Five books in tribute for Alice Akale and Collins Adeyemi

ALICE AKALE: I started my broadcasting career in the radio and that was where our paths crossed. On radio Benue, Makurdi, it was difficult to find a voice so silky, so professional, and so pleasurable. Alice was lucky to have two of the topmost qualities of a good broadcaster. She had grit, which means she […]

ALICE AKALE: I started my broadcasting career in the radio and that was where our paths crossed. On radio Benue, Makurdi, it was difficult to find a voice so silky, so professional, and so pleasurable. Alice was lucky to have two of the topmost qualities of a good broadcaster. She had grit, which means she could read the news. She also had a smooth velvety voice which means she could also do entertainment, qualities you hardly find in the same voice. You either find one or the other. In all of this, she was warm, friendly, a smile always playing on her dimpled face.
My heart goes out to the FRCN who have lost one of their own and to her husband and children who have lost a mother and a good wife.

COLLINS ADEYEMI: In my multimedia journey, I have done radio, TV, print and I have done compering. My journey as a moderator/compere has been shared with many broadcasters over the years to include the masters, the late Yinka Craig, the late Ikenna Ndaguba, the late James Audu and other phenomenal broadcasters. None has been as colourful as my now fallen colleague Collins Adeyemi, an excellent orator, a great master of ceremony, and a man who understood the importance of public imagery. He beat me to my dream of writing a book on compering when he wrote a book of tips on how to be a good director of ceremony. He plied his trade with so much elegance turning up at events he was moderating, in a proper dinner suit with a coma bond. He will turn up at the event with his jacket in a cloak room which he will wear only when the events commences. He approached all his assignments with great seriousness. Such a man was difficult to find in the industry. His voice, his looks, his Organisation, his industry, his razzmatazz, will be sorely missed in this highly competitive field of compering.
 My condolences to his wife, his lovely children and the family of compere’s nationwide. I have chosen to celebrate my fallen friends, those whom I have co-shared tiger riding into the city centre with, to the cheers and ovation of the public over the years through books. Books on celebrated broadcasters, books on how to be a good broadcaster, books on communication and the power of talk.
Adieu Collins and Alice. The broadcast community will miss you.