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4 unusual facts about Dele Olojede


Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

Nwaubani was one of the pioneer editorial staff of Nigeria’s now defunct NEXT newspapers, established by Pulitzer-winning journalist, Dele Olojede.

Dele Olojede

As a student he was particularly influenced by Nigerian literary luminaries like Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Cyprian Ekwensi and other African writers like Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

Olojede publicly accused Nigeria's military leader Ibrahim Babangida of being responsible for the murder.

In April 1994, when the genocide broke out in Rwanda, Olojede was covering the South African general elections, the first free elections at the end of apartheid.



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