After
having garnered local and international recognition with a stellar career in
journalism and filmmaking, one of Nigeria’s most influential entertainment
industry personalities, Chris Ihidero has released a new book titled “Wanderings
Of A Rapidly Degenerating Mind”. The respected writer who is currently the
Chairman of the NET editorial board, made the announcement at the 3rd edition
of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference on Wednesday April 22, 2015 at the Eko
Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The book
is a compilation of 100 of the best articles from his weekly column ‘Chris
Ihidero Unedited’ and it is a six-part epic divided into sections which are
Music & Showbiz, Books, People, Music, Issues of the Heart and Daring the
Heavenlies,
Featuring
the trademark sharp-tongued wit, sarcasm and self deprecating humour of Chris
Ihidero, Wanderings has gathered rave reviews from a number of
frontline Nigerian literary personalities. Speaking on the release of the new
book, the Director of Arts of the British Council Nigeria, Ojoma Ochai said, “You
would be hard pressed to find anyone with as much knowledge and insight into
the history and inner workings of Nigerian film and TV and indeed the whole
Nigerian entertainment scene as Chris Ihidero.”
Also
speaking on the new book, Tolu Ogunlesi said, “There’s the compelling humor
(Chuckler-in-Chief?), and then the rare breadth of knowledge. Indeed whenever I
need to find out about the history of television and film in Nigeria, it’s
Ihidero I turn to, because he knows the stuff; has spent time reading,
researching and doing it.”
Chris
Ihidero, on his part while speaking at the launch remarked, “Writing
a weekly column is hardest thing to do in life, second only to birthing a
child. You do not always want to do it but when you have a waiting audience,
you have to deliver, come hell or high water. When I was informed that the
editors had picked about 100 from my articles for this book, it suddenly dawned
on me that I had written enough articles from which a hundred could be picked.
It was a humbling moment.”
NET
publisher and NECLive convener Ayeni Adekunle congratulated the award winning
writer on an exciting new chapter in his literary journey while announcing the
launch of NET Books. He said, “Today we are kicking off a sojourn into books
with the NET Book Series and ‘Wanderings’ is the first of this. This is a
careful collection of Chris Ihidero’s works which showcase him at his
page-turning, toe-curling, infuriating and fascinating best. Chris is such a
character!”
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