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Adiela Akoo’s Biography

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AWARDS & HONOURS:

  • Prestigious DUX Award Recipient
  • Poetry Contest Winner 2019 (Virus)
  • Poetry Contest Winner 2020 (As You Perceive)
  • Poetry Contest Runner-Up 2019 (Redolent)
  • Included in Best Emerging Poet Series 2019
  • Included in Best New African Poets Series 2020
  • Poem of the Day, PoemHunter (Pre Natal) 2019
  • Quoted in the House of Parliament (Whiplash) 2018
  • Silver Star Award, Global Literary Society 2019
  • Nominated Top 7 Most Promising Literary Influencers, GBC Awards 2020
  • First Runner-Up, poetry, …

Adiela Akoo’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Only Question: Durban-Ulyanovsk - Adiela Akoo and Sergei Gogin

The Only Question: Durban-Ulyanovsk - Adiela Akoo and Sergei Gogin

The Ulyanovsk UNESCO City of Literature Program Directorate continues publishing The Only Question - new inte…

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Lion of the Pen

Lion of the Pen

By Adiela Akoo When it rains, it pours!! These last few days epitomized this, with no less than four family m…

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The Uplifting Effect of Literacy

The Uplifting Effect of Literacy

The Uplifting Effects of Literacy - a paper presented virtually by Adiela Akoo at the 2021 Annual Conference …

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Adiela Akoo in conversation with tom mclaren

Adiela Akoo in conversation with tom mclaren

Adiela Akoo in conversation with Tom Mclaren - come join me on my blog as I chat to actor/model/author Tom Mc…

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Quilled Ink Press on LinkedIn: #southafrica #durban #utrecht

Quilled Ink Press on LinkedIn: #southafrica #durban #utrecht

Adiela Akoo, representing the Durban UNESCO City of Literature, contributed to a chain poem that began on 21 …

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"Valentine's Day is only for under 25's" and other myths about age - The Best of Africa

"Valentine's Day is only for under 25's" and other myths about age - The Best of Africa

Being Valentine's Day, social media platforms are flooded with related messages including those in favour of …

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Articles

Lion of the Pen

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By Adiela Akoo, William Styron
| penmenreview.com
Search this site By Adiela Akoo When it rains, it pours!! These last few days epitomized this, with no less than four family members being rushed to the hospital, two requiring urgent operations! The usually effervescent energy of the family chat group quickly shifted to a somberness that weighed heavily on the chest, often causing laboured breathing! The lighthearted posts were replaced with constant updates from the hospitals, messages of mutual support, and prayers … lots of prayers… Then…...
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“Valentine's Day is only for under 25’s” and other myths about age — The Best of Africa

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By Adiela Akoo
| thebestofafrica.org
Being Valentine’s Day, social media platforms are flooded with related messages including those in favour of and those against the celebration. Being empathic, I personally enjoy the spike in the energy of love and romance that permeates the air around this time of the year. The planet is in dire need of the healing energy of love. A post recently caught my attention. It read something to the effect that Valentine's Day is only for those that are 25 years old and younger.
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Cape Town 1990 — The Best of Africa

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By Adiela Akoo
| thebestofafrica.org
I rode the train to work today, my first day on the job. Friends offered to kindly show me, a quick way to get to town. “ Nie man! Kom hier!” they said, grabbing me by my wrist. “You can’t go there!” they said, pointing to the sign that read: “Whites Only/ Slegs Blankes”! So they pulled me away from the pristine, first compartment to the broken down “Third Class”! I rode the church to work today, the Pastor dancing up and down the aisle.
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Interview

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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, in high school, and I recall jamming the keys:) It is also the subject of a 6 line, one sentence poem that I wrote titled "Who Knew?"

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Clark Kent, of course! Since at one point I was quite adamant that I was going to grow up and marry Superman

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Yes, I was one of the three co-founders. I was in charge of marketing and went from class to class encouraging everyone to contribute pieces