Ìwé Ìròhìn: Nigeria's First Newspaper (1859-1867)

Ìwé Ìròhìn fún àwọn ará Ẹgbá àti Yorùbá was a Yoruba and English language newspaper that ran for eight years from 1859 to 1867 for the Egba people of Abeokuta and the rest of Yorubaland. The paper is considered the first indigenous language newspaper in West Africa and was under the direction of Reverend Henry Townsend a missionary of the Anglican Church. James Ede, an Egbaman, who was trained by Henry Townsend, served as the chief printer of the newspaper. Townsend's main intention was to propagate the Anglican faith of Christianity and to also encourage the Egbas and other Yorubas to read and write. Ìwé Ìròhìn was the First Newspaper in Nigeria. #HistoryVille Join this channel to become a member: https://www.youtube.com/HistoryVille/... Get Ayomide Akinbode's latest historical novels on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ayomide-Akinbo... and Okadabooks: https://okadabooks.com/user/AyoAkinbode Subscribe to HistoryVille: https://www.youtube.com/HistoryVille?... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Social Media: Instagram:   / historyville   Twitter:   / historyville   LinkedIn:   / historyville   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For interesting historical articles visit: https://www.thehistoryville.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:00 Founding of Iwe Irohin 01:50 Circulation and Contents 03:18 The Decline of Iwe Irohin 04:06 Succeeding Newspapers 07:40 Indigenous Newspapers 11:00 Next Video