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Adeyinka Makinde

Adeyinka Makinde trained for the law. He is a contributor to various websites on topics such as boxing, history, music and culture. His first book, Dick Tiger: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal was published in 2005. His latest offering is Jersey Boy: The Life and Mob Slaying of Frankie DePaula which was released in 2010.
Website: http://adeyinkamakinde.homestead.com/

Interests: My main writing interests concern boxing -boxing history as well as contemporary developments in the sport. I am also interested in political history and international relations and hope to develop a writing profile in both areas.

Published writer: Yes

Freelance: Yes

 

Published works:

Nonfiction

  • DICK TIGER: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal
  • JERSEY BOY: The Life and Mob Slaying of Frankie DePaula
  • Other

  • Slavic Promise
  • On Greatness
  • Remembering Dick Tiger
  • Boxing Dialogue - An Interview with Ron Lipton
  • DVD Review: The Superfight- Marciano Versus Ali
  • Book Review - Becoming Something: The Story of Canada Lee
  • Book Review: Sam Langford
  • Music Syncretism: Blues Rock
  • The Igbos: A Lost Tribe of Israel?
  • Frankie DePaula's Curious Bout with Bob Foster: 22nd January 1969
  • Adeyinka Makinde on ‘On The Grind Boxing Radio’ - Interview Transcript and Audio
  • Transcript of the Book Launch of JERSEY BOY: The Life and Mob slaying of Frankie DePaula at the Jersey City Library
  • Book Review of Alex Von Tunzelmann’s RED HEAT: Conspiracy, Murder and the Cold War in the Caribbean
  • Commentary: Ron Lipton – Missing in Action
  • Dick Tiger vs. Henry Hank: A Golden Era of Middleweight Boxers
  • Democracy and the Secret State: The Deception and Terrorisation of Populaces from the Era of Gladio to the War on Terror
  • Patriotism and Boxing: A Story of Saints and Scoundrels
  • The Politics of Anthony Mundine
  • Ali: The Evolution of a Legend
  • The Benn, Eubank, Watson Rivalry
  • Boxing - Rousing the Nigerian Giant
  • Adeyinka Makinde on 'Garvey's Children' - Interview Transcript
  • Book Review: In the Ring with Bob Fitzsimmons
  • The Pride and the Passion - Barcelona versus Manchester United
  • The Igbo and Jewry
  • Book Review: Ultimate Tough Guy- The Life & Times of James J. Jeffries
  • Book Review: Jacobs Beach - The Mob, The Garden and the Golden Age of Boxing
  • Review of Manning Marable\'s Malcolm X: A Life of Re-Invention
  • COMMENTARY: The Spanish National Football Team’s Place in History
  • On Liberty and Vigilance: The Price of Freedom in the era of the ‘War on Terror’
  • Dick Tiger vs. Henry Hank: A Golden Era of Middleweight Boxers
  • Anatomy of a Grudge Fight
  • Pug of Ages: Weep For Me
  • Retreading Hagler Versus Hearns
  • Book Review: Joe Louis and Jesse Owens
  • Adeyinka Makinde on 'Just For Books' - Interview Transcript
  • BOOK REVIEW: John R. Bradley’s ‘AFTER THE ARAB SPRING: How Islamists hijacked the Middle East Revolts’ by Adeyinka Makinde
  • Limbo Kings
  • Pope Pius and History
  • Adeyinka Makinde on 'A Story to Tell' - Interview Transcript
  • The Legacy of Michael Jackson
  • Adeyinka Makinde e-mail interview on African boxing
  • MALCOLM THE LEADER: A Response to Ozodi Osuji’s ‘Thoughts On The Personality of Malcolm X’
  • The Hummingbird Review: A Literary Anthology (Volume III/Number 1)
  • FILM REVIEW: Skyfall (2012)
  • Military Commissions and Natural Justice: Lessons from History for the Trial of those Accused of Perpetrating the September 11th Atrocity
  • Dick Tiger Radio Documentary on the BBC World Service
  • Frankie DePaula: In Memorium
  • Lennox Lewis: Striving For a Place in History
  • Michael Gerard Tyson: A Pugilistic Obituary
  • The Mysteries of Frankie DePaula
  • Book Review: Battling Siki - A Tale of Ring Fixes, Race and Murder in the 1920s
  • Commentary: Ron Lipton – Referee
  • Book Review - Peerless: THe Sugar Ray Robinson Story
  • Film Review: Valkyrie
  • Book Review: One Ring Circus
  • Book Review: Oscar Micheaux– The Life of America\'s First Black Filmmaker
  • FILM REVIEW: CARLOS (2010)
  • Wladimir Klitschko versus David Haye: A Heavyweight Battle of the Age
  • Book Review of Chinua Achebe’s THERE WAS A COUNTRY: A Personal History of Biafra
  • Dick Tiger vs. Henry Hank: A Golden Era of Middleweight Boxers
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