Funmi Adewole has a background in performance, education, arts development and journalism. She started out as a media practitioner in Nigeria and moved into performance on relocating to Britain in 1994. For several years she toured with Physical theatre and African dance drama companies whilst working as an arts consultant and voluntarily as a dance advocate. She has an international reputation as a facilitator and speaker and has participated in conferences and led workshops, labs and discussion groups in West Africa, South Africa, Canada and the USA.
She gained a B.A from the University of Ibadan Nigeria in Languages. She holds an M.A in Postcolonial Studies, a professional graduate certificate in Education and PhD in Dance studies. In 2019, she was awarded a life-time achievement award for contributions to Dance of the African Diaspora in the UK by One Dance UK, the UK National body for Dance. She is presently a senior lecturer in dance studies at De Montfort University Leicester, England and works as an independent arts practitioner.
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