Toni Tone

Not to be confused with Toni Tones.

Toni Tone
Born	Toni Adenlé (1989-06-30) 30 June 1989 (age 35)
Nationality	British/Nigerian
Alma mater	Brunel University
Occupation	Author

Toni Omotola Adenlé Listen^ⓘ(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

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

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

• Tone, Toni (2021). I Wish I Knew this Earlier: Lessons on Love

References

1. "TrendingWithTikTok: Toni Tone on being the internet's big sister, making money moves and how she started her career". Glamour. 23 July 2021.
2. Tully, Monicha (27 April 2020). "My Life in Isolation: Toni Tone". Arcadia.
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.