Emmanuel Adedoyin

I] A BRIEF ON MY PREVIOUS EDUCATION , ADDING ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION TO

GIVE AN EXTRA-TRANSCRIPTAL EVALUATION OF MY OWN ACADEMIC

RECORD

MY NAME IS BIODUN, FULLY EMMANUEL ABIODUN OLUMUYIWA

ALABI OKONLAWAN ADEDOYIN,

REPUTEDLY A PRINCE OF SOME STATURE, A PRODIGIOUS MIND.

I BEGAN MY EDUCATIONAL OCCUPATION AT AROUND THE AGE OF

FOUR AT SAINT

SAVIOUR’S NURSEY SCHOOL IN IKOYI, LAGOS. THE WOODEN

CONGLOMERAT BUNGALOW THAT IT WAS AT THAT TIME WAS

CLOSE TO HOME, WE’D GO FROM RUMEN’S ROAD TO UPPER KINGSWAY

ROAD, THEN

TURN FURTHER INTO WHAT WAS THEN QUIET SUBURBIA.

SCHOOL PROPER COMMENCED AT

CORONA SCHOOLVICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA. MY MATH WAS

IMPRESSIVE. ART, AS FINE

ART/GRAPHIC ART WAS KNOWN AT THE TIME WAS MORE MY FORTE. I

LIKED

SCIENCES, IN AS MUCH AS THEY LACKED CALCULATIVE MALARKEY AT

THE

STAGE. LITERATURE, DICTION,

ENCYCLOPAEDAEUM, COMPOSITION, LEXYS, STRUCTURE, THAT STUFF I

COULD JUST

ABOUT FIND STRESS-FREE.

GEOGRAPHICAL INTUITION IS ONE THING THAT CORONA WASN’T

AWARE IT WAS

INCULCATING; WHERE WERE WE, ANYWAY? THE STUDENTS WERE

OUTWARD

LOOKING, THE STAFF HAD NO IDEA HOW GOOD THEY THEMSELVES WERE, THE

FACILITIES TAUGHT

THAT COMPETITION REALLY WASN’T A WISE OBJECTIVE AND THAT

PERFORMANCE

WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT AND SELF-DIRECTED: YOU COULD

SUCCEED. YOU REALLY HAD THE WORLD AT YOUR FEET.BEST OF ALL, THE

WORLD WOULD PROBABLY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE HECK YOU

WERE COMING AT

IT FROM. SURELY THAT ISN’T ALWAY A BAD THING.

WE ALL WANTED TO LEARN

MUSIC. ALL. NOBODY WOULD GIVE US ANY INDICATION IF WE HAD LEARNT ANYTHING. WE HAD TO FIND OUR OWN FEET. STILL,I LEARNT HOW TO SING, I COULD PLAY GUITARS AND KEYBOARDS

[THOUGH, BELIEVE ME, I WOULD PROBABLY BE THE FIRST TO DENY

IT. PEOPLE

LIKE TO SET YOU UP JUST TO KNOCK YOU DOWN AS WELL, SO YOU HAD TO BE

CAREFUL.], I LEARNED DRAMA, A LOT OF THE TIME FROM THE

SIDELINES. WHO

WERE WE, TO EVEN THINK OF HELPING OUT BACKSTAGE!

ANYHOW, MY DISCIPLINARY RECORD SEEMED TO LEAVE A LOT TO BE

DESIRED. IT

WAS HARD TO FIND HOMEWORK TIME AND SPACE. IF YOU SKIPPED

HOMEWORK, YOU

HAD A MANDATORY ONE-DAY SUSPENSION FROM CLASS -EFFECTIVE THE NEXT DAY ONWARD.

OH, AND AFTER A WHILE, YOU COULDN’T GO BACK TO CLASSES WITHOUT YOUR

PARENT OR

GUARDIAN SHOWING UP TO COLLECTIVELY SEE YOU GET WHAT FOR.

BASICALLY YOU

WORKED YOUR ARSE OFF AND IF ANYONE CARED, YOU GOT

COMMENDATIONS. I WON THE PRIZE IN ENGISH SOMETIME IN PRIMARY FIVE, THAT WAS THE

EQUIVALENT OF FIFTH GRADE. THEY ALSO GAVE ME A REASONABLE LAUNCH IN

SPORTS AND

ATHLETICS.

DUE TO A PARTICULARLY HECTIC COMMON ENTRANCE EXAMINATION SEASON, I

DIDN’T

GRADUATE INTO ONE OF THE REPUTED NATIONAL COLLEGES

INITIALLY. I WAS

ACCEPTED INTO THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, THEN

LOCATED ON

BOURDILLON ROAD IN IKOYI, LAGOS. I WOULD HAVE TO START IN

SIXTH GRADE

WITH A VIEW TO LEAVING GRADE SCHOOL IN NINTH GRADE FOR SOME

PROGRAMME IN BOSTON. I GUESS THERE IS NO COUNTRY WHERE AMERICANS CAN’T

MAKE YOU

FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULDN'T FEEL AT HOME. ANYWAY, THAT WAS A HELL OF A

MIND-BLOWING

TRIP TILL ONE OF THE SO-CALLED REPUTED NATIONAL

COLLEGES, FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE, LAGOS, NIGERIA [F.G.C.L.], GAVE ME A LATE CALL-UP ABOUT

HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND TERM IN SIXTH GRADE.

MY PET NAME FOR F.G.C.L. WAS “THE SCHOOL OF HARD

KNOCKS”. BOARDING

SCHOOL LIFE WAS KIND OF TOUGH. ANYWAY I HAVE TO SAY I LEARNT A FEW CLASSIC BON MOTS. WHAT I

LEARNT IS

THIS : MATHEMATICS AS A PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF THOUGHT IS

DECIDEDLY

INEFFECTIVE. IT DOES NOT WORK. PEOPLE CAN BE DECIDEDLY

AGRESSIVE. KEEP A

TIGHT HOLD ON WHAT YOU’VE GOT. MARRY EARLY, AND

OFTEN. MARIJUANA IS AN

UNRIVALLED PANACEA.

I SOON FOUND

MYSELF

HAVING TO ATTEND ANOTHER

SCHOOL, GOVERNMENT

COLLEGE VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS, NIGERIA.

ABOUT A YEAR THEREON I

FORCED MY

WAY INTO AN EDUCATIONAL PLACING IN THE UNITED

KINGDOM. GABBITAS-THRING [AN EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANCY]

PLACED ME IN BROOKLAND HALL SCHOOL, WELSHPOOL, POWYS, UK. LIFE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

WAS A CULTURE SHOCK.

THE WEATHER WAS COLD AND MY FELLOW STUDENTS LACKED COUTH. I GOT AN A GRADE LISTING IN ENGLISH AT THE

WELSH JOINT EXAMINATIONS BOARD IN MY FIRST YEAR.I ENDED UP WITH

THREE 'O'LEVELS

AND A LOT OF FOREGROUND AND BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE.AT THE TIME, THE ONLY COMPUTERS GENERALLY AVAILABLE WERE THE

BBC ACORN AND SINCLAIR SOFT TOUCH SERIES. I STAYED AN EXTRA

YEAR TRYING TO MAKE UP SOME GRADES. AS IT TURNED OUT, I WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO GO

ONWARD IN MY EDUCATION.

I CHOSE

KELLY COLLEGE TAVISTOCK DEVON, UK. CORNISH PASTIES, THE MYTHICAL

ENGLISH

LOCAL PUB,RUGGER [RUGBY FOOTBALL] EXPERIENCE AND A LOT OF GOOD TIMES IN THE

KELLY

COLLEGE MUSIC SCHOOL.

OKAY,SO I LEARN A LOT MORE THAN MY

GRADES CAN DISCLOSE.

I GOT TWO 'D' GRADES IN ECONOMICS AND ENGLISH AT ADVANCED CERTIFICATE LEVEL.I GOT A 'U' IN

FINE

ART. ANYBODY COULD GO TO THE KELLY COLLEGE MUSIC SCHOOL CHAMBERS AND TRY THEIR SKILLS OUT ON

INSTRUMENTS. WHAT

HAPPENED AFTERWARD IS

WHAT YOU COULD CALL A GREAT TIME.

AFTER THIS, I HAD TO TAKE A

CRAMMER

COURSE AT D’OVERBROECK’S TUTORIAL COLLEGE IN OXFORD, UK.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO

BREAK YOUR NECK TRYING TO EXPRESS YOURSELF.I DIDN’T BREAK MY

NECK.THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT I EXPRESSED

MYSELF.I

DID ATTAIN A 'B' GRADE IN COMMERCE AND A 'C' GRADE IN BUSINESS

STUDIES AT THE O LEVEL STAGE.

I DID TRY MY HAND AT COLLEGE PROPER. THE

TIME.UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS IN NIGERIA GAVE ME A POLITICAL SCIENCE PLACING

BUT I

DIDN'T FIND THE METHODS

SUITABLE FOR MY ADAPTATIVE TEMPERAMENT.

AFTER A WHILE I MOVED BACK TO THE

UK, LIVING IN A SQUAT IN THE SOUTH-EAST OF LONDON AND DID SOME COLLEGE AT

KENSINGTON COLLEGE OF

BUSINESS,

THEN AT WALHAM GROVE, FULHAM. I KNOW BUSINESS

ADMINISTRATION TECHNIQUES IN MARKETING, ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT,

MARKETING, BUSINESS LAW AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

SPIRITUAL AND MYSTICAL CERTAINTY AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF

THIS DAY AND AGE, MADE ME INTERESTED IN THEOLOGICAL MATTERS, SO I CAME TO THE REALISATION OF A LONG-TERM AMBITION TO BECOME A CREATIVE PARSER OF THE SCRIPTURE AND HOLY

WRIT, A PARSON. GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS.

I DARESAY GOD MIGHT NOT BE A RESPECTER OF PARSONS:A PARSON

NEED KNOW

REASON WHY GOD ENDURES.

I WORKED OUT REASONABLY IN

THEOLOGY [MY MAJOR WAS PATORAL MUSIC] AT THE

WEST AFRICA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN IPAJA ,

LAGOS.

ON THE WAY HERE I PICKED UP SOME KNOWLEDGE IN COMPUTER

PROGRAMMING. AROUND THIS TIME I FOUND I HAD DISCALCULIA [A PROBLEM WITH

MATHEMATICAL AND ARITMETICAL APTITUDE].

I ALSO LEARNED SOME

RUDIMENTARY FRENCH

GRAMMAR. I ALSO ATTAINED A DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY.

II] A DESCRIPTION OF MY BACKGROUND AS A WRITER, INCLUDING MY

ACADEMIC

TRAINING, EXPERIENTAL LEARNING, WORKSHOPS, CONTINUING

EDUCATION COURSES.

I WRITE CREATIVELY AS A

MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, ARRANGER, PRODUCER AND LYRIC WRITER.

I WRITE POETRY

IF I HAVE THE TIME OR INCLINATION. BASICALLY I’M MORE OF A LYRIC

WRITER.I LIKE THE CLASSICS IN AS MUCH AS I HAD A BENEFICIAL

BRUSH WITH

THEM IN SCHOOL. I DID SOME OTHELLO, SOME HAMLET.

I TOOK SOME

COMPREHENSIVE COURSES IN MUSIC AND HISTORY OF MUSIC WITHIN

BACCALAUREAT. MUSIC WAS MY MAJOR. I AM A

SOLO ARTIST OF SOME

REPUTE AND AGREEABLE TEMPERAMENT, KNOWN IN

PERFORMANCE AS

ADONIY, A PLAY ON THE NAME ADEDOYIN.

III] A DESCRIPTION OF MY GOALS AS A WRITER AND HOW

CREATIVE WRITING HELPING ME TO FULFILL THESE GOALS:

ONE NEEDS A CLARIFICATION OF PARAMETER.H ENCE IT MIGHT BE A

GOOD IDEA TO ENCOMPASS THE FINER POINTS OF ONE’S CHOSEN PHILOSOPHICAL

DISCIPLINE. I INTEND TO IMPROVE MY STANDARD OF EFFORT, I WISH TO MAKE THE KIND OF WORK I & MY FOREBEARS WILL BE PROUD OF.I HAVE A

DREAM I

INTEND TO DEVELOP POST-HASTE AND I DO BELIEVE I INTEND TO

STRETCH THE

LIMITS OF ARTISTIC LICENSE TO A DESIRED PURPOSE.

IV] A SELF-ATTESTATION OF MY ABILITY TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY:

I LOVE TO WRITE. I LOVE LITERATURE. I LOVE COMPOSURE IN WORK

AND IN

ITS’ FORMATION. GIVEN A FOOTBALL TEAM, I WOULD BUILD THEM

AND TRAIN

THEM BY AND IN ACTUAL PLAY. GIVEN A BAND , I WOULD TEACH THEM

HOW TO

JAM. I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT I WILL BE ALLOWED TIME TO

COMPOSE

AND PERFORM MY OWN WORK.

I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO A CATALYST OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING :

THEORETICALLY,

AT LEAST, IF NOT IN PRACTICE

AND PERSONAL THEOLOGY AND CATHECHISM,

I AM A QUALIFIED PASTOR AND THEOLOGIAN. I’M PRETTY

MUCH A

SELF-MOTIVATED SELF SUSTAINING UNIT.

I REMAIN THE REVEREND PRINCE EMMANUEL ABIODUN ADEDOYIN

Work Experience

Jekoyemi Kale Oluwa & Son, Docemo Street, Lagos, NG. 1970-1976: Trade and Bartering at sales; sales point administration and on-site hawking at family shop stalls; after school hours. Design of hand-bag and suitcase aesthetics at Doyin Bags (a division of Jekoyemi Kale Oluwa and Son) for manufacture by foreign partners of the family firm.

Doyin Shoes, Ilupeju, Lagos, NG.1979: Design of footwear aesthetics for manufacture by foreign partners of the family firm. Doyin Electronics, Alaba-Mile 2, Lagos NG. 1978-1987: Manufacturing line assistant, Television set, Video Cassette Recorder and Cassette Tape Recorder assembly. Synthesizer and tone generator development, testing and quality control for Samsonic Electronics, Japan and ACMA Electronics, Japan (while based in Lagos, Nigeria).

Doyin Investments Nigeria Limited, Obun-Eko Street, Lagos, NG. 1979-1982: Office understudy and accounting clerk. (School vacation activity) .

Adoniy Business Center, New Yidi Road, Ilorin, NG. 1993-1994: CEO/Administrative Co-Ordinator of a team running outboard office functions for firms and individuals in a functionally sparse environment at said time. Services included computer typesetting, telex addressing and transmission, bookbinding and lamination, photocopy and typing.

Doyin Group of Companies, Commercial Road, Apapa, Lagos, NG. 2002-2004. Understudy to the office of the Chairman, Doyin Group. Liaison with Lagos State Architectural Planning Commission over ownership and propriety of landed properties, assisting in Co-Ordinating new product lines, clearing and forwarding of bulk raw-materials toward manufacture of soaps and detergents, soft drinks and food seasoning products.

Adoniy Bastion and Commerce/ Episcope Entertainment, Victoria Island, Lagos, NG. CEO of record label dedicated to furthering personal ambitions in the world wide music industry. Against the tide of business investment and prevalent opinion, worked on demo recordings and dub plates.

Personal participation in choral duties in church (guitarist). Performance and representation for numerous songs, uploaded with commensurate success relative to available investment unto sites like SoundCloud.com, Twitmusic.com, Bandcamp.com and presently available on audiomack.com, etc. Video compositions also met with adequate attention on YouTube.com, Vimeo.com and presently doing well on vk.com Please see my repertoire from the hyperlinks at my linktree sites, from where you can read samples of my social commentary and critique on my social media pages on Facebook.com and Twitter.com

Personal interests include motion pictures, music, fashion, glamour, classic and modern literature and journalism, comic books, graphic novels, hentai and anime.

Eager and participative.

Emmanuel-Abiodun Adedoyin

Performance name Adoniy (The Reverend Prince Emmanuel Abiodun Adedoyin).

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