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TOLA
Dr Tola Dabiri is the Director of Electric Piers CIC and has worked across the cultural sector since
1995, beginning her career in public libraries and archives. Tola has also worked at the Museums
Libraries and Archives Council, The National Archives, the UK Centre for Carnival Arts, and the
National Academy for Social Prescribing.
Tola has developed and managed a number of successful projects including Carnival in a Box
(www.carnivalinabox.co.uk), Fundraising for Archives for The National Archives, and UKCCA’s NLHF
funded Carnival Archive Project, (www.carnivalarchives.org.uk).
Tola was awarded a PhD from Leeds Beckett University, for her research looking at orality and the
intangible cultural heritage of British Caribbean Carnival. Tola is also a consultant in the cultural
sector, specialising in project management, equality and inclusion, and fundraising.
Dr Tola Dabiri
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