Aramanda Okunrin

The year 2022 was unique for me in many ways. So unique I for once am joining the crowd in this sometimes-arcane task of writing an undecided elegy or celebratory song to a to-be-exited year. Nearing six decades on earth, I have to confess that there are not many years I can recall having had the effect the year 2022 has had on me. It is a year in which I was repeatedly told more than ever before what I have, that I began to wonder if for years, nay decades, I have not short-changed myself. And yet in the same year, I have felt more vulnerable and unsure of myself than in any previous year. Not even in my sophomore year at the then University of Ife, when I felt everything was crashing around me, when I wasn’t sure it would not be better to pack things up and return home, did I feel this vulnerable.  Looking back at happenings in the year, I recall vividly those moments when I felt rewarded by the successes of friends, colleagues and the special people around me. Some of the su...

  I hardly believe in celebrating birthdays, at least mine. As far back as 1992, then on my page, The PIZZAZZ in The Punch newspaper, I had called it a year closer to death. What it reminds me of is another year gone out of whatever is available to do whatever one has here. It is the clock ticking. Not morbid, not negative as many often tag it when I state that. Just my way of reconciling with the hard fact of life. Therefore, it helps with making reflections, rather than make merry. Truly too, I wonder what reflection I do on a day as this, for a man who actually lives in his head. Yes, in spite of the smile, the talks, the outward warm mien, I live in my head. It helps with my deliberateness. It has its down side too. People at times see a different person. That also unnerves me. And it is natural, even for one who lives in his head. Not everything you are able to process. Not every time you can grasp the reasons for some reactions. The last two years have been different. Some ...

  Media, Mood and Movement: How Media Energise Social Movements in Nigeria (1986 – 2006)         Túndé Àrèmú 05-9H-02A-043 Master in Communications Studies (MCS) Lagos State University (LASU)                   THESIS submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree MASTER IN COMMUNICATIONS STUDIES in the ADEBOLU ADEGUNWA SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS at the LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY (LASU) NIGERIA     NOVEMBER 2008                               Certification   I certify that this work was carried out under my supervision by Aremu, Tunde for the award of Masters in Communications Studies (MCS) in the School of Communications Studies , Lagos State University         Signature................