Nigeria
Critic
Steve Ayorinde is the Chief Critic of Lagos-based news agency The Culture Newspaper. He studied at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and as well as University of Leicester. He worked as a foreign correspondent, editor, critic, newspaper manager, and author. His career started in 1991 at The Guardian Newspapers in Lagos, as a reporter and film/art critic. He also worked as a critic, columnist and later Editor of The PUNCH. He later worked as the Managing Director and Editor-In-Chief of National Mirror Newspapers Between 2010 and 2013. Ayorinde has published several books. He is the Chairman, Governing Board and Jury Member of the African Academy Movie Awards (AMAA).
