Dele olojede biography examples

Nigerian Pulitzer-winning journalist (born 1961)

Dele Olojede (born 1961)^[1][2] is a Nigerian journalist and former foreign editor for Newsday.

He is the first African-born winner of the Pulitzer Prize in International Journalism for his work covering the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. He serves on the board of EARTH University, in Costa Rica, and of The Markup, the New York-based investigative journalism organization focused on the impact of large tech platforms and their potential for human manipulation.

Dele olojede biography examples

He is the founder and host of Africa In the World, a hearts and minds festival held annually in Stellenbosch, in the Cape winelands of South Africa. He was a patron of the Etisalat Prize for Literature.^[3]

Biography

Olojede was born in January 1961 in Modakeke, Nigeria.^[1] He was the 12th of 28 children.

In 1982, he began his journalism career at the National Concord in Lagos, a newspaper owned by aspiring po