Bunmi Oyinsan

Overview

She is the Co-founder and CEO; She is also a co-founder of the Lekki Peninsula College, she has an MA (Literature/Women’s Studies) from Saint Mary’s University, Halifax Nova Scotia and a PhD (Film/Gender Studies) from York University, Canada. She worked for over 15years in the non-profit sector with young people and women in Nigeria. She was responsible for co-coordinating, designing and executing various development projects. Her work in the non-profit sector covered economic empowerment, capacity building, advocacy for children’s rights and women’s empowerment. Her background also includes work as a creative writer, television script writer and film producer and dramatist. She has published three novels, one book for young people (which was on the NECO literature reading list at the junior secondary level for a number of years), several short stories in anthologies and literary journals, edited a collection of short stories for the Association of Nigerian Authors. She has also written stage plays, radio plays, written and produced television dramas and serials.