AFRO-BEAT

In over 115 works, Nigerian American, Cash Onadele Aiye-ko-ooto’s oeuvre spans several creative genres. He wrote and produced The Noble Warrior staged in theatres in Abeokuta and Lagos. 2019 4-part ethnographic fiction drama titled 'Blood of Freedom'. Additional works followed, 55+ children youth and adult stories, screenplays, novels, novellas, children / youth short stories, and collections of novellas. Before fiction were poems. 52 anthologies of poetry, he famously cataloged as 'Odo-Alamo Series'. He is a prolific writer, a culture-aware philosopher, poet, and playwright. Cash is 62 and lives in Lagos and Texas, USA with wife and business partner, Denise Marie. The Yoruba native brings indigenous Juju voice to storytelling. Aiyeko-ooto built the world's largest library of individual poetry work. The solid enrichment of his volumes in songs, ethnographic plays, and stories with literary devices make them appropriate for entertainment and teaching of literature to secondary and tertiary institutions. His ambition is to contribute to development of youth and creative arts in Nigeria. Cash, an Architect, graduated from UI, (BSc, MSc) 1987, University of Nottingham, UK (MBA) 1993. He walks, writes, and mentors writers. He accepts international bookings for Readings, Public Speaking, and Poetry.