In response to the yearnings of my numerous fans down the years, this blog is built to feature installmental postings of scores of articles and cartoons from my stable as an analyst and cartoonist on local/international politics in the Times Group. It also parades some of my crowd-pulling humour writings in the famous "Concord Laff" column(the Sunday Concord. Please stay connected.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
CHARLES ANYASI ...VINTAGE ARCHIVES: SMILE NIGERIA, SMILE
CHARLES ANYASI ...VINTAGE ARCHIVES: SMILE NIGERIA, SMILE: "YES, “SMILE JAMAICA” WAS A HIT TUNE PRODUCED BY BOB MARLEY TO COINCIDE WITH HIS COUNTRY’S GENERAL ELECTIONS IN 1976. PLEASE JOIN ME NOW ..."
SMILE NIGERIA, SMILE
Yes, “Smile Jamaica” was a hit tune produced by Bob Marley to coincide with his country’s general elections in 1976.
Please join me now as i invite you to sing, “Smile Nigeria” in celebration of an epochal victory for Nigeria. You will agree with me that we now have a President we can boldly declare to be our choice. Please swallow this victory down with an insight into the life of Bob Marley done by Nduka Nwosu of the daily times and published on May 21, 1983.
In my capacity as Daily Times illustrator then, i was approached to present a pen portrait of Bob Marley. That pen portrait, which appears in today’s post, became the choice illustration in several other publications thereafter.
In place of the cartoon corner, I serve you a second feature on Bob Marley with my pen sketch still in use nearly a year later.
Please bask in this victory.
Lest we forget…CHANGE IS HERE
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