Jemila Wumpini Abdulai is a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

blogger, writer and digital marketer. In 2007, she founded ''Circumspecte.com'', a lifestyle blog dedicated to Africans. Her blog was a recipient of the African Blogger Awards in 2016. In 2015, Abdulai's short story "Yennenga" was included in the

Caine Prize The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in the English language. The £10,000 prize was founded in the United Kingdom in 20 ...

Anthology 2015 book, ''Lusaka Punk and Other Stories''. The book included 16 other short stories by African authors.

Personal life

Abdulai is the daughter of

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, the vice president of Madina Institute of Science and Technology,

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

Education

Abdulai had her secondary education at Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast, Ghana, and graduated from

Mount Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College is a private liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It is the oldest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite historically women's colleges in the Northeastern United States. ...

in Massachusetts, USA where she double majored in Economics and French. She earned a Master of Arts degree in International Economics and International Relations from the

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

SAIS in Washington DC, USA.

Advocacy

She is an advocate for

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

in Ghana, and also vocal on

social media Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ...

, on topics concerning technology,

women's empowerment Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training.Kabeer, Naila ...

, and national development. Abdulai is the organiser of #SisterhoodMatters, an annual event in Ghana that celebrates African women and creates conversations about women's health and wellbeing. In 2016, Abdulai, as the social media lead of BloggingGhana, a group of Ghanaian bloggers, helped in the collation and dissemination of non-partisan news on Ghana's 2016 General Elections via

. This was under the initiative "Ghana Decides." Abdulai stated that the group's goal was to present an unbiased view of the elections: "Traditional media in Ghana has a reputation for being politicized, particularly during elections. That's why social media initiatives like Ghana Decides are important." Abdulai was one of the speakers at TEDxAccraWomen conference held on 28 October 2016 in Accra, Ghana."TEDxAccraWomen 2016 Conference"
Theme: It's About Time. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdulai, Jemila Ghanaian mass media people Dagomba people Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Ghanaian bloggers Ghanaian women bloggers Mount Holyoke College alumni 21st-century Ghanaian women 21st-century Ghanaian women writers Johns Hopkins University alumni People educated at Wesley Girls' Senior High School Ghanaian Muslims People from Tamale, Ghana Ghanaian women writers