About

Yewande Daniel-Ayoade (Yay-wan-day) is a management consultant and children’s book author. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Ibadan and a master's in business administration from Emory University. After two decades in various consulting roles, including writing communications for technology projects, she decided to pursue writing professionally and released her first book in 2019.

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Yewande immigrated to the United States in 2003 and then to Canada in 2010. Her writing focuses on introducing all children (including her own) to West African history and culture and draws heavily on her immigrant experience.

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She currently lives in Calgary, Alberta with her husband and five children. When she is not working or writing, Yewande spends her spare time baking, cooking, singing, teaching Sunday School, and preparing her kids for Spelling Bee, Debate and Science Fair competitions.