Man-Must-Wack: Life and Career of University of Lagos Pioneer Vendor

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dc.contributor.authorAkinyele, R.T
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-14T14:00:24Z
dc.date.available2019-03-14T14:00:24Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionJournal Articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractThe newspaper has been a part of the intellectual culture of the University of Lagos since its inception in 1962. The history of the institution will therefore remain largely incomplete without the documentation of the activities of the vendor who dominated the landscape for more than twenty five years. This paper attempts to highlight the life and career of Mr. Philip Nwadigwu Abasiri, popularly known as Man-Must-Wack. His experience in Onitsha and Lagos in the 1940s illustrates some of the key issues in rural-urban drift which is still a major problem in Nigeria today. He started selling his newspapers in the University in 1964 and the business expanded with the evolution of the faculties. By the time he retired from active business in the late 1980s, he had planted two of his sons in the business. The paper also highlights how the personal characteristics and trade techniques that ensured his success as a vendor can be harnessed to reduce the rate of unemployment in Nigeria.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTertiary Education Trust Funden_US
dc.identifier.citationAkinyele, R.T (2016). Man-Must-Wack: Life and Career of University of Lagos Pioneer Vendor. Unilag Journal of Humanities, Vol.3(2).en_US
dc.identifier.issn2408-5030
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3960
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Lagos Press, Akokaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUnilag Journal of Humanities;Vol.3(2)
dc.subjectNewspapersen_US
dc.subjectVendoren_US
dc.subjectUniversity of Lagosen_US
dc.subjectRural – Urban Driften_US
dc.titleMan-Must-Wack: Life and Career of University of Lagos Pioneer Vendoren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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