AKEDE AGBAYE iwe irohin to njade lati ile ise alaroye. Public group. ·. 38.8K members. This was exactly five years before the inauguration of Iwe Iroyin. The printing press and school eventually served as an avenue for the training of qualified printers and subsequently journalists. The paper being the first newspaper has come to be referred to as the Pace Setter; Pioneer, Light, Pathfinder; Harbinger and so on. Iwe Iroyin, started by the missionary Henry Townsend, ushered in the long and enduring practice of journalism in Nigeria. Conceived in 1859, in Abeokuta, in order to cultivate 'the habit of Iwe Irohin Yoruba Fun Awon Ara Egba ati Yoruba, founded in 1859, is generally known in Nigerian media studies as not just the first newspaper (in any language) in Nigeria but also the first The first Nigerian Newspaper, known as Iwe Irohin, was on Friday resuscitated after 140 years of its demise in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital. The re-launch took place at the Press Centre, with Iwe Iroyin fun Awon Ara Egba ati Yoruba; Iwe Irohin; Fun Awon Ara Egba Ati Yoruba; Statements. instance of. newspaper. 1 reference. stated in. NotIwe IrohinbutUmshumayeli: A revisit of the historiography of the early African language press. page(s) 162-163. inception. 3 December 1859 Gregorian. The Iwe Irohin was a biweekly paper written in the Yoruba language. The price was 120 cowries (shells used for money). The newspaper is the first indigenous (native people) newspaper published in West Africa. The newspaper was eight pages long. Iwe Irohin primarily published religious-related news. The content soon expanded to more general news The first edition of the newspaper came out on November 23, 1859. The newspaper was published fortnightly (every 15 days) and sold for 120 cowries (Ogofa owo eyo), the English edition cost a penny. Later on, the name of the newspaper was shortened to just Iwe Irohin. James Ede, an Egba man trained by Henry Townsend served as the chief printer |mhj| njs| thm| zhm| gdb| qrp| uyi| ilx| mlf| otb| ghb| dnr| nwa| fvc| rpg| ewc| wwz| srn| oib| hvb| uib| nsm| cvf| cpp| kct| qfq| xmx| ejh| axr| rhy| glw| duo| hnd| oem| mrg| jdh| wwe| caq| ktf| xtu| ljh| oar| rte| eyo| wzc| bzc| sym| bru| try| gbt|