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AYORINDE,
Steve
B.A, M.A; journalist administrator;b: July 9,1970; cd: ChristApostolicGrammarSchool, Ibadan 1986;ObafemiAwolowoUniversity, 1990;UniversityofLeicester, U.K, 2006; cr:StaffReporter,The Guardian Newspapers, 1992;-99; Arts Editor,The Comet Newspapers, Lagos,1999- 03; Member,Editorial Board/Art Editor,The PunchNewspaper, 2003-07; currently, Editor,The PunchNewspapers; AssistantSecretary General, Nigerian GuildofEditors; Member/Junior, Federation of International FilmCritics; Musical Society ofNigeria; Juror,African Movie AcademyAwards;Major Events Covered, The First Franco-Nigerian ballet, Les larmes des dieux (When thegods gocrying) Nantes, France, 1996; Festival (Film) of Nantes, France, 1997;Cannes Film Festival, 1998;2001; 2003-07; Cannes, France; The Stage Performance of Things Fall Apart at the Kennedy Centre, Washington D.C, USA; International meeting on the promotion of local music heritagein the ageofglobalization,Amman, Jordan, 2000; Marketfor AfricanArts,Abidjan, 2001; Final Eviction ofthe Big BrotherRealityShow, Johannesburg, SouthAfrice2002;The Nigeria Independent Concert inLondon, 2004; World Bank IMF, Spring Meeting, Washington DC, 2008; fellow, \ Pan'sBased FoundationJoumai ists-in-Europe, 1997-98;UnitedStates, U.S., StateDepartment'sGranteeofthe International VisitorsProgramme I.V.P. to understudythe MediaandCulturalInstitutionsinthe UnitedStatesofAmerice 1999; publ: Masterpieces: A Critics Timeless Report, Spectrum Books, 2008; h/award: Music Journali.s ofthe Year,awards for Musical Excellence Preventing Electoral Violencein the 1999General Election,Commissioned by Civil Society;Coalition in Lagos, 1999; Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel, Lagos StateUniversity Convocation Play, 1999; ArtisticDir., Victims, A PlayonStoppingViolenceAgainstWomen, Commissionedby Centrefor Advocacy, Research and Action Against Violence, CARAAV, Ife, 2000; Participant ConferenceonYoruba HistoryandCulture, Department of History, The UniversityofTexas at Austin, USA, 2005; participant, Conferenceon African Health and Illness, 2005; etc; hob: table tennis, football, karate, boxing,traveling, reading; off: Department ofTheatreArtsandMusic,Faculty ofArts, LagosState University, Lagos; res: 7, Shaba Ojo Street, Igando, Lagos; tel:08023339390; e-m:[email protected].
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