}&lt;/ref&gt; Onwu chanẹ [[Mentorship|mentoring]] program ku má dọ ki The Wrapper Network. She was a [[UN Women]] Nigeria [[Senior advisor]] (2017–2018) and is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the [[African Leadership Centre]], [[King's College London]].&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/Visiting-Appointments/Visiting-Senior-Research-Fellows/Ms.-Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi.aspx|title=King's College London – Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-08}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Bisi... – Nigeria Hall of Fame Records |url=https://www.facebook.com/490491614335172/photos/a.1596171930433796/2194412930609690/?type=3 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website= Facebook|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Education==
She has a BA (1984) and MA (1988) in history from the [[University of Ife]], now the [[Obafemi Awolowo University|Obafemi Awolo]]&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt;[[Obafemi Awolowo University|wo University]], Nigeria.&lt;ref name=&quot;Tribune Online 2022&quot;&gt;{{cite web | title=Bisi Fayemi (First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria) | website=Tribune Online | date=2022-06-15 | url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/bisi-fayemi-first-lady-of-ekiti-state-nigeria/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}&lt;/ref&gt;  She received her MA in Gender and Society (1992) from [[Middlesex University]], UK.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi – African Philanthropy Forum |url=https://africanpf.org/speakers/bisi-adeleye-fayemi/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Career==
She was the Director of [[Akina Mama wa Afrika]] (AMWA) from 1991 to 2001, it is an international organisation for African women with offices in London and [[Kampala]].&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;/&gt; She established the African Women's Leadership Institute. She co-founded the [[African Women's Development Fund]] (AWDF), a grant-making foundation for women's organisations based in [[Ghana]] and served as the first CEO from 2001 to 2010.&lt;ref name=&quot;Newfield Foundation&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.newfieldfound.org/grants.awarded.php?group=16 | title=African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) | publisher=Newfield Foundation |access-date=5 July 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about// |title=About AWDF 10 Years of Leadership and Empowerment for African Women |publisher=www.awdf.org |date= |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702223538/http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about/ |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
Bisi has served as Trustee, Comic Relief (UK) (1998–2001), co-Chair, International Network of Women's Funds (2004–2006); Honorary President, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (2003–2005); board member, Women's Funding Network (2009–2012), board member and Programs Committee Chair, [Fund for Women] (2012–2016). She is also one of the founders of the African Grantmakers Network (now African Philanthropy Network) in 2009. She was one of the conveners of the African Feminist Forum which was launched in 2006 and was a member of the Regional Working Group (2006–2016) as well as the Nigeria National Working Group.

Bisi used her platform as First Lady to [[Influencer|influence]] legal and policy frameworks and to mobilise resources from a wide range of stakeholders, for the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Women's rights activist and community mobiliser, By Toyin Falola|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/466639-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-womens-rights-activist-and-community-mobiliser-by-toyin-falola.html|access-date=2022-02-23|language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Bisi campaigned for the Gender Based Violence Prohibition Law (GBV Law November 2011, revised in October 2019) an Equal Opportunities Bill (November 2013) a HIV Anti-Stigma Bill (April 2014),&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=Bisi Fayemi: Our focus on Covid-19 |url=https://m.guardian.ng/guardian-woman/bisi-fayemi-our-focus-on-covid-19/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: A quintessential amazon per excellence |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/erelu-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-a-quintessential-amazon-per-excellence/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt; a Treatment, Care and Protection Bill for Sexually Abused Minors (June 2020), the Ekiti State Mental Health Law (October 2021) the Ekiti State Gender Composition Law (March 2022), and the Multiple Births Trust Fund (October 2022). She was Chair of the Ekiti State GBV Management Committee as well as Chair of the Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency. She was also Chair, Nigerian Governors' Wives Forum (2019–2022) and under her leadership, the NGWF became a visible and active platform for the protection of women and children. It was the NGWF that facilitated the State of Emergency against Gender Based Violence declared by the [[Nigeria Governors' Forum]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in June 2020.

She's a story writer and an example of a story she wrote is a story of a great [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] [[heroine]] ([[Moremi Ajasoro]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=punchng |date=2017-11-29 |title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers |url=https://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Awards and recognition==
In December 2021, she was named as one of the 100 most influential leaders in [[civil society]] in Nigeria by National Network of NGOS in Nigeria, the umbrella body for CSOs in Nigeria. 
In March 2022, she was declared Outstanding Woman Leader by the United Nations Development Program Nigeria, UN Women Nigeria, the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the [[British Empire|British]] High Commission. 
In November 2022, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Philanthropy Network, a regional platform for African philanthropic institutions.

==Selected publications==
Adeleye-Fayemi is the author of ''Speaking for Myself: Perspectives on Social, Political and [[Feminist activism]] in Africa'' (2013), ''Speaking above a Whisper''(2013) an autobiography, ''Loud Whispers'' (2017), ''Where is your Wrapper?'' (2020), ''Demand and Supply'' (2023), and ''A Tray of Locust Beans'' (2023). She also co-edited ''Voice, Power and Soul''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.kcl.ac.uk |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021074507/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;

* 2008 ''Voice, Power and Soul'' (co-edited with [[Jessica Horn]])&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last1=Adeleye-Fayemi |first1=Bisi |title=Voice, power and soul: portraits of African feminists |last2=Horn |first2=Jessica |last3=Wilson |first3=Shamillah |last4=Mukasa |first4=Sarah |last5=Quarmyne |first5=Nyani |last6=African Women Development Fund |last7=African Feminist Forum |date=2009 |publisher=African Women's Development Fund |isbn=978-9988-1-2512-7 |language=English |oclc=946579055}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking Above A Whisper''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Jimoh |first=Michael |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |title=First Lady with a Difference |work=This Day |date=27 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140056/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking For Myself''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Ajibade |first=Kunle |url=http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |title=Championing the Cause of African Women |work=City Voice |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170916/http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2017 ''Loud Whispers''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=http://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/|title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers|work=Punch Newspapers|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2020 ''Where Is Your Wrapper?''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last=Adeleye-Fayemi |first=Bisi |title=Where Is Your Wrapper? |date=2020 |publisher=Kachifo Limited |isbn=978-978-57067-9-6 |language=English |oclc=1249565868}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''Demand and Supply''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Demand and Supply|date=20 April 2024 |url=https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''A Tray of Locust Beans''

==Personal life==
She is married to [[Kayode Fayemi]],&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt; who went on to become [[Governor of Ekiti State]] in 2010, and again in 2018; they met while they were students, and they have one son together, Folajimi Fayemi (born 1994).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Eka Ikpe]] – Nigerian development economist and Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London
* [[Toyin Ajao]] – Nigerian scholar and founder of Ìmọ́lẹ̀ of Afrika Centre, focused on restorative healing of intergenerational trauma
* [[Fatima Akilu]] – Nigerian psychologist and director of the Neem Foundation, focused on mental health and countering violent extremism
* [[Funmi Olonisakin]] – Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre and scholar of leadership and peacebuilding in Africa

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKsuN94yMs &quot;Know Your African Feminists: Bisi Adeleye Fayemi&quot;]. 4th African Feminist Forum Interview Series, April 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe. YouTube.
* [http://awdf.org/the-african-women-leaders-network-awln-at-the-44th-session-of-the-commission-on-population-and-development/] The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) at the 44th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
* [https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101718/https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections |date=2 February 2020 }} Nigerian Women Leaders call for more involvement of women to promote peaceful elections 
* [https://www.sunnewsonline.com/fayemis-wife-wins-zik-leadership-award/] Fayemi's wife wins Zik leadership award
* [https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/] Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize
* [https://thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/] Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award
* [https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/] In new books, aye demands opportunities, policies for women

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| known_for          = Co-founding the African Women's Development Fund&lt;ref&gt;[https://awdf.org/history-2/#:~:text=In%20the%20year%202000%2C%20three,change%20in%20African%20women's%20lives. History – The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.synergos.org/network/bio/olabisi-adeleye-fayemi Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi – Synergos]&lt;/ref&gt;
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'''Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi '''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi.wav|Listen|help=no}} (ki ma bi ọjọ 11 June 1963) chi Nigerian-British feminist activist, policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner kpai writer.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2024-11-09 |title=Democracy in black and white, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/democracy-in-black-and-white-by-bisi-adeleye-fayemi/amp/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Ọnwụ chi first lady of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria. Onwu chi ọya eyi Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi  kwì 2010 tì  2014 kpai kwì 2018 ti 2022.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Office of the First Lady – Ekiti State Website |url=https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/executive-council/office-of-the-first-lady/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye – Fayemi |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi/e/B079LBBY75?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Fayemi chi founder eyi Above Whispers Media Foundation kpai ya ki weekly column my ma dọ ki ''Loud Whispers'' at the website Abovewhispers.com.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last= |title=Above Whispers – About |url=http://abovewhispers.com/about-me/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=AboveWhispers}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2017-12-24 |title=The pulse of girl child in 'Loud Whispers' |url=https://t.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/the-pulse-of-girl-child-in-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=H.E. Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi. Government of Ekiti, Nigeria – Casa Foundation |url=https://casafoundation.ca/h-e-olabisi-adeleye-fayemi-government-of-ekiti-nigeria/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=casafoundation.ca}}&lt;/ref&gt; Onwu chanẹ [[Mentorship|mentoring]] program ku má dọ ki The Wrapper Network. Onwu chi UN Women Nigeria [[Senior advisor]] (2017–2018) kpai I nwọ chi Visiting Senior Research Fellow yi African Leadership Centre, King's College London.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/Visiting-Appointments/Visiting-Senior-Research-Fellows/Ms.-Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi.aspx|title=King's College London – Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-08}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Bisi... – Nigeria Hall of Fame Records |url=https://www.facebook.com/490491614335172/photos/a.1596171930433796/2194412930609690/?type=3 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website= Facebook|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Education==
I che nì BA (1984) kpai MA (1988) efu history kwì  University of Ife, abajóyì kì chi Obafemi Awolo&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt;wo University, Nigeria.&lt;ref name=&quot;Tribune Online 2022&quot;&gt;{{cite web | title=Bisi Fayemi (First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria) | website=Tribune Online | date=2022-06-15 | url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/bisi-fayemi-first-lady-of-ekiti-state-nigeria/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}&lt;/ref&gt;  I nì MA nwu efu Gender and Society (1992) kwi Middlesex University, UK.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi – African Philanthropy Forum |url=https://africanpf.org/speakers/bisi-adeleye-fayemi/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Career==
She was the Director of [[Akina Mama wa Afrika]] (AMWA) from 1991 to 2001, it is an international organisation for African women with offices in London and [[Kampala]].&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;/&gt; She established the African Women's Leadership Institute. She co-founded the [[African Women's Development Fund]] (AWDF), a grant-making foundation for women's organisations based in [[Ghana]] and served as the first CEO from 2001 to 2010.&lt;ref name=&quot;Newfield Foundation&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.newfieldfound.org/grants.awarded.php?group=16 | title=African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) | publisher=Newfield Foundation |access-date=5 July 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about// |title=About AWDF 10 Years of Leadership and Empowerment for African Women |publisher=www.awdf.org |date= |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702223538/http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about/ |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
Bisi has served as Trustee, Comic Relief (UK) (1998–2001), co-Chair, International Network of Women's Funds (2004–2006); Honorary President, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (2003–2005); board member, Women's Funding Network (2009–2012), board member and Programs Committee Chair, [Fund for Women] (2012–2016). She is also one of the founders of the African Grantmakers Network (now African Philanthropy Network) in 2009. She was one of the conveners of the African Feminist Forum which was launched in 2006 and was a member of the Regional Working Group (2006–2016) as well as the Nigeria National Working Group.

Bisi used her platform as First Lady to [[Influencer|influence]] legal and policy frameworks and to mobilise resources from a wide range of stakeholders, for the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Women's rights activist and community mobiliser, By Toyin Falola|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/466639-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-womens-rights-activist-and-community-mobiliser-by-toyin-falola.html|access-date=2022-02-23|language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Bisi campaigned for the Gender Based Violence Prohibition Law (GBV Law November 2011, revised in October 2019) an Equal Opportunities Bill (November 2013) a HIV Anti-Stigma Bill (April 2014),&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=Bisi Fayemi: Our focus on Covid-19 |url=https://m.guardian.ng/guardian-woman/bisi-fayemi-our-focus-on-covid-19/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: A quintessential amazon per excellence |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/erelu-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-a-quintessential-amazon-per-excellence/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt; a Treatment, Care and Protection Bill for Sexually Abused Minors (June 2020), the Ekiti State Mental Health Law (October 2021) the Ekiti State Gender Composition Law (March 2022), and the Multiple Births Trust Fund (October 2022). She was Chair of the Ekiti State GBV Management Committee as well as Chair of the Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency. She was also Chair, Nigerian Governors' Wives Forum (2019–2022) and under her leadership, the NGWF became a visible and active platform for the protection of women and children. It was the NGWF that facilitated the State of Emergency against Gender Based Violence declared by the [[Nigeria Governors' Forum]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in June 2020.

She's a story writer and an example of a story she wrote is a story of a great [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] [[heroine]] ([[Moremi Ajasoro]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=punchng |date=2017-11-29 |title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers |url=https://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Awards and recognition==
In December 2021, she was named as one of the 100 most influential leaders in [[civil society]] in Nigeria by National Network of NGOS in Nigeria, the umbrella body for CSOs in Nigeria. 
In March 2022, she was declared Outstanding Woman Leader by the United Nations Development Program Nigeria, UN Women Nigeria, the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the [[British Empire|British]] High Commission. 
In November 2022, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Philanthropy Network, a regional platform for African philanthropic institutions.

==Selected publications==
Adeleye-Fayemi is the author of ''Speaking for Myself: Perspectives on Social, Political and [[Feminist activism]] in Africa'' (2013), ''Speaking above a Whisper''(2013) an autobiography, ''Loud Whispers'' (2017), ''Where is your Wrapper?'' (2020), ''Demand and Supply'' (2023), and ''A Tray of Locust Beans'' (2023). She also co-edited ''Voice, Power and Soul''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.kcl.ac.uk |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021074507/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;

* 2008 ''Voice, Power and Soul'' (co-edited with [[Jessica Horn]])&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last1=Adeleye-Fayemi |first1=Bisi |title=Voice, power and soul: portraits of African feminists |last2=Horn |first2=Jessica |last3=Wilson |first3=Shamillah |last4=Mukasa |first4=Sarah |last5=Quarmyne |first5=Nyani |last6=African Women Development Fund |last7=African Feminist Forum |date=2009 |publisher=African Women's Development Fund |isbn=978-9988-1-2512-7 |language=English |oclc=946579055}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking Above A Whisper''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Jimoh |first=Michael |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |title=First Lady with a Difference |work=This Day |date=27 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140056/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking For Myself''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Ajibade |first=Kunle |url=http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |title=Championing the Cause of African Women |work=City Voice |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170916/http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2017 ''Loud Whispers''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=http://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/|title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers|work=Punch Newspapers|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2020 ''Where Is Your Wrapper?''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last=Adeleye-Fayemi |first=Bisi |title=Where Is Your Wrapper? |date=2020 |publisher=Kachifo Limited |isbn=978-978-57067-9-6 |language=English |oclc=1249565868}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''Demand and Supply''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Demand and Supply|date=20 April 2024 |url=https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''A Tray of Locust Beans''

==Personal life==
She is married to [[Kayode Fayemi]],&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt; who went on to become [[Governor of Ekiti State]] in 2010, and again in 2018; they met while they were students, and they have one son together, Folajimi Fayemi (born 1994).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Eka Ikpe]] – Nigerian development economist and Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London
* [[Toyin Ajao]] – Nigerian scholar and founder of Ìmọ́lẹ̀ of Afrika Centre, focused on restorative healing of intergenerational trauma
* [[Fatima Akilu]] – Nigerian psychologist and director of the Neem Foundation, focused on mental health and countering violent extremism
* [[Funmi Olonisakin]] – Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre and scholar of leadership and peacebuilding in Africa

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKsuN94yMs &quot;Know Your African Feminists: Bisi Adeleye Fayemi&quot;]. 4th African Feminist Forum Interview Series, April 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe. YouTube.
* [http://awdf.org/the-african-women-leaders-network-awln-at-the-44th-session-of-the-commission-on-population-and-development/] The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) at the 44th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
* [https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101718/https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections |date=2 February 2020 }} Nigerian Women Leaders call for more involvement of women to promote peaceful elections 
* [https://www.sunnewsonline.com/fayemis-wife-wins-zik-leadership-award/] Fayemi's wife wins Zik leadership award
* [https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/] Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize
* [https://thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/] Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award
* [https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/] In new books, aye demands opportunities, policies for women

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'''Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi '''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi.wav|Listen|help=no}} (ki ma bi ọjọ 11 June 1963) chi Nigerian-British feminist activist, policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner kpai writer.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2024-11-09 |title=Democracy in black and white, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/democracy-in-black-and-white-by-bisi-adeleye-fayemi/amp/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Ọnwụ chi first lady of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria. Onwu chi ọya eyi Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi  kwì 2010 tì  2014 kpai kwì 2018 ti 2022.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Office of the First Lady – Ekiti State Website |url=https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/executive-council/office-of-the-first-lady/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye – Fayemi |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi/e/B079LBBY75?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Fayemi chi founder eyi Above Whispers Media Foundation kpai ya ki weekly column my ma dọ ki ''Loud Whispers'' at the website Abovewhispers.com.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last= |title=Above Whispers – About |url=http://abovewhispers.com/about-me/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=AboveWhispers}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2017-12-24 |title=The pulse of girl child in 'Loud Whispers' |url=https://t.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/the-pulse-of-girl-child-in-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=H.E. Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi. Government of Ekiti, Nigeria – Casa Foundation |url=https://casafoundation.ca/h-e-olabisi-adeleye-fayemi-government-of-ekiti-nigeria/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=casafoundation.ca}}&lt;/ref&gt; Onwu chanẹ [[Mentorship|mentoring]] program ku má dọ ki The Wrapper Network. Onwu chi UN Women Nigeria [[Senior advisor]] (2017–2018) kpai I nwọ chi Visiting Senior Research Fellow yi African Leadership Centre, King's College London.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/Visiting-Appointments/Visiting-Senior-Research-Fellows/Ms.-Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi.aspx|title=King's College London – Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-08}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Bisi... – Nigeria Hall of Fame Records |url=https://www.facebook.com/490491614335172/photos/a.1596171930433796/2194412930609690/?type=3 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website= Facebook|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Education==
I che nì BA (1984) kpai MA (1988) efu history kwì  University of Ife, abajóyì kì chi Obafemi Awolo&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt;wo University, Nigeria.&lt;ref name=&quot;Tribune Online 2022&quot;&gt;{{cite web | title=Bisi Fayemi (First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria) | website=Tribune Online | date=2022-06-15 | url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/bisi-fayemi-first-lady-of-ekiti-state-nigeria/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}&lt;/ref&gt;  I nì MA nwu efu Gender and Society (1992) kwi Middlesex University, UK.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi – African Philanthropy Forum |url=https://africanpf.org/speakers/bisi-adeleye-fayemi/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Career==
Ónwù chi  Director eyi Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMWA) kwì 1991 ti 2001, i chi international organisation nwu amì African women ku má ní offices yi London kpai Kampala.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;/&gt; She established the African Women's Leadership Institute. She co-founded the [[African Women's Development Fund]] (AWDF), a grant-making foundation for women's organisations based in [[Ghana]] and served as the first CEO from 2001 to 2010.&lt;ref name=&quot;Newfield Foundation&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.newfieldfound.org/grants.awarded.php?group=16 | title=African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) | publisher=Newfield Foundation |access-date=5 July 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about// |title=About AWDF 10 Years of Leadership and Empowerment for African Women |publisher=www.awdf.org |date= |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702223538/http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about/ |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
Bisi has served as Trustee, Comic Relief (UK) (1998–2001), co-Chair, International Network of Women's Funds (2004–2006); Honorary President, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (2003–2005); board member, Women's Funding Network (2009–2012), board member and Programs Committee Chair, [Fund for Women] (2012–2016). She is also one of the founders of the African Grantmakers Network (now African Philanthropy Network) in 2009. She was one of the conveners of the African Feminist Forum which was launched in 2006 and was a member of the Regional Working Group (2006–2016) as well as the Nigeria National Working Group.

Bisi used her platform as First Lady to [[Influencer|influence]] legal and policy frameworks and to mobilise resources from a wide range of stakeholders, for the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Women's rights activist and community mobiliser, By Toyin Falola|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/466639-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-womens-rights-activist-and-community-mobiliser-by-toyin-falola.html|access-date=2022-02-23|language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Bisi campaigned for the Gender Based Violence Prohibition Law (GBV Law November 2011, revised in October 2019) an Equal Opportunities Bill (November 2013) a HIV Anti-Stigma Bill (April 2014),&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=Bisi Fayemi: Our focus on Covid-19 |url=https://m.guardian.ng/guardian-woman/bisi-fayemi-our-focus-on-covid-19/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: A quintessential amazon per excellence |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/erelu-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-a-quintessential-amazon-per-excellence/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt; a Treatment, Care and Protection Bill for Sexually Abused Minors (June 2020), the Ekiti State Mental Health Law (October 2021) the Ekiti State Gender Composition Law (March 2022), and the Multiple Births Trust Fund (October 2022). She was Chair of the Ekiti State GBV Management Committee as well as Chair of the Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency. She was also Chair, Nigerian Governors' Wives Forum (2019–2022) and under her leadership, the NGWF became a visible and active platform for the protection of women and children. It was the NGWF that facilitated the State of Emergency against Gender Based Violence declared by the [[Nigeria Governors' Forum]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in June 2020.

She's a story writer and an example of a story she wrote is a story of a great [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] [[heroine]] ([[Moremi Ajasoro]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=punchng |date=2017-11-29 |title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers |url=https://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Awards and recognition==
In December 2021, she was named as one of the 100 most influential leaders in [[civil society]] in Nigeria by National Network of NGOS in Nigeria, the umbrella body for CSOs in Nigeria. 
In March 2022, she was declared Outstanding Woman Leader by the United Nations Development Program Nigeria, UN Women Nigeria, the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the [[British Empire|British]] High Commission. 
In November 2022, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Philanthropy Network, a regional platform for African philanthropic institutions.

==Selected publications==
Adeleye-Fayemi is the author of ''Speaking for Myself: Perspectives on Social, Political and [[Feminist activism]] in Africa'' (2013), ''Speaking above a Whisper''(2013) an autobiography, ''Loud Whispers'' (2017), ''Where is your Wrapper?'' (2020), ''Demand and Supply'' (2023), and ''A Tray of Locust Beans'' (2023). She also co-edited ''Voice, Power and Soul''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.kcl.ac.uk |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021074507/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;

* 2008 ''Voice, Power and Soul'' (co-edited with [[Jessica Horn]])&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last1=Adeleye-Fayemi |first1=Bisi |title=Voice, power and soul: portraits of African feminists |last2=Horn |first2=Jessica |last3=Wilson |first3=Shamillah |last4=Mukasa |first4=Sarah |last5=Quarmyne |first5=Nyani |last6=African Women Development Fund |last7=African Feminist Forum |date=2009 |publisher=African Women's Development Fund |isbn=978-9988-1-2512-7 |language=English |oclc=946579055}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking Above A Whisper''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Jimoh |first=Michael |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |title=First Lady with a Difference |work=This Day |date=27 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140056/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking For Myself''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Ajibade |first=Kunle |url=http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |title=Championing the Cause of African Women |work=City Voice |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170916/http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2017 ''Loud Whispers''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=http://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/|title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers|work=Punch Newspapers|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2020 ''Where Is Your Wrapper?''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last=Adeleye-Fayemi |first=Bisi |title=Where Is Your Wrapper? |date=2020 |publisher=Kachifo Limited |isbn=978-978-57067-9-6 |language=English |oclc=1249565868}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''Demand and Supply''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Demand and Supply|date=20 April 2024 |url=https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''A Tray of Locust Beans''

==Personal life==
She is married to [[Kayode Fayemi]],&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt; who went on to become [[Governor of Ekiti State]] in 2010, and again in 2018; they met while they were students, and they have one son together, Folajimi Fayemi (born 1994).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Eka Ikpe]] – Nigerian development economist and Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London
* [[Toyin Ajao]] – Nigerian scholar and founder of Ìmọ́lẹ̀ of Afrika Centre, focused on restorative healing of intergenerational trauma
* [[Fatima Akilu]] – Nigerian psychologist and director of the Neem Foundation, focused on mental health and countering violent extremism
* [[Funmi Olonisakin]] – Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre and scholar of leadership and peacebuilding in Africa

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKsuN94yMs &quot;Know Your African Feminists: Bisi Adeleye Fayemi&quot;]. 4th African Feminist Forum Interview Series, April 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe. YouTube.
* [http://awdf.org/the-african-women-leaders-network-awln-at-the-44th-session-of-the-commission-on-population-and-development/] The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) at the 44th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
* [https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101718/https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections |date=2 February 2020 }} Nigerian Women Leaders call for more involvement of women to promote peaceful elections 
* [https://www.sunnewsonline.com/fayemis-wife-wins-zik-leadership-award/] Fayemi's wife wins Zik leadership award
* [https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/] Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize
* [https://thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/] Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award
* [https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/] In new books, aye demands opportunities, policies for women

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| known_for          = Co-founding the African Women's Development Fund&lt;ref&gt;[https://awdf.org/history-2/#:~:text=In%20the%20year%202000%2C%20three,change%20in%20African%20women's%20lives. History – The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.synergos.org/network/bio/olabisi-adeleye-fayemi Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi – Synergos]&lt;/ref&gt;
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| awards             = 2018 Zik Leadership Prize for humanitarian Leadership by Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC).&lt;ref&gt;[https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/ Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize – The Guardian]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/erelufayemi-otedola-two-governors-ex-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadershipprize/ Erelu Fayemi, Otedola, Two Governors, Ex-Ghanaian President Win Zik LeadershipPrize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/erelu-fayemi-two-govs-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/amp/ Erelu Fayemi, two govs, former Ghanaian President win Zik Leadership Prize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/ Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award – The Nation Online]&lt;/ref&gt;
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'''Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi '''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi.wav|Listen|help=no}} (ki ma bi ọjọ 11 June 1963) chi Nigerian-British feminist activist, policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner kpai writer.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2024-11-09 |title=Democracy in black and white, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/democracy-in-black-and-white-by-bisi-adeleye-fayemi/amp/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Ọnwụ chi first lady of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria. Onwu chi ọya eyi Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi  kwì 2010 tì  2014 kpai kwì 2018 ti 2022.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Office of the First Lady – Ekiti State Website |url=https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/executive-council/office-of-the-first-lady/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye – Fayemi |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi/e/B079LBBY75?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Fayemi chi founder eyi Above Whispers Media Foundation kpai ya ki weekly column my ma dọ ki ''Loud Whispers'' at the website Abovewhispers.com.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last= |title=Above Whispers – About |url=http://abovewhispers.com/about-me/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=AboveWhispers}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2017-12-24 |title=The pulse of girl child in 'Loud Whispers' |url=https://t.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/the-pulse-of-girl-child-in-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=H.E. Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi. Government of Ekiti, Nigeria – Casa Foundation |url=https://casafoundation.ca/h-e-olabisi-adeleye-fayemi-government-of-ekiti-nigeria/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=casafoundation.ca}}&lt;/ref&gt; Onwu chanẹ [[Mentorship|mentoring]] program ku má dọ ki The Wrapper Network. Onwu chi UN Women Nigeria [[Senior advisor]] (2017–2018) kpai I nwọ chi Visiting Senior Research Fellow yi African Leadership Centre, King's College London.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/Visiting-Appointments/Visiting-Senior-Research-Fellows/Ms.-Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi.aspx|title=King's College London – Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-08}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Bisi... – Nigeria Hall of Fame Records |url=https://www.facebook.com/490491614335172/photos/a.1596171930433796/2194412930609690/?type=3 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website= Facebook|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Education==
I che nì BA (1984) kpai MA (1988) efu history kwì  University of Ife, abajóyì kì chi Obafemi Awolo&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt;wo University, Nigeria.&lt;ref name=&quot;Tribune Online 2022&quot;&gt;{{cite web | title=Bisi Fayemi (First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria) | website=Tribune Online | date=2022-06-15 | url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/bisi-fayemi-first-lady-of-ekiti-state-nigeria/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}&lt;/ref&gt;  I nì MA nwu efu Gender and Society (1992) kwi Middlesex University, UK.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi – African Philanthropy Forum |url=https://africanpf.org/speakers/bisi-adeleye-fayemi/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Career==
Ónwù chi  Director eyi Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMWA) kwì 1991 ti 2001, i chi international organisation nwu amì African women ku má ní offices yi London kpai Kampala.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;/&gt; Ónwù chanẹ African Women's Leadership Institute. Inwọ d'efù abo ku ma chanẹ African Women's Development Fund (AWDF), a grant-making foundation nwu women's organisations kì di Ghana kpai i chùkọlọ as CEO ejodudu kwi 2001 ti 2010.&lt;ref name=&quot;Newfield Foundation&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.newfieldfound.org/grants.awarded.php?group=16 | title=African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) | publisher=Newfield Foundation |access-date=5 July 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about// |title=About AWDF 10 Years of Leadership and Empowerment for African Women |publisher=www.awdf.org |date= |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702223538/http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about/ |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
Bisi chùkọlọ as Trustee, Comic Relief (UK) (1998–2001), co-Chair, International Network of Women's Funds (2004–2006); Honorary President, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (2003–2005); board member, Women's Funding Network (2009–2012), board member and Programs Committee Chair, [Fund for Women] (2012–2016). She is also one of the founders of the African Grantmakers Network (now African Philanthropy Network) efu ọdọ 2009. I'chi ẹnẹka efu amì conveners eyi African Feminist Forum ku má chanẹ ọdọ 2006 kpái i'nwọ chi ẹnẹka efu Regional Working Group (2006–2016) kpai Nigeria National Working Group onugo.

Bisi used her platform as First Lady to [[Influencer|influence]] legal and policy frameworks and to mobilise resources from a wide range of stakeholders, for the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Women's rights activist and community mobiliser, By Toyin Falola|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/466639-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-womens-rights-activist-and-community-mobiliser-by-toyin-falola.html|access-date=2022-02-23|language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Bisi campaigned for the Gender Based Violence Prohibition Law (GBV Law November 2011, revised in October 2019) an Equal Opportunities Bill (November 2013) a HIV Anti-Stigma Bill (April 2014),&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=Bisi Fayemi: Our focus on Covid-19 |url=https://m.guardian.ng/guardian-woman/bisi-fayemi-our-focus-on-covid-19/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: A quintessential amazon per excellence |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/erelu-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-a-quintessential-amazon-per-excellence/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt; a Treatment, Care and Protection Bill for Sexually Abused Minors (June 2020), the Ekiti State Mental Health Law (October 2021) the Ekiti State Gender Composition Law (March 2022), and the Multiple Births Trust Fund (October 2022). She was Chair of the Ekiti State GBV Management Committee as well as Chair of the Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency. She was also Chair, Nigerian Governors' Wives Forum (2019–2022) and under her leadership, the NGWF became a visible and active platform for the protection of women and children. It was the NGWF that facilitated the State of Emergency against Gender Based Violence declared by the [[Nigeria Governors' Forum]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in June 2020.

She's a story writer and an example of a story she wrote is a story of a great [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]] [[heroine]] ([[Moremi Ajasoro]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=punchng |date=2017-11-29 |title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers |url=https://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Awards and recognition==
In December 2021, she was named as one of the 100 most influential leaders in [[civil society]] in Nigeria by National Network of NGOS in Nigeria, the umbrella body for CSOs in Nigeria. 
In March 2022, she was declared Outstanding Woman Leader by the United Nations Development Program Nigeria, UN Women Nigeria, the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the [[British Empire|British]] High Commission. 
In November 2022, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Philanthropy Network, a regional platform for African philanthropic institutions.

==Selected publications==
Adeleye-Fayemi is the author of ''Speaking for Myself: Perspectives on Social, Political and [[Feminist activism]] in Africa'' (2013), ''Speaking above a Whisper''(2013) an autobiography, ''Loud Whispers'' (2017), ''Where is your Wrapper?'' (2020), ''Demand and Supply'' (2023), and ''A Tray of Locust Beans'' (2023). She also co-edited ''Voice, Power and Soul''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.kcl.ac.uk |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021074507/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;

* 2008 ''Voice, Power and Soul'' (co-edited with [[Jessica Horn]])&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last1=Adeleye-Fayemi |first1=Bisi |title=Voice, power and soul: portraits of African feminists |last2=Horn |first2=Jessica |last3=Wilson |first3=Shamillah |last4=Mukasa |first4=Sarah |last5=Quarmyne |first5=Nyani |last6=African Women Development Fund |last7=African Feminist Forum |date=2009 |publisher=African Women's Development Fund |isbn=978-9988-1-2512-7 |language=English |oclc=946579055}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking Above A Whisper''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Jimoh |first=Michael |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |title=First Lady with a Difference |work=This Day |date=27 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140056/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking For Myself''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Ajibade |first=Kunle |url=http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |title=Championing the Cause of African Women |work=City Voice |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170916/http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2017 ''Loud Whispers''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=http://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/|title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers|work=Punch Newspapers|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2020 ''Where Is Your Wrapper?''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last=Adeleye-Fayemi |first=Bisi |title=Where Is Your Wrapper? |date=2020 |publisher=Kachifo Limited |isbn=978-978-57067-9-6 |language=English |oclc=1249565868}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''Demand and Supply''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Demand and Supply|date=20 April 2024 |url=https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''A Tray of Locust Beans''

==Personal life==
She is married to [[Kayode Fayemi]],&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt; who went on to become [[Governor of Ekiti State]] in 2010, and again in 2018; they met while they were students, and they have one son together, Folajimi Fayemi (born 1994).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Eka Ikpe]] – Nigerian development economist and Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London
* [[Toyin Ajao]] – Nigerian scholar and founder of Ìmọ́lẹ̀ of Afrika Centre, focused on restorative healing of intergenerational trauma
* [[Fatima Akilu]] – Nigerian psychologist and director of the Neem Foundation, focused on mental health and countering violent extremism
* [[Funmi Olonisakin]] – Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre and scholar of leadership and peacebuilding in Africa

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKsuN94yMs &quot;Know Your African Feminists: Bisi Adeleye Fayemi&quot;]. 4th African Feminist Forum Interview Series, April 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe. YouTube.
* [http://awdf.org/the-african-women-leaders-network-awln-at-the-44th-session-of-the-commission-on-population-and-development/] The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) at the 44th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
* [https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101718/https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections |date=2 February 2020 }} Nigerian Women Leaders call for more involvement of women to promote peaceful elections 
* [https://www.sunnewsonline.com/fayemis-wife-wins-zik-leadership-award/] Fayemi's wife wins Zik leadership award
* [https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/] Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize
* [https://thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/] Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award
* [https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/] In new books, aye demands opportunities, policies for women

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| birth_place        = [[Liverpool]], England
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| known_for          = Co-founding the African Women's Development Fund&lt;ref&gt;[https://awdf.org/history-2/#:~:text=In%20the%20year%202000%2C%20three,change%20in%20African%20women's%20lives. History – The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.synergos.org/network/bio/olabisi-adeleye-fayemi Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi – Synergos]&lt;/ref&gt;
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Kayode Fayemi]]|1989}}
| awards             = 2018 Zik Leadership Prize for humanitarian Leadership by Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC).&lt;ref&gt;[https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/ Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize – The Guardian]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/erelufayemi-otedola-two-governors-ex-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadershipprize/ Erelu Fayemi, Otedola, Two Governors, Ex-Ghanaian President Win Zik LeadershipPrize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/04/erelu-fayemi-two-govs-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/amp/ Erelu Fayemi, two govs, former Ghanaian President win Zik Leadership Prize]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/ Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award – The Nation Online]&lt;/ref&gt;
| occupation         = Feminist activist, gender specialist, policy advocate, writer
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'''Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi '''{{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi.wav|Listen|help=no}} (ki ma bi ọjọ 11 June 1963) chi Nigerian-British feminist activist, policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner kpai writer.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=Okogba |first=Emmanuel |date=2024-11-09 |title=Democracy in black and white, by Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/11/democracy-in-black-and-white-by-bisi-adeleye-fayemi/amp/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Ọnwụ chi first lady of [[Ekiti State]], Nigeria. Onwu chi ọya eyi Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi  kwì 2010 tì  2014 kpai kwì 2018 ti 2022.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Office of the First Lady – Ekiti State Website |url=https://www.ekitistate.gov.ng/executive-council/office-of-the-first-lady/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye – Fayemi |url=https://www.amazon.com/Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi/e/B079LBBY75?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Fayemi chi founder eyi Above Whispers Media Foundation kpai ya ki weekly column my ma dọ ki ''Loud Whispers'' at the website Abovewhispers.com.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last= |title=Above Whispers – About |url=http://abovewhispers.com/about-me/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=AboveWhispers}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2017-12-24 |title=The pulse of girl child in 'Loud Whispers' |url=https://t.guardian.ng/sunday-magazine/the-pulse-of-girl-child-in-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=H.E. Olabisi Adeleye-Fayemi. Government of Ekiti, Nigeria – Casa Foundation |url=https://casafoundation.ca/h-e-olabisi-adeleye-fayemi-government-of-ekiti-nigeria/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=casafoundation.ca}}&lt;/ref&gt; Onwu chanẹ [[Mentorship|mentoring]] program ku má dọ ki The Wrapper Network. Onwu chi UN Women Nigeria [[Senior advisor]] (2017–2018) kpai I nwọ chi Visiting Senior Research Fellow yi African Leadership Centre, King's College London.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/alc/People/Visiting-Appointments/Visiting-Senior-Research-Fellows/Ms.-Bisi-Adeleye-Fayemi.aspx|title=King's College London – Ms. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi|website=www.kcl.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-08}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Bisi... – Nigeria Hall of Fame Records |url=https://www.facebook.com/490491614335172/photos/a.1596171930433796/2194412930609690/?type=3 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website= Facebook|language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Education==
I che nì BA (1984) kpai MA (1988) efu history kwì  University of Ife, abajóyì kì chi Obafemi Awolo&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot; /&gt;wo University, Nigeria.&lt;ref name=&quot;Tribune Online 2022&quot;&gt;{{cite web | title=Bisi Fayemi (First Lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria) | website=Tribune Online | date=2022-06-15 | url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/bisi-fayemi-first-lady-of-ekiti-state-nigeria/ | access-date=2023-06-03}}&lt;/ref&gt;  I nì MA nwu efu Gender and Society (1992) kwi Middlesex University, UK.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi – African Philanthropy Forum |url=https://africanpf.org/speakers/bisi-adeleye-fayemi/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Career==
Ónwù chi  Director eyi Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMWA) kwì 1991 ti 2001, i chi international organisation nwu amì African women ku má ní offices yi London kpai Kampala.&lt;ref name=&quot;africanpf.org&quot;/&gt; Ónwù chanẹ African Women's Leadership Institute. Inwọ d'efù abo ku ma chanẹ African Women's Development Fund (AWDF), a grant-making foundation nwu women's organisations kì di Ghana kpai i chùkọlọ as CEO ejodudu kwi 2001 ti 2010.&lt;ref name=&quot;Newfield Foundation&quot;&gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.newfieldfound.org/grants.awarded.php?group=16 | title=African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) | publisher=Newfield Foundation |access-date=5 July 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about// |title=About AWDF 10 Years of Leadership and Empowerment for African Women |publisher=www.awdf.org |date= |access-date=21 June 2014 |archive-date=2 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702223538/http://www.awdf.org/our-work/about/ |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
Bisi chùkọlọ as Trustee, Comic Relief (UK) (1998–2001), co-Chair, International Network of Women's Funds (2004–2006); Honorary President, Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (2003–2005); board member, Women's Funding Network (2009–2012), board member and Programs Committee Chair, [Fund for Women] (2012–2016). She is also one of the founders of the African Grantmakers Network (now African Philanthropy Network) efu ọdọ 2009. I'chi ẹnẹka efu amì conveners eyi African Feminist Forum ku má chanẹ ọdọ 2006 kpái i'nwọ chi ẹnẹka efu Regional Working Group (2006–2016) kpai Nigeria National Working Group onugo.

Bisi di unwa kì chi First Lady du influence legal and policy frameworks kpai kì mobilise resources kwi wide range of stakeholders, atodu promotion kpai protection eyi rights of women and girls.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|date=2021-06-09|title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: Women's rights activist and community mobiliser, By Toyin Falola|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/466639-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-womens-rights-activist-and-community-mobiliser-by-toyin-falola.html|access-date=2022-02-23|language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Bisi chi campaign nwu Gender Based Violence Prohibition Law (GBV Law November 2011, revised in October 2019) an Equal Opportunities Bill (November 2013) a HIV Anti-Stigma Bill (April 2014),&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2020-04-04 |title=Bisi Fayemi: Our focus on Covid-19 |url=https://m.guardian.ng/guardian-woman/bisi-fayemi-our-focus-on-covid-19/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=2022-04-19 |title=Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi: A quintessential amazon per excellence |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/erelu-bisi-adeleye-fayemi-a-quintessential-amazon-per-excellence/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}&lt;/ref&gt; a Treatment, Care and Protection Bill for Sexually Abused Minors (June 2020), the Ekiti State Mental Health Law (October 2021) the Ekiti State Gender Composition Law (March 2022), and the Multiple Births Trust Fund (October 2022). Onwu chi Chair eyi Ekiti State GBV Management Committee kpai Chair eyi Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency. Ónwù nwọ chi Chair, Nigerian Governors' Wives Forum (2019–2022) onwu iko lẹ , the NGWF mu di a visible kpai active platform nwu protection eyi amì onobulẹ kpai amì imọtọ. Ìchì amì NGWF kì chi the State of Emergency against Gender Based Violence declared by the Nigeria Governors' Forum adiko COVID-19 pandemic efu June 2020.

Ichi story writer kpai story ki kọ chi story of a great Yoruba heroine ([[Moremi Ajasoro]]).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |last=punchng |date=2017-11-29 |title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers |url=https://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

==Awards and recognition==
In December 2021, she was named as one of the 100 most influential leaders in [[civil society]] in Nigeria by National Network of NGOS in Nigeria, the umbrella body for CSOs in Nigeria. 
In March 2022, she was declared Outstanding Woman Leader by the United Nations Development Program Nigeria, UN Women Nigeria, the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the [[British Empire|British]] High Commission. 
In November 2022, she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the African Philanthropy Network, a regional platform for African philanthropic institutions.

==Selected publications==
Adeleye-Fayemi is the author of ''Speaking for Myself: Perspectives on Social, Political and [[Feminist activism]] in Africa'' (2013), ''Speaking above a Whisper''(2013) an autobiography, ''Loud Whispers'' (2017), ''Where is your Wrapper?'' (2020), ''Demand and Supply'' (2023), and ''A Tray of Locust Beans'' (2023). She also co-edited ''Voice, Power and Soul''.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.kcl.ac.uk |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021074507/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ms-bisi-adeleye-fayemi |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;

* 2008 ''Voice, Power and Soul'' (co-edited with [[Jessica Horn]])&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last1=Adeleye-Fayemi |first1=Bisi |title=Voice, power and soul: portraits of African feminists |last2=Horn |first2=Jessica |last3=Wilson |first3=Shamillah |last4=Mukasa |first4=Sarah |last5=Quarmyne |first5=Nyani |last6=African Women Development Fund |last7=African Feminist Forum |date=2009 |publisher=African Women's Development Fund |isbn=978-9988-1-2512-7 |language=English |oclc=946579055}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking Above A Whisper''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Jimoh |first=Michael |url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |title=First Lady with a Difference |work=This Day |date=27 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140056/http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/first-lady-with-a-difference/162768/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2013 ''Speaking For Myself''&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Ajibade |first=Kunle |url=http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |title=Championing the Cause of African Women |work=City Voice |date=21 October 2013 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170916/http://www.cityvoiceng.com/championing-the-cause-of-african-women/ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2017 ''Loud Whispers''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|url=http://punchng.com/for-adeleye-fayemi-time-for-loud-whispers/|title=For Adeleye-Fayemi, time for Loud Whispers|work=Punch Newspapers|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2020 ''Where Is Your Wrapper?''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last=Adeleye-Fayemi |first=Bisi |title=Where Is Your Wrapper? |date=2020 |publisher=Kachifo Limited |isbn=978-978-57067-9-6 |language=English |oclc=1249565868}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''Demand and Supply''&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Demand and Supply|date=20 April 2024 |url=https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/}}&lt;/ref&gt;
* 2023 ''A Tray of Locust Beans''

==Personal life==
She is married to [[Kayode Fayemi]],&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt; who went on to become [[Governor of Ekiti State]] in 2010, and again in 2018; they met while they were students, and they have one son together, Folajimi Fayemi (born 1994).{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Eka Ikpe]] – Nigerian development economist and Director of the African Leadership Centre at King's College London
* [[Toyin Ajao]] – Nigerian scholar and founder of Ìmọ́lẹ̀ of Afrika Centre, focused on restorative healing of intergenerational trauma
* [[Fatima Akilu]] – Nigerian psychologist and director of the Neem Foundation, focused on mental health and countering violent extremism
* [[Funmi Olonisakin]] – Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre and scholar of leadership and peacebuilding in Africa

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwKsuN94yMs &quot;Know Your African Feminists: Bisi Adeleye Fayemi&quot;]. 4th African Feminist Forum Interview Series, April 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe. YouTube.
* [http://awdf.org/the-african-women-leaders-network-awln-at-the-44th-session-of-the-commission-on-population-and-development/] The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) at the 44th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
* [https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202101718/https://africa.unwomen.org/fr/news-and-events/stories/2019/02/nigerian-women-leaders-call-for-more-involvement-of-women-to-promote-peaceful-elections |date=2 February 2020 }} Nigerian Women Leaders call for more involvement of women to promote peaceful elections 
* [https://www.sunnewsonline.com/fayemis-wife-wins-zik-leadership-award/] Fayemi's wife wins Zik leadership award
* [https://guardian.ng/news/erelu-fayemi-two-governors-former-ghanaian-president-win-zik-leadership-prize/] Erelu Fayemi, two governors, former Ghanaian President win Zik leadership prize
* [https://thenationonlineng.net/mrs-fayemi-receives-zik-prize-award/] Mrs. Fayemi receives Zik Prize award
* [https://guardian.ng/guardian-woman/in-new-books-fayemi-demands-opportunities-policies-for-women/] In new books, aye demands opportunities, policies for women

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[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

The [[Government of Rivers State]] recognizes Carniriv as its biggest [[tourism]] export. With economic interests increasingly identifying tourism as a viable alternative to the fossil fuel economy - especially in these parts - the Rivers State government has funded the event via the Rivers State Tourism Development Agency to promote regional tourism.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url=http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 |title=Carniriv:The Port Harcourt Carnival |accessdate=2013-11-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 |archivedate=2013-11-17 }}&lt;/ref&gt; Thus, it has always made available the necessary financial backing for the event each year, and has also worked hard through the [[Rivers State Tourism Development Agency]] and the [[Rivers State Ministry of Culture and Tourism|Ministry of Culture and Tourism]] to ensure that it is held.

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 is the direct predecessor of Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival. From 1988 through to 2008 the idea of staging a carnival with statewide participation evolved in several forms - most notably in the form of Rivifest - until the emergence of the current carnival. Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival was construed and staged in 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] is known as the land of a thousand masquerades. The State contains over 300 dialects and multiple ethnic groups. 

The event incorporates the heritage of the various ethnic groups in Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
The final day features a cultural procession through Port Harcourt involving various bands.
Traditionally, six bands participate in this procession, with 5 bands (namely: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, and Treasure) all wrapped-up in fervent competition.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
The festival includes a dedicated Kids Carnival section.

The Children's Carnival is a procession from the Elekahia playground to Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
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[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 


==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 is the direct predecessor of Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival. From 1988 through to 2008 the idea of staging a carnival with statewide participation evolved in several forms - most notably in the form of Rivifest - until the emergence of the current carnival. Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival was construed and staged in 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] is known as the land of a thousand masquerades. The State contains over 300 dialects and multiple ethnic groups. 

The event incorporates the heritage of the various ethnic groups in Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
The final day features a cultural procession through Port Harcourt involving various bands.
Traditionally, six bands participate in this procession, with 5 bands (namely: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, and Treasure) all wrapped-up in fervent competition.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
The festival includes a dedicated Kids Carnival section.

The Children's Carnival is a procession from the Elekahia playground to Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

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[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 is the direct predecessor of Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival. From 1988 through to 2008 the idea of staging a carnival with statewide participation evolved in several forms - most notably in the form of Rivifest - until the emergence of the current carnival. Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival was construed and staged in 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] is known as the land of a thousand masquerades. The State contains over 300 dialects and multiple ethnic groups. 

The event incorporates the heritage of the various ethnic groups in Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
The final day features a cultural procession through Port Harcourt involving various bands.
Traditionally, six bands participate in this procession, with 5 bands (namely: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, and Treasure) all wrapped-up in fervent competition.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
The festival includes a dedicated Kids Carnival section.

The Children's Carnival is a procession from the Elekahia playground to Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

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[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 is the direct predecessor of Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival. From 1988 through to 2008 the idea of staging a carnival with statewide participation evolved in several forms - most notably in the form of Rivifest - until the emergence of the current carnival. Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival was construed and staged in 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] chi ojanẹ ki amonẹ mọru ojanẹ ami egwu mi ẹgwọkọ. Ojanẹ lẹ che ni ami ichi ojoji dabi 300 le ma'nyu ọlọpu mẹ gwọkọ. 

Icholo chi ujuwe ami ẹ nwu ọgwu ọlọpu ojoji ojoji ki doji anẹ Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
The final day features a cultural procession through Port Harcourt involving various bands.
Traditionally, six bands participate in this procession, with 5 bands (namely: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, and Treasure) all wrapped-up in fervent competition.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
The festival includes a dedicated Kids Carnival section.

The Children's Carnival is a procession from the Elekahia playground to Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

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[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 is the direct predecessor of Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival. From 1988 through to 2008 the idea of staging a carnival with statewide participation evolved in several forms - most notably in the form of Rivifest - until the emergence of the current carnival. Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival was construed and staged in 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] chi ojanẹ ki amonẹ mọru ojanẹ ami egwu mi ẹgwọkọ. Ojanẹ lẹ che ni ami ichi ojoji dabi 300 le ma'nyu ọlọpu mẹ gwọkọ. 

Icholo chi ujuwe ami ẹ nwu ọgwu ọlọpu ojoji ojoji ki doji anẹ Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
The final day features a cultural procession through Port Harcourt involving various bands.
Traditionally, six bands participate in this procession, with 5 bands (namely: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, and Treasure) all wrapped-up in fervent competition.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
Icholo lẹ che ni iko abẹki ukpẹ eyi ami imọtọ ku ma chẹ datẹ nwu icholo lẹ.

Icholo eyi ami ibo imọtọ lẹ ma chanẹ kwi anẹ uyachi eyi Elekahia lo na ti Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

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{{EngvarB|date=September 2017}}
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[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 is the direct predecessor of Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival. From 1988 through to 2008 the idea of staging a carnival with statewide participation evolved in several forms - most notably in the form of Rivifest - until the emergence of the current carnival. Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival was construed and staged in 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] chi ojanẹ ki amonẹ mọru ojanẹ ami egwu mi ẹgwọkọ. Ojanẹ lẹ che ni ami ichi ojoji dabi 300 le ma'nyu ọlọpu mẹ gwọkọ. 

Icholo chi ujuwe ami ẹ nwu ọgwu ọlọpu ojoji ojoji ki doji anẹ Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
Ọjọ otitala icholo lẹ ma chanẹ lefu Port Harcourt kpai ami uchẹ amonẹ uyachi ojoji ku ma nu ukọga eyi ojoji ojoji.
i chi ọna ki ẹnwu ọgwu ma dẹle, ami uchẹ ku ma nu ukọga mi ẹfa a danẹ todu icholo lẹ, kpai uchẹ mi ẹlu 5  (odu ma kọ: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, ma'nyu Treasure) ọgbọdù ma chẹ tanyu ajah ki uchẹ ka ki n'ejẹ.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
Icholo lẹ che ni iko abẹki ukpẹ eyi ami imọtọ ku ma chẹ datẹ nwu icholo lẹ.

Icholo eyi ami ibo imọtọ lẹ ma chanẹ kwi anẹ uyachi eyi Elekahia lo na ti Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

[[Category:Music festivals in Nigeria]]
[[Category:Festivals in Port Harcourt]]
[[Category:Annual events in Port Harcourt]]
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{{EngvarB|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 onwu chi icholo eyi okpolo ki wa chi Carniriv: icholo amì ibo Port Harcourt.Kwi 1988 lefu ti 2008 the idea of staging a carnival with statewide participation evolved in several forms - most notably in the form of Rivifest - until the emergence of the current carnival. Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival was construed and staged in 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] chi ojanẹ ki amonẹ mọru ojanẹ ami egwu mi ẹgwọkọ. Ojanẹ lẹ che ni ami ichi ojoji dabi 300 le ma'nyu ọlọpu mẹ gwọkọ. 

Icholo chi ujuwe ami ẹ nwu ọgwu ọlọpu ojoji ojoji ki doji anẹ Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
Ọjọ otitala icholo lẹ ma chanẹ lefu Port Harcourt kpai ami uchẹ amonẹ uyachi ojoji ku ma nu ukọga eyi ojoji ojoji.
i chi ọna ki ẹnwu ọgwu ma dẹle, ami uchẹ ku ma nu ukọga mi ẹfa a danẹ todu icholo lẹ, kpai uchẹ mi ẹlu 5  (odu ma kọ: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, ma'nyu Treasure) ọgbọdù ma chẹ tanyu ajah ki uchẹ ka ki n'ejẹ.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
Icholo lẹ che ni iko abẹki ukpẹ eyi ami imọtọ ku ma chẹ datẹ nwu icholo lẹ.

Icholo eyi ami ibo imọtọ lẹ ma chanẹ kwi anẹ uyachi eyi Elekahia lo na ti Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

[[Category:Music festivals in Nigeria]]
[[Category:Festivals in Port Harcourt]]
[[Category:Annual events in Port Harcourt]]
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{{Multiple issues|
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{{More citations needed|date=July 2025}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 onwu chi icholo eyi okpolo ki wa chi Carniriv: icholo amì ibo Port Harcourt.Kwi 1988 lefu ti 2008 ibe eyi ache ki icholo eyi ki chẹ lefu ọgbọdù ojanẹ lẹ gba wa chanẹ li ọna ọjoji ojoji - most notably in the form of Rivifest - until the emergence of the current carnival. Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival was construed and staged in 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] chi ojanẹ ki amonẹ mọru ojanẹ ami egwu mi ẹgwọkọ. Ojanẹ lẹ che ni ami ichi ojoji dabi 300 le ma'nyu ọlọpu mẹ gwọkọ. 

Icholo chi ujuwe ami ẹ nwu ọgwu ọlọpu ojoji ojoji ki doji anẹ Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
Ọjọ otitala icholo lẹ ma chanẹ lefu Port Harcourt kpai ami uchẹ amonẹ uyachi ojoji ku ma nu ukọga eyi ojoji ojoji.
i chi ọna ki ẹnwu ọgwu ma dẹle, ami uchẹ ku ma nu ukọga mi ẹfa a danẹ todu icholo lẹ, kpai uchẹ mi ẹlu 5  (odu ma kọ: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, ma'nyu Treasure) ọgbọdù ma chẹ tanyu ajah ki uchẹ ka ki n'ejẹ.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
Icholo lẹ che ni iko abẹki ukpẹ eyi ami imọtọ ku ma chẹ datẹ nwu icholo lẹ.

Icholo eyi ami ibo imọtọ lẹ ma chanẹ kwi anẹ uyachi eyi Elekahia lo na ti Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

[[Category:Music festivals in Nigeria]]
[[Category:Festivals in Port Harcourt]]
[[Category:Annual events in Port Harcourt]]
[[Category:Carnivals in Nigeria]]
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{{More citations needed|date=July 2025}}
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{{EngvarB|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}

[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 onwu chi icholo eyi okpolo ki wa chi Carniriv: icholo amì ibo Port Harcourt.Kwi 1988 lefu ti 2008 ibe eyi ache ki icholo eyi ki chẹ lefu ọgbọdù ojanẹ lẹ gba wa chanẹ li ọna ọjoji ojoji - ma gboji che ọna ki ya da bu Rivifest - gbogbo taki ọna eyi ku ma chi icholo lẹ le abajọi wa teyi. Carniriv: The Port Harcourt Carnival was construed and staged in 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] chi ojanẹ ki amonẹ mọru ojanẹ ami egwu mi ẹgwọkọ. Ojanẹ lẹ che ni ami ichi ojoji dabi 300 le ma'nyu ọlọpu mẹ gwọkọ. 

Icholo chi ujuwe ami ẹ nwu ọgwu ọlọpu ojoji ojoji ki doji anẹ Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
Ọjọ otitala icholo lẹ ma chanẹ lefu Port Harcourt kpai ami uchẹ amonẹ uyachi ojoji ku ma nu ukọga eyi ojoji ojoji.
i chi ọna ki ẹnwu ọgwu ma dẹle, ami uchẹ ku ma nu ukọga mi ẹfa a danẹ todu icholo lẹ, kpai uchẹ mi ẹlu 5  (odu ma kọ: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, ma'nyu Treasure) ọgbọdù ma chẹ tanyu ajah ki uchẹ ka ki n'ejẹ.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
Icholo lẹ che ni iko abẹki ukpẹ eyi ami imọtọ ku ma chẹ datẹ nwu icholo lẹ.

Icholo eyi ami ibo imọtọ lẹ ma chanẹ kwi anẹ uyachi eyi Elekahia lo na ti Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

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[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 onwu chi icholo eyi okpolo ki wa chi Carniriv: icholo amì ibo Port Harcourt.Kwi 1988 lefu ti 2008 ibe eyi ache ki icholo eyi ki chẹ lefu ọgbọdù ojanẹ lẹ gba wa chanẹ li ọna ọjoji ojoji - ma gboji che ọna ki ya da bu Rivifest - gbogbo taki ọna eyi ku ma chi icholo lẹ le abajọi wa teyi. Carniriv: Icholo  Port Harcourt Carnival wa chanẹ ma'nyu ma che efu ọdọ 2008, and with it came the strong desire to build a robust and ultimately attractive carnival brand.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] chi ojanẹ ki amonẹ mọru ojanẹ ami egwu mi ẹgwọkọ. Ojanẹ lẹ che ni ami ichi ojoji dabi 300 le ma'nyu ọlọpu mẹ gwọkọ. 

Icholo chi ujuwe ami ẹ nwu ọgwu ọlọpu ojoji ojoji ki doji anẹ Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
Ọjọ otitala icholo lẹ ma chanẹ lefu Port Harcourt kpai ami uchẹ amonẹ uyachi ojoji ku ma nu ukọga eyi ojoji ojoji.
i chi ọna ki ẹnwu ọgwu ma dẹle, ami uchẹ ku ma nu ukọga mi ẹfa a danẹ todu icholo lẹ, kpai uchẹ mi ẹlu 5  (odu ma kọ: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, ma'nyu Treasure) ọgbọdù ma chẹ tanyu ajah ki uchẹ ka ki n'ejẹ.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
Icholo lẹ che ni iko abẹki ukpẹ eyi ami imọtọ ku ma chẹ datẹ nwu icholo lẹ.

Icholo eyi ami ibo imọtọ lẹ ma chanẹ kwi anẹ uyachi eyi Elekahia lo na ti Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

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[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 onwu chi icholo eyi okpolo ki wa chi Carniriv: icholo amì ibo Port Harcourt.Kwi 1988 lefu ti 2008 ibe eyi ache ki icholo eyi ki chẹ lefu ọgbọdù ojanẹ lẹ gba wa chanẹ li ọna ọjoji ojoji - ma gboji che ọna ki ya da bu Rivifest - gbogbo taki ọna eyi ku ma chi icholo lẹ le abajọi wa teyi. Carniriv: Icholo  Port Harcourt Carnival wa chanẹ ma'nyu ma che efu ọdọ 2008, ma'nyu kpai ẹlẹ onwu ẹdọ chacha eyi otemeje wa dẹ nwu ma ku ma neke chanẹ abẹki ku ma neke nyi icholo eyi lile ma'nyu eyi ki neke jẹ nwu amonẹ we we ku ma numa eyi icholo lẹ.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Orientation===
[[Rivers State]] chi ojanẹ ki amonẹ mọru ojanẹ ami egwu mi ẹgwọkọ. Ojanẹ lẹ che ni ami ichi ojoji dabi 300 le ma'nyu ọlọpu mẹ gwọkọ. 

Icholo chi ujuwe ami ẹ nwu ọgwu ọlọpu ojoji ojoji ki doji anẹ Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
Ọjọ otitala icholo lẹ ma chanẹ lefu Port Harcourt kpai ami uchẹ amonẹ uyachi ojoji ku ma nu ukọga eyi ojoji ojoji.
i chi ọna ki ẹnwu ọgwu ma dẹle, ami uchẹ ku ma nu ukọga mi ẹfa a danẹ todu icholo lẹ, kpai uchẹ mi ẹlu 5  (odu ma kọ: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, ma'nyu Treasure) ọgbọdù ma chẹ tanyu ajah ki uchẹ ka ki n'ejẹ.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
Icholo lẹ che ni iko abẹki ukpẹ eyi ami imọtọ ku ma chẹ datẹ nwu icholo lẹ.

Icholo eyi ami ibo imọtọ lẹ ma chanẹ kwi anẹ uyachi eyi Elekahia lo na ti Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

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[[Category:Festivals in Port Harcourt]]
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[[File:Carniriv logo.png|thumb|right|The land of a thousand [[Masquerade ceremony|Masquerades]]]]

icholo '''Carniriv''' ({{langx|en|Car-nee-rev}}) chi icholo kuma che ọdọ du yi ojanẹ [[Port Harcourt, Nigeria]]. [[Carnival|Icholo]] lẹ ma chanẹ aladi gwẹ takini ọjọ eyi [[Christmas]] wa nwa, ma la che gbo ọjọ m'ebie. Adiko ẹgba, ma chi am'ẹnwu ọgwu ojoji ojoji.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2012-12-20|title=Carnival Rivers: Celebration of the tribes|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/carnival-rivers-celebration-of-the-tribes/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Icholo lẹ chi ugwẹ'gwa ẹñwù ọgwu kpai amẹnwu abilẹ wa. Ọmọ lẹ am'ibo kuma keli eyi ọwọ anẹ ma'nyu amibo eyi kuma keli eyi ọwọ ọdọda a wa keli.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=2021 Port Harcourt, Nigeria Carnival and Parades - Finelib.com Events|url=https://www.finelib.com/events/carnivals-and-parades/port-harcourt-nigeria-carnival-and-parades/43|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.finelib.com}}&lt;/ref&gt; 

==Ohiala==
Carniriv ’88 onwu chi icholo eyi okpolo ki wa chi Carniriv: icholo amì ibo Port Harcourt.Kwi 1988 lefu ti 2008 ibe eyi ache ki icholo eyi ki chẹ lefu ọgbọdù ojanẹ lẹ gba wa chanẹ li ọna ọjoji ojoji - ma gboji che ọna ki ya da bu Rivifest - gbogbo taki ọna eyi ku ma chi icholo lẹ le abajọi wa teyi. Carniriv: Icholo  Port Harcourt Carnival wa chanẹ ma'nyu ma che efu ọdọ 2008, ma'nyu kpai ẹlẹ onwu ẹdọ chacha eyi otemeje wa dẹ nwu ma ku ma neke chanẹ abẹki ku ma neke nyi icholo eyi lile ma'nyu eyi ki neke jẹ nwu amonẹ we we ku ma numa eyi icholo lẹ.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About us|url=https://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001034510/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013|archive-date=1 October 2013|access-date=|website=}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Aka ki nẹru eju===
[[Rivers State]] chi ojanẹ ki amonẹ mọru ojanẹ ami egwu mi ẹgwọkọ. Ojanẹ lẹ che ni ami ichi ojoji dabi 300 le ma'nyu ọlọpu mẹ gwọkọ. 

Icholo chi ujuwe ami ẹ nwu ọgwu ọlọpu ojoji ojoji ki doji anẹ Rivers State.

==Ami-uche ==
===Garden City Freestyle Parade===
Ọjọ otitala icholo lẹ ma chanẹ lefu Port Harcourt kpai ami uchẹ amonẹ uyachi ojoji ku ma nu ukọga eyi ojoji ojoji.
i chi ọna ki ẹnwu ọgwu ma dẹle, ami uchẹ ku ma nu ukọga mi ẹfa a danẹ todu icholo lẹ, kpai uchẹ mi ẹlu 5  (odu ma kọ: Jubilee, Liberation, Dynamic, Fusion, ma'nyu Treasure) ọgbọdù ma chẹ tanyu ajah ki uchẹ ka ki n'ejẹ.
&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news|date=2015-01-14|title=Heritage parade of colours, celebration of culture in Port Harcourt|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/heritage-parade-colours-celebration-culture-port-harcourt/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=2021-08-22|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]|language=en-US}}&lt;/ref&gt;

===Icholo ami imọtọ===
Icholo lẹ che ni iko abẹki ukpẹ eyi ami imọtọ ku ma chẹ datẹ nwu icholo lẹ.

Icholo eyi ami ibo imọtọ lẹ ma chanẹ kwi anẹ uyachi eyi Elekahia lo na ti Liberation Stadium.

==Ẹtẹ nwu ==
{{Reflist}}

==Ale t'ọdọda==
{{Commons|CARNIRIV}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117053216/http://www.carnirivnigeria.com/carnival/index.php/about-us/carniriv-2013 CARNIRIV Official Website]
{{Port Harcourt}}

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'''Franca Afegbua''' (20 October 1943 – 12 March 2023) was a Nigerian [[Cosmetology|beautician]] and politician who represented [[Mid-Western Region, Nigeria|Bendel North]] in the [[Nigerian Senate]] in 1983. Elected as a [[National Party of Nigeria]] (NPN) senator, she was the first elected woman senator in Nigeria.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|last1=Gabriel|first1=Emameh|title=The Okpella demand from Edo people - Vanguard News|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/the-okpella-demand-from-edo-people/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=12 July 2015|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Afegbua was born in [[Okpella]], [[Edo State]] in 1943&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Obaseki eulogises world’s first black female senator|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/12/obaseki-eulogises-worlds-first-black-female-senator/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=12 March 2023|date=8 December 2019|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; and completed her post-secondary education in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]. Prior to the beginning of the [[Nigerian Second Republic|second republic]], she worked as a hairdresser in [[Lagos]] serving high-income clients.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last1=Keazor|first1=Emeka|title=Five Nigerian electoral case studies 1923-1983|url=https://www.slideshare.net/EdKeazor/five-nigerian-electoral-case-studies|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=25 March 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt; Afegbua had a close relationship with [[Joseph Tarka]], who introduced her to his party, NPN. In 1983, when she announced her intention to make a challenge for a senatorial seat in Bendel, few felt that she could win.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Her party was in opposition and the incumbent governor and senator were respected men in the community. But Afegbua, who had won an international hairstyling competition in 1977, strategized that wooing more women to vote could give her a victory. Her victory in the hairstyling competition had made her name popular within her [[Etsakọ people|Etsako]] community; she targeted women voters, and, as her campaign gained steam, it was too late to curb. She won a slim victory in the August election, defeating John Umolu.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Afegbua died on 12 March 2023, at age 79.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Nigeria’s first female senator Franca Afegbua dies at 79|url=https://www.qed.ng/just-in-nigerias-first-female-senator-franca-afegbua-dies-at-79/|access-date=12 March 2023|publisher=Qed.ng|date=12 March 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;

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'''Franca Afegbua''' (20 October 1943 – 12 March 2023) was a Nigerian [[Cosmetology|beautician]] and politician who represented [[Mid-Western Region, Nigeria|Bendel North]] in the [[Nigerian Senate]] in 1983. Elected as a [[National Party of Nigeria]] (NPN) senator, she was the first elected woman senator in Nigeria.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|last1=Gabriel|first1=Emameh|title=The Okpella demand from Edo people - Vanguard News|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/the-okpella-demand-from-edo-people/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=12 July 2015|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Afegbua was born in [[Okpella]], [[Edo State]] in 1943&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Obaseki eulogises world’s first black female senator|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/12/obaseki-eulogises-worlds-first-black-female-senator/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=12 March 2023|date=8 December 2019|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; and completed her post-secondary education in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]. Prior to the beginning of the [[Nigerian Second Republic|second republic]], she worked as a hairdresser in [[Lagos]] serving high-income clients.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last1=Keazor|first1=Emeka|title=Five Nigerian electoral case studies 1923-1983|url=https://www.slideshare.net/EdKeazor/five-nigerian-electoral-case-studies|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=25 March 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt; Afegbua had a close relationship with [[Joseph Tarka]], who introduced her to his party, NPN. In 1983, when she announced her intention to make a challenge for a senatorial seat in Bendel, few felt that she could win.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Her party was in opposition and the incumbent governor and senator were respected men in the community. But Afegbua, who had won an international hairstyling competition in 1977, strategized that wooing more women to vote could give her a victory. Her victory in the hairstyling competition had made her name popular within her [[Etsakọ people|Etsako]] community; she targeted women voters, and, as her campaign gained steam, it was too late to curb. She won a slim victory in the August election, defeating John Umolu.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Afegbua died on 12 March 2023, at age 79.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Nigeria’s first female senator Franca Afegbua dies at 79|url=https://www.qed.ng/just-in-nigerias-first-female-senator-franca-afegbua-dies-at-79/|access-date=12 March 2023|publisher=Qed.ng|date=12 March 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;

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'''Franca Afegbua''' (20 ochu Ẹgwa 1943 – 12 ochu Ẹta 2023) i chi [[Cosmetology|beautician]] ma'nyu ẹnẹ ki defu uja'ibe ki ya koji [[Mid-Western Region, Nigeria|Bendel North]] ki defu  [[Nigerian Senate]] efu ọdọ 1983. Ma chi uja'ibe nwu wu yi  [[National Party of Nigeria|National Party eyi Nigeria]] (NPN) ki neke chi senator, onwu chi onobulẹ eju'odudu ki gwu uña eyi senator yi ojanẹ Nigeria.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|last1=Gabriel|first1=Emameh|title=The Okpella demand from Edo people - Vanguard News|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/the-okpella-demand-from-edo-people/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=12 July 2015|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Afegbua was born in [[Okpella]], [[Edo State]] in 1943&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Obaseki eulogises world’s first black female senator|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/12/obaseki-eulogises-worlds-first-black-female-senator/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=12 March 2023|date=8 December 2019|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; and completed her post-secondary education in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]. Prior to the beginning of the [[Nigerian Second Republic|second republic]], she worked as a hairdresser in [[Lagos]] serving high-income clients.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last1=Keazor|first1=Emeka|title=Five Nigerian electoral case studies 1923-1983|url=https://www.slideshare.net/EdKeazor/five-nigerian-electoral-case-studies|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=25 March 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt; Afegbua had a close relationship with [[Joseph Tarka]], who introduced her to his party, NPN. In 1983, when she announced her intention to make a challenge for a senatorial seat in Bendel, few felt that she could win.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Her party was in opposition and the incumbent governor and senator were respected men in the community. But Afegbua, who had won an international hairstyling competition in 1977, strategized that wooing more women to vote could give her a victory. Her victory in the hairstyling competition had made her name popular within her [[Etsakọ people|Etsako]] community; she targeted women voters, and, as her campaign gained steam, it was too late to curb. She won a slim victory in the August election, defeating John Umolu.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Afegbua died on 12 March 2023, at age 79.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Nigeria’s first female senator Franca Afegbua dies at 79|url=https://www.qed.ng/just-in-nigerias-first-female-senator-franca-afegbua-dies-at-79/|access-date=12 March 2023|publisher=Qed.ng|date=12 March 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;

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'''Franca Afegbua''' (20 ochu Ẹgwa 1943 – 12 ochu Ẹta 2023) i chi [[Cosmetology|beautician]] ma'nyu ẹnẹ ki defu uja'ibe ki ya koji [[Mid-Western Region, Nigeria|Bendel North]] ki defu  [[Nigerian Senate]] efu ọdọ 1983. Ma chi uja'ibe nwu wu yi  [[National Party of Nigeria|National Party eyi Nigeria]] (NPN) ki neke chi senator, onwu chi onobulẹ eju'odudu ki gwu uña eyi senator yi ojanẹ Nigeria.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|last1=Gabriel|first1=Emameh|title=The Okpella demand from Edo people - Vanguard News|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/the-okpella-demand-from-edo-people/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=12 July 2015|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Mabi Afegbua yi ojanẹ [[Okpella]], [[Edo State]] efu ọdọ 1943&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Obaseki eulogises world’s first black female senator|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/12/obaseki-eulogises-worlds-first-black-female-senator/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=12 March 2023|date=8 December 2019|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; ma'nyu i wa chi uña ichikulu eyi ẹdọ m'ẹgweji efu ojanẹ [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]. Dogba taki ẹgba [[Nigerian Second Republic|second republic]] lẹ, i wa chi ukọlọ eyi oji amon'obulẹ eche yi ojanẹ [[Lagos]] ọmọ lẹ chi am'ibo gbẹm gbẹm.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last1=Keazor|first1=Emeka|title=Five Nigerian electoral case studies 1923-1983|url=https://www.slideshare.net/EdKeazor/five-nigerian-electoral-case-studies|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=25 March 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt; Afegbua had a close relationship with [[Joseph Tarka]], who introduced her to his party, NPN. In 1983, when she announced her intention to make a challenge for a senatorial seat in Bendel, few felt that she could win.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Her party was in opposition and the incumbent governor and senator were respected men in the community. But Afegbua, who had won an international hairstyling competition in 1977, strategized that wooing more women to vote could give her a victory. Her victory in the hairstyling competition had made her name popular within her [[Etsakọ people|Etsako]] community; she targeted women voters, and, as her campaign gained steam, it was too late to curb. She won a slim victory in the August election, defeating John Umolu.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Afegbua died on 12 March 2023, at age 79.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Nigeria’s first female senator Franca Afegbua dies at 79|url=https://www.qed.ng/just-in-nigerias-first-female-senator-franca-afegbua-dies-at-79/|access-date=12 March 2023|publisher=Qed.ng|date=12 March 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;

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'''Franca Afegbua''' (20 ochu Ẹgwa 1943 – 12 ochu Ẹta 2023) i chi [[Cosmetology|beautician]] ma'nyu ẹnẹ ki defu uja'ibe ki ya koji [[Mid-Western Region, Nigeria|Bendel North]] ki defu  [[Nigerian Senate]] efu ọdọ 1983. Ma chi uja'ibe nwu wu yi  [[National Party of Nigeria|National Party eyi Nigeria]] (NPN) ki neke chi senator, onwu chi onobulẹ eju'odudu ki gwu uña eyi senator yi ojanẹ Nigeria.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|last1=Gabriel|first1=Emameh|title=The Okpella demand from Edo people - Vanguard News|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/the-okpella-demand-from-edo-people/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=12 July 2015|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Mabi Afegbua yi ojanẹ [[Okpella]], [[Edo State]] efu ọdọ 1943&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Obaseki eulogises world’s first black female senator|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/12/obaseki-eulogises-worlds-first-black-female-senator/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=12 March 2023|date=8 December 2019|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; ma'nyu i wa chi uña ichikulu eyi ẹdọ m'ẹgweji efu ojanẹ [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]. Dogba taki ẹgba [[Nigerian Second Republic|second republic]] lẹ, i wa chi ukọlọ eyi oji amon'obulẹ eche yi ojanẹ [[Lagos]] ọmọ lẹ chi am'ibo gbẹm gbẹm.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last1=Keazor|first1=Emeka|title=Five Nigerian electoral case studies 1923-1983|url=https://www.slideshare.net/EdKeazor/five-nigerian-electoral-case-studies|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=25 March 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt; Afegbua kpai [[Joseph Tarka]] che ma nyọ nyọ, onwu lẹ du nwu na tefu party enwu, NPN. Efu ọdọ 1983, when she announced her intention to make a challenge for a senatorial seat in Bendel, few felt that she could win.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Her party was in opposition and the incumbent governor and senator were respected men in the community. But Afegbua, who had won an international hairstyling competition in 1977, strategized that wooing more women to vote could give her a victory. Her victory in the hairstyling competition had made her name popular within her [[Etsakọ people|Etsako]] community; she targeted women voters, and, as her campaign gained steam, it was too late to curb. She won a slim victory in the August election, defeating John Umolu.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Afegbua died on 12 March 2023, at age 79.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Nigeria’s first female senator Franca Afegbua dies at 79|url=https://www.qed.ng/just-in-nigerias-first-female-senator-franca-afegbua-dies-at-79/|access-date=12 March 2023|publisher=Qed.ng|date=12 March 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;

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'''Franca Afegbua''' (20 ochu Ẹgwa 1943 – 12 ochu Ẹta 2023) i chi [[Cosmetology|beautician]] ma'nyu ẹnẹ ki defu uja'ibe ki ya koji [[Mid-Western Region, Nigeria|Bendel North]] ki defu  [[Nigerian Senate]] efu ọdọ 1983. Ma chi uja'ibe nwu wu yi  [[National Party of Nigeria|National Party eyi Nigeria]] (NPN) ki neke chi senator, onwu chi onobulẹ eju'odudu ki gwu uña eyi senator yi ojanẹ Nigeria.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|last1=Gabriel|first1=Emameh|title=The Okpella demand from Edo people - Vanguard News|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/the-okpella-demand-from-edo-people/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=12 July 2015|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;

Mabi Afegbua yi ojanẹ [[Okpella]], [[Edo State]] efu ọdọ 1943&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Obaseki eulogises world’s first black female senator|url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/12/obaseki-eulogises-worlds-first-black-female-senator/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|access-date=12 March 2023|date=8 December 2019|newspaper=[[Vanguard (Nigeria)|Vanguard]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; ma'nyu i wa chi uña ichikulu eyi ẹdọ m'ẹgweji efu ojanẹ [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]. Dogba taki ẹgba [[Nigerian Second Republic|second republic]] lẹ, i wa chi ukọlọ eyi oji amon'obulẹ eche yi ojanẹ [[Lagos]] ọmọ lẹ chi am'ibo gbẹm gbẹm.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last1=Keazor|first1=Emeka|title=Five Nigerian electoral case studies 1923-1983|url=https://www.slideshare.net/EdKeazor/five-nigerian-electoral-case-studies|accessdate=4 February 2018|date=25 March 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt; Afegbua kpai [[Joseph Tarka]] che ma nyọ nyọ, onwu lẹ du nwu na tefu party enwu, NPN. Efu ọdọ 1983, ẹgba ki ka kini onwu a tene j'uja uña eyi senator yi Bendel, amonẹ gwẹ ni ukẹdọno ka kini ineke jẹ.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Her party was in opposition and the incumbent governor and senator were respected men in the community. But Afegbua, who had won an international hairstyling competition in 1977, strategized that wooing more women to vote could give her a victory. Her victory in the hairstyling competition had made her name popular within her [[Etsakọ people|Etsako]] community; she targeted women voters, and, as her campaign gained steam, it was too late to curb. She won a slim victory in the August election, defeating John Umolu.&lt;ref name=&quot;:0&quot; /&gt;

Afegbua died on 12 March 2023, at age 79.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Nigeria’s first female senator Franca Afegbua dies at 79|url=https://www.qed.ng/just-in-nigerias-first-female-senator-franca-afegbua-dies-at-79/|access-date=12 March 2023|publisher=Qed.ng|date=12 March 2023}}&lt;/ref&gt;

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