Joseph N. C. Egemonye
Joseph N. C. Egemonye | |
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Mr Joe N. C. Egemonye., The 22-year old Editor of “The Voice of Youth” | |
| Born | 6 December 1933 |
| Died | 8 March 2011 (aged 77) London, England, U.K |
| Nationality | Nigerian British |
| Alma mater | Manchester College of Commerce University of Manchester (BSc) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Editor, Novelist, Entrepreneur, Educationist, Politician |
| Children | Ucheakpunwa, Nkolika, Ekwutosi, Cheznee, Ajaegbo, Ogechukwu, Chinekwu |
Joseph N. C. Egemonye (1933 – 2011) was a Nigerian journalist, writer, politician and businessman. He was the Igbo editor of The Eastern Nigeria Observer from September 1960, under Joseph Akpan as editor. He later founded an Anglican Youth Fellowship magazine called The Voice of Youth. On the 5th of September 1974, he co-founded the Winston-Salem Chronicle, the oldest community newspaper in Winston-Salem, United States. In 1986, he became Editor-in-chief and founder of The Nigeria Monitor newspaper, the first weekly newspaper in Nnewi, southeastern Nigeria