Chimee Adioha

Chimee
Adịọha

I grew up in Ọrlu and Owere and now live in Southern California. Through media, literature and research, my work lives in the parameters of composition theory & pedagogy, digital rhetorics of social justice, contemporary Anglophone African literatures.

My Philosophy

My mother’s art & my uncle’s politics of concentricity shaped
my understanding of education.

I am a Doctoral student of Rhetoric and Composition at the University
of California, Irvine.

I also teach Argument & Research through a social justice lens. My teaching positionality derives from theories of multimodality and translingualism. My past research focused on the value for social justice pedagogy outside of traditional classroom spaces.

Portfolio

Projects

Black Boy Review (January, 2013)

In 2013, while in my first year of undergraduate school, I founded the literary blog to document African literature and answer to the archival deficit of literary documentation in Africa.

Diaspora Africa (June, 2023)

In 2023, I co-founded Diaspora Africa, an independent media organization using storytelling & digital technology to mobilize African migrant voices.

Books

Family Echoes (SLCF, 2014)
Amara (Griots Lounge, 2019)

Speaking Engagements

Saskatoon Open Door Society of Canada (2023)
Queering the Limits of Free Speech (2023)
Lagos Poetry Festival (2023)
GLAAD Hangouts (2022)
Black Consciousness Festival (2021)
Abuja Literary Festival (2020)
Author’s talk (2019)
Ake Arts & Book Festival (2013)

Research & Presentations

Conference on College Composition & Communication, 2023
Conference on College Composition & Communication, 2024
UCI Black Studies Cluster
Writing Education Across Borders, SLC Utah

Published Essays

“The Depersonalisation of African Migrant Women’s Stories: Exploring Pathways for Accelerating Action” Migrant Women Press, March 2025

Media Appearances

IJNET – Amplifying Stories of African Migrants

PUNCH Nigeria: Before Stardom with Chimee Adioha

JAMLAB AFRICA: Q&A: Chimee Adioha, co-founder of Diaspora Africa

MINORITY AFRICA: It is As if We Don’t Exist

URBANET: How a Misdirected Land Use Law Disregards Coastal Dwellers’ Rights

VANGUARD Nigeria: Amplifying African Narratives through Communication & Literature

OKAY AFRICA: Africa’s Bookstagrammers are Carving Out a Space for the Continent’s Authors

CULTURE CUSTODIAN: 6 Nigerian Bookstagrammers Putting African Talent on The Map

AFRO READER: In Conversation with Chimee Adioha

MINORITY AFRICA: Sex Only for Voters

Social Media