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Death Be Not Proud: Publisher Dotun Oladipo and the Tolling Bell

From Premium Times · () English

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Opinion Named sources Outcome reported
  • Max Amuchie writes about Premium Times publisher Dotun Oladipo, saying he struggles to think of him in the past tense.
  • The article recalls Oladipo sending bulletins, sharing ideas, encouraging colleagues and working in journalism before his death at 56.

“I have struggled with the inconceivability of writing about Dotun Oladipo in the past tense,” Max Amuchie writes. Even now, he says, the words do not sit comfortably with him.

Amuchie’s thoughts return to the Dotun who was still there: sending his bulletin, sharing ideas, encouraging colleagues and carrying on with the work of journalism. Oladipo was 56.

I have struggled with the inconceivability of writing about Dotun Oladipo in the past tense.

· Max AmuchieThe opening of his reflection on the death of the Premium Times publisher.

The piece, titled “Death Be Not Proud: Publisher Dotun Oladipo and the Tolling Bell,” remembers a publisher whose presence remains difficult for the writer to place in the past tense.

Even now, the words do not sit comfortably with me.

· Max AmuchieAmuchie describes his difficulty writing about Oladipo after his death.
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Originally published by Premium Times in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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