Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo is a Nigerian cultural journalist and activist. He has been trained as an actor, dancer,director of theater and specializations in dramatic theory and literary criticism. Since 1987, he has written numerous articles on the arts, culture and media for the Guardian (member of the permanent team) and many other local and international publications and sites. Between 1992 and 2001, he was the editor-in-chief for the arts, culture and media section of the Lagos daily newspaper, The Guardian. From 2001 to 2003 he is the deputy director.
In 2005, in addition to being editor of the Sunday edition of the Guardian, he is also responsible for the release and publication of the magazine GuardianLife. He is also a cultural activist involved in the Committee for Relevant Art, CORA, which has been organizing the quarterly « Art Stampede aka Artists Parliament » since June 1991. In 2011, Jahman created IIREP, a documentary film festival, with former President of the Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria, Femi Odugbemi, and Director of the Lagos Makin Film Bureau. Soyinka. They are all members of the West African Documentary Film Forum (WADFF).
He is currently president / director of CORA, which won the 10th anniversary of the founding of Prince Claus for the cultural debate in 2006.
He has been involved in many international programs supervised by international organizations:
– Member of the subcommittee on culture of the Tony Blair Commission for Africa,
– member of the Culture Review Committee of the Commonwealth Foundation,
– resource person for UNESCO review of Cultural Policies, as for many other Nigerian cultural organizing committees.
He has traveled extensively in Africa, Europe, Asia and throughout the United States.
Awards given to Jahman Anikulapo:
1. Nigerian Culture Merit Award (Print Journalism) (Endowed by Federal Government of Nigeria)
2. Critical Award for the Film Critical Assignment (Endowed by Guinness International)
3. Excellence Awards, Ist Segun Olusola Award for Culture (endowed by NANTAP)
4. Art Writer of the Year 1996 (Travelers Award)
5. An Insightful Art Critic Award (2002) (National Association of Fine Arts Students)
6. Outstanding Film and Television Critic Award (ITPAN)
7. Award For Musical Excellence Critic Award.
The newspaper has also won numerous awards both locally and internationally. And its readers are numerous on the Net with nearly two million visitors every Sunday.