Toyin Adewale-Gabriel

Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969) is a Nigerian writer. She writes poetry and has worked as a literary critic for The Guardian, Post Express and The Daily Times. Adewale-Gabriel writes in both English and in German.

Biography Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, Toyin received her M.A. Lit. degree from Obafemi Awolowo University. In a Brittle paper interview with Umezurike, Toyin mentioned that she loved Mary Oliver and that she's partial to Russian and Latin-American poetry.

Works Her works include Naked Testimonies, 1995; Breaking The Silence, 1996; Inkwells, 1997; Die Aromaforscherin, 1998; Flackernde Kerzen, 1999; 25 New Nigerian Poets, 2000; Aci Cikolata, Gunizi Yayincilik, 2003; and Nigerian Women Short Stories, 2005. She has also won awards for poetry and short fiction.

Naked Testimonies deals with Nigerian politics, and the poems are reflective and personal.