Winner emerges in Korea Speech contest, set for trip to Seoul

Afiniki Silas Bosan has emerged the overall winner of the Korea Speech Contest, a competition organised by the Korean Cultural Centre in Abuja. The event which held earlier in the week at the KCC premises saw many Nigerian students of the Korean language at the centre presenting speeches in the Asian language, much to the […]

Afiniki Silas Bosan has emerged the overall winner of the Korea Speech Contest, a competition organised by the Korean Cultural Centre in Abuja.

The event which held earlier in the week at the KCC premises saw many Nigerian students of the Korean language at the centre presenting speeches in the Asian language, much to the amazement of the audience and judges.

The contest had two categories with Bosan besting Aderogba Oluwaseyi and Soo Mi Uke in the intermediate category, emerging the overall winner, while Maduka Providence beat Akande Toluwanimi and Operipo Esther into second and third place respectively in the beginners’ category.

Bosan, whose speech was on Things to Do and See in Seoul, said she started taking lessons in Korean in September and was inspired to present her speech when she learnt that the prize for the winner would be a trip to the Korean capital.

“I was thinking about the prize and I kept imagining, Oh my Gosh, if I went to Seoul, what would I do. So I thought why not give a speech about this,” she said.

“I got really interested in the language through the music. I like K-Pop a lot because there is a band called Big Bang which I love, and also through the drama as well,”

Bosan, who said she wasn’t expecting to win was pleasantly surprised by the judges’ decision and is excited by her win.

The contest is an annual event organised by the KCCN, with winners and two runners-up in both categories going home with cash prizes as well a trip to Seoul for the overall winner.