Paschal Eze

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C. Paschal Eze
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C. Paschal Eze

Isiekenesi, Ideato, Imo State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian, American
Other namesC. Paschal Eze
Alma mater Abia State University

C. Paschal Eze is a Nigerian American tourism marketing consultant. Born in Nigeria, Ezekiel worked as a journalist in The Gambia but currently serves as Vice President for Africa at the Hawaii USA-headquartered International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP). Ezekiel has authored over a dozen books since 1998.

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Early life

C. Paschal Eze was born in the 1960s near Orlu in Imo State, located in the southeastern region of Nigeria, the eldest of seven children raised in Owerri (the capital city of Imo State). From 1985 to 1987, Eze studied Library Science at the Federal Polytechnic Nekede. In 1992, he graduated in Government and Public Administration from the Abia State University, Uturu in Abia State, southeastern Nigeria.

Career

In 1996, Eze was ordained a minister of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Between 1996 and 2001, Eze served as a Gambia church pastor and held a variety of paid positions in education, tourism and news media. [1] In 2001, Eze was a vice president of the Global Communication Research Association, headquartered at the Macquarie University in Sydney that supports media and communication researchers from geographically and epistemologically underrepresented areas. [2] In February 2001, Eze founded the Gambia Media Network Against AIDS (MENAA), a coalition of Gambian print and electronic media journalists organized to combat AIDS. [3] Eze also served as deputy editor-in-chief of The Daily Observer , [4] a daily newspaper in The Gambia. [5]

In late February 2001, Eze was made acting editor in chief of The Daily Observer. [6] [7] In June, The Independent reported that Eze was confronted by the management of the Daily Observer and told to not publish interviews or stories about United Democratic Party politician Lamin Waa Juwara. [7] Three days later, Eze tendered his resignation as editor in chief along with ten other member of the editorial staff. [8] In response to the mass resignation being considered "a major blow," Eze noted that he and the others resigned "because our credibility was at stake and, by so doing we want the world to know that we cannot compromise on the ethics of our profession." [9] [10] That same day, two more reporters resigned from their positions at the Observer. [11]

From 2002, Eze was editor in chief of The Entrepreneur Magazine, [12] a publication of the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In May of that year, Eze chaired the Miss Gambia 2002 beauty pageant. [13]

In 2003, Eze was re-ordained as a minister of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ seven years after his first ordination. In August 2003, having moved to London, his second book Playing Casino With God was published. [14]

Two months later he moved to Coralville, Iowa. Owning and operating a Christian bookshop, he organized the Christian Book Fair International from 2004-2006. In November 2008, Eze was interviewed by the American Black Journal, [15] where he provided an African perspective on what Barack Obama's victory meant to Africans [15] and his views on the impact that Barack Obama would have on Africa as the US President. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Paschal Eze: Early Life, Career, Publications, Further Reading, and a List of Books by Author Paschal Eze". www.paperbackswap.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  2. ↑ "About GCRA". www.gcra-eg.info. September 26, 2001. Archived from the original on 11 May 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "Launching Media Network Against AIDS". AllAfrica.com . February 12, 2001.
  4. ↑ "Unique Solutions Organises Internet Awareness Course For Journalists". AllAfrica.com . February 13, 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  5. ↑ Amnesty International Staff (2000). Amnesty International Report 2001. Amnesty International USA. p. 106. ISBN   1-887204-27-X . Retrieved 3 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "Observer Chief Editor Calls It Quits". AllAfrica.com . February 23, 2001.
  7. 1 2 "As APRC Bigwigs Confront Observer Editors Waa Juwara Stories Stopped". AllAfrica.com . June 15, 2001.
  8. ↑ "Gambia: Ten on editorial staff of daily newspaper reportedly resign in protest". World News Connection . June 18, 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  9. ↑ "Gambia: Ten on editorial staff of daily newspaper reportedly resign in protest". World News Connection . National Technical Information Service. June 18, 2001.
  10. ↑ "Gambian Journalism Bleeds". AllAfrica.com . June 18, 2001.
  11. ↑ "Two More Observer Reporters Resign". AllAfrica.com . June 19, 2001.
  12. ↑ "Paschal Eze Appointed Miss Tourism Worlds Organisation Wa Director". AllAfrica.com . October 25, 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  13. ↑ "GTA Strikes Accord With Chicago E-Tools". The Independent . May 24, 2002.
  14. ↑ "Ex-Observer Editor Authors Book". AllAfrica.com . August 12, 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  15. 1 2 "American Black Journal host Lloyd Jackson talks about what Barack Obama's victory means to Africans with Nigerian author Paschal Eze". American Black Journal. Episode 3905. Detroit, Michigan. November 13, 2008. WTVS. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009.
  16. ↑ Fortune, Cornelius (December 10, 2008). "Obama's influence on Africa, the world". Michigan Chronicle . Archived from the original on October 12, 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  17. ↑ Visscher, Marco (October 2008). "The media should show Africa some love". Ode magazine. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
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