Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo (born 16 January 1963) is a Nigerian journalist and culture archivist.

Biography

Anikulapo is a Nigerian. He studied Theatre Arts in

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public research university in Ibadan, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1948 as University College Ibadan, one of many colleges within the University of London. It became an independent university in 196 ...

. He began his art journalism career at ''

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'' as the arts and media editor in 1993. He worked as the arts and media editor until 2003, then worked as the Editor of ''The Guardian on Sunday'' and ''The GuardianLife Magazine'' from 2003 to 2013. He was mentored by

Dapo Adelugba Adedapo Abayomi Adelugba (1939 - 2014) was a Nigerian academic, theatre critic and playwright who spent a considerable part of his academic career at University of Ibadan where he was a director of the university's theatre troupe. Adelugba was also ...

- a theatre critic and playwright at the University of Ibadan.

Personal life

He has a son, Oluwaseunrere and a daughter, Toluwalase. He was praised by the president Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari on his 60th birthday for his contributions towards the growth of the Nigerian literature through the years.

References

Nigerian journalists Living people 1963 births Yoruba people {{Nigeria-writer-stub