Josiah Akanbi "Josy" Ajiboye (born 1948) is a Nigerian painter, illustrator, graphic designer and sociopolitical cartoonist who worked at the Daily Times. He was a cartoonist at the Daily Times newspaper from 1971 to 2000,[1] and his favourite artistic medium was using realism to comment on cultural, political and social issues in Nigeria.[2] His weekly cartoon column "Josy Ajiboye on Sunday" was a popular visual form of entertainment during the military era in the country.[3] Ajiboye is regarded among cartoon scholars as the longest serving Nigerian cartoonist and the one who brought the craft to the level of art in the country.[4][page needed][5][page needed]
Josy Ajiboye | |
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| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
| Education | Yaba College of Technology |
| Employer | Daily Times of Nigeria |
Ajiboye hails from Erinmope Ekiti Ekiti State, Nigeria. He was educated at Yaba College of Technology and was taught by some prominent artists such as Yusuf Grillo and Solomon Wangboje.[6] After his secondary education, he worked as a trainee for African Challenge Magazine, a division of the Sudan Interior Mission. He started work as a cartoonist with the Morning Post.[6] In 1971, he joined Daily Times' Art Department.[7] Ajiboye is also a painter and had his first exhibition in 1977 at the Gong Gallery, Lagos Island. He had a solo exhibition at Terra Kulture in 2011.[2] All members of Ajiboye's family ( his wife and four children) are all professional artists.[8]
References
edit- ^ Medeme, Ovwe (March 22, 2011). "Nigeria: As Jossy Ajiboye Paints for Pleasure". Daily Independent. Lagos.
- ^ a b "Ajiboye's Solo". This Day. Lagos. March 10, 2011.
- ^ "Storm in a Sunday Teacup: Cartoonist Josy Ajiboye Looks Back". Glendora Review: African Quarterly on the Arts. 3 (2): 117–122. 2001 – via Michigan State University Libraries Digital Repository.
- ^ Jimoh 2018.
- ^ Medubi 2009.
- ^ a b Jimoh 2010, p. 31.
- ^ Ibikunle, Supo (April 1977). "Spearing Josy on Show". Spear. Lagos: Daily Times.
- ^ Jimoh, Michael (January 9, 2022). "Give Us Art This Day, Our Father". THEWILL. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
Sources
edit- Jimoh, Ganiyu Akinloye (2010). The Role of Editorial Cartoons in the Democratisation Process in Nigeria: A Study of Selected Works of Three Nigerian Cartoonists. Boca Raton, FL: Dissertation.com. ISBN 9781612337746.
- Jimoh, Ganiyu (2018). "Josy Ajiboye: The Reluctant Cartoonist and Social Commentaries in Postcolonial Nigeria". International Journal of Comic Art. 20 (1): 242–254.
- Kola-Bankole, Francine (2020). "Josy Ajiboye, the Ultimate Prankster: Political Cartoonist as Egungun". African Arts. 53 (1): 24–37. doi:10.1162/afar_a_00512.
- Medubi, Oyin (2009). "Cartooning in Nigeria: Large Canvas, Little Movement". In Lent, John A. (ed.). Cartooning in Africa. Cresskill: Hampton Press. pp. 197–218.