Nigerian Media Leaders - Voices Beyond the Newsroom, Volume 1&2

21 November 2015
opinion

This is a set of two out of a planned four volume book series chronicling the experiences of the finest and leading media personalities that nurtured the Nigerian media industry into what it is today. As the title suggests, it is a publication that has captured the enriching stories of most of the big names that played very critical, in many cases, foundational roles in the history of the various media institutions in the country. The book is unique in its style because of its presentation which has slightly departed from the normal system of gathering the data or information and paraphrasing the voices of the subjects. In this case, it came in the exciting journalistic form of questions and answers, thus giving the reader the rarest opportunity of getting it "raw" and direct from the individual sources.

The first two volumes that came out in October this year contains interviews with leading personalities that have, at some points in the history of this country, played remarkable roles in the history of the media and perhaps, silently, the history of Nigeria. Some of the big names that featured in the first volume are: Vincent Maduka, Patrick Dele Cole, Christopher Kolade, Tony Momoh, John Momoh, Adamu Ciroma, Lade Bunuola, Doyin Abiola, Mohammed Haruna, Kabiru Yusuf, Sam Amuka, Nduka Obaigbena, Felix Adenaike, Segun Osoba and Yemi Ogunbiyi. Volume two contains interviews with: Dan Agbese, Lanre Idowu, Femi Adesina, Chidi Amuta, Yakubu Mohammed, Bilkisu Yusuf, Dapo Olorunyomi,,Gbolabo Ogunsawo, Garba Shehu, Henry Odukamaiya, Femi Kusa, Chris Doghudje, Victoria Ezeokoli, Ray Ekpu and many more. From the listing of some of the above names, it is clear that every sector and period in the history of post independent Nigerian media industry has been represented. Every epoch has been explained by one or more major sources. However, that withstanding, every interviewee in the books has something uniquely different from the other.

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