Connect with Just Duléa
Email: taylordulea@gmail.com
About Just Duléa
T. Ajewole "Just Duléa" Duckett - Founder & Creative Director
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Just Duléa is the artistic name for T. Ajewole Duckett, the Founder & Creative Director of Conviction 2 Change Publishing.
She is a poet, author, lyricist, and musician with experience in the following genres:
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Education
- Doctor of Philosophy: Department of African American & African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University Bloomington - Bloomington, IN
- Areas of Focus: African Spiritual Systems, Literature, and Performance Studies
- Master of Fine Arts: Creative Writing, San Francisco State University - San Francisco, CA
- Areas of Focus: Poetry, Minors in Africana Studies and Playwriting
- Bachelor of Business Administration: Legal Studies, The University of Miami - Miami, FL
- Areas of Focus: Business Law, Minor in Accounting
- Active writer since 2008
- 100+ published articles
- Four published books
- What Really Happened to Cyrano? The Untold Story of Cyrano de Bergerac (2015)
- S.W.A.G. - Saved With Amazing Grace (2016)
- A Poetic Expression of Change (2015)
- Sex, Love, and Other Emotions (Co-Authored with Sarai W.) (2018)
- 500+ hours of transcribed audio (done live and from pre-recorded materials)
- Active public speaker since 1999
A Word From Just Duléa
Hello everyone, my name is Ajewole aka Just Duléa and I am the founder of and Creative Director for Conviction 2 Change Publishing LLC. As you engage with my work, you will see that I am passionate about justice for the oppressed, disenfranchised, and forgotten. I am also passionate about spirituality and Afrocentric thought and practice. Through my spoken, written, (and sometimes sung) words, I intend to shed light and share experiences pertaining to all of these. I don't believe in watering things down, and so I will do my best to be as transparent and honest with you as I can. As I strive to be my most authentic self, I encourage you all do to the same.
My objective with Conviction 2 Change Publishing is to help provide a platform for those in traditionally marginalized groups to allow their voice to be heard. It is in doing this that I have begun to really find my voice as a writer, poet, & musician. That being said, I don't believe in just changing communities through the written and spoken word, I believe in changing mindsets. I enjoy seeing stereotypes being broken and challenging closely held beliefs. It gives me great joy to cause people to think beyond the superficial, even if only for a moment. Together we are going to find our voices, think deeply, and maybe even experience new levels of freedom!
Thank you for joining Conviction 2 Change Publishing and I on this journey!
My objective with Conviction 2 Change Publishing is to help provide a platform for those in traditionally marginalized groups to allow their voice to be heard. It is in doing this that I have begun to really find my voice as a writer, poet, & musician. That being said, I don't believe in just changing communities through the written and spoken word, I believe in changing mindsets. I enjoy seeing stereotypes being broken and challenging closely held beliefs. It gives me great joy to cause people to think beyond the superficial, even if only for a moment. Together we are going to find our voices, think deeply, and maybe even experience new levels of freedom!
Thank you for joining Conviction 2 Change Publishing and I on this journey!