Dr Wale (Olawale) Okediran

Dr Wale (Olawale) Okediran, a Medical Doctor by training and a former Member of the Nigerian Parliament.

A published author of 14 novels and two collections of Travel Stories some of which have won Literary Prizes within and outside Nigeria, the film adaptation of his award winning novel Tenants of the House (directed by Kunle Afolayan) was adopted in November 2021 by NETFLIX for a three-year global streaming contract.

In 2010, he established the first Writers Residency in Nigeria, THE EBEDI INTERNATIONAL WRITERS RESIDENCY in Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria an initiative for the use of writers from all over the world.

Dr. Okediran who is a former National President Of the Association Of Nigerian Authors, is the current Secretary General of the Accra, Ghana based Pan African Writers Association (PAWA).