Toni Tone
Toni Tone | |
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| Born | Toni Adenlé 30 June 1989 |
| Nationality | British/Nigerian |
| Alma mater | Brunel University |
| Occupation | Author |
Toni Omotola Adenlé (born 1989), known professionally as Toni Tone, is a British-Nigerian author and content creator. She is known for her best-selling book I Wish I Knew This Earlier: Lessons on Love (2021).[1]
Early life
[edit]Born in Nigeria, she was raised in Oxford, England, and recognises it as her hometown.[2]
Adenlé attended London's Brunel University, where she received a BSc Degree in Communications and Media.[3]
Career
[edit]Adenlé worked a range of jobs, including managing student communications at the University of Oxford.[1][4] While working at the university, she went through a difficult breakup and took to Twitter to share her musings about life, love, and managing relationships.[1][4] Her tweets regularly went viral and her Twitter following quickly grew.[4]
In 2019, she became an ambassador for the charity Young Women's Trust, a feminist organisation working to achieve economic justice for young women across the United Kingdom.[3]
In February 2021, Adenlé became the host of BBC Radio 1Xtra's Money Moves podcast – an eight-part podcast providing young people with a toolkit to confidently navigate their relationship with money and finances.[5]
As a result of her writing on Twitter, Adenlé was approached by HarperCollins to write a book, and she agreed a deal for her debut book with 4th Estate, a HarperCollins imprint.[3]
In 2021, she was part of Channel 4's Highlife cast, a docu-ality series based on British West Africans.[6][7] She appeared on the show alongside her brother Tazer and her sister-in-law Kamille.[6][7]
Works
[edit]- Tone, Toni (2021). I Wish I Knew this Earlier: Lessons on Love
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "TrendingWithTikTok: Toni Tone on being the internet's big sister, making money moves and how she started her career". Glamour. 23 July 2021.
- ^ Tully, Monicha (27 April 2020). "My Life in Isolation: Toni Tone". Arcadia.
- ^ a b c Sanderson, Caroline (25 June 2021). "Toni Tone | 'My publishers have been great at highlighting the fact that there is a lane for me'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Woman offers advice to women worried by chubby cheeks: 'The fat will keep you looking younger'". The Independent. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "Toni Tone to host new BBC Radio 1Xtra podcast". Radio Today. 1 February 2021. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Principal cast members revealed for Channel 4's new series HIGHLIFE | Channel 4". www.channel4.com (Press release). 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Toni Tone: There's so much black people are experiencing beyond racism". BBC News. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.