HIASFEST Star Prize (Female, 2025) awardee and author of Faded Blues. First-class Economics graduate from Lagos State University.
Oyeleye Mahmoodah Temitope was the HIASFEST Star Prize (Female, 2025) awardee and the author of Faded Blues, winner of the HIASFEST Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors (Prose, 2021) and the Youths Digest Campus Journalism Award (Authors' Category, 2022). Her shorter works have also earned recognition, including the Peace Tale Competition (2023) and the Writefluence Horror/Suspense/Thriller Contest (2021). Her writings have appeared in Crossroads Review, Muse, Brittle Paper, The Kalahari Review, INNSAEI Journal, and elsewhere. A first-class graduate of Economics from Lagos State University, she served as the pioneer chairperson of the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation, Lagos Branch (2021–2025). She is currently a youth corp member, and the founder of Mamatee's Place, an e-business focused on African print fashion.
