Toyosi Ayanwola

Toyosi Ayanwola is a multidisciplinary researcher whose interests connect culture, design and creative production. Trained in healthcare policy and health management, she explores cultural storytelling through fashion, art, design and curation.

She founded ajikeworld, a fashion and interior design studio that reinterprets traditional Yoruba textiles in contemporary forms. Her first exhibition, *The War Chief's Daughter*, was presented at the Kirkland Gallery. She holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and is affiliated with Harvard's School of Public Health.

Her Culture Dynamics studiolab research examines Nigerian creative industries and their role in soft power, spanning fashion, film, music and contemporary art.