Barnabas I. Adélékè is primarily a haiku poet, an artist and amateur photographer. His verses, amongst other awards, have won the Akita Chamber of Commerce and Industry President's Award in the 6th Japan-Russia Haiku Contest in Akita, Japan and Grand-Prize in the 19th Haiku International Association Haiku Contest in Tokyo, Japan. Barnabas is a student and teacher of haiku, a member of the African Haiku Network and ambassador to Nigeria for the United Haiku and Tanka Society, USA.