Temitayo Akinyemi Studied Law, But He’s Not A Lawyer; He Tells Us Why in Today’s Doing Life With

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This week, we’re doing life with Temitayo Akinyemi , a journalist, creative writer and editor. He explores storytelling using innovative tools like satellite imagery, interactive data, and multimedia to tell stories that are accessible to all people. He is a 2019 African Liberty Writing Fellow, and an APLP graduate from NTA, Egypt, and has worked as HumAngle’s Interactive Editor and Zikoko Citizen’s Editor-in-Chief.

Enjoy the conversation. Hey Temitayo, how do you do? Hey, it’s a pleasure to be here. Like most Nigerians, I am trying to navigate these Tinubu times.

We all are. Give me a peep into your background and what part of your childhood influenced who you are today I read a lot of old newspapers. I did not grow up in the 80s (I am glad I only had to face Buhari once), but my father kept a lot of newspapers and magazines from that period, which I consumed with intent.

I fell in love with Nigerian history reading those papers and the role of journalists in documenting history. You graduated as a law student but decided not to practise Law. What informed this decision? Temitayo Akinyemi That’s impressively daring, Akinyemi Thank you.

You’ve worked.