Adeyinka Makinde
 Adeyinka Makinde is Nigerian by birth and based in England. He trained as a barrister and has served as a lecturer in law at a number of colleges and universities in the United Kingdom. A student of boxing, his columns and match reports have appeared on various websites on the World Wide Web including cyberboxingzone.com and eastsideboxing.com. His work has appeared in Le Soliel, the premier Senegalese newspaper. He has also contributed to African Renaisssance, a quarterly journal dedicated to the socio-political and economic affairs of the continent, and Black Star News, a New York City based investigative newspaper.
He is the author of the biography, Dick Tiger: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal, which was published in 2005. The book received excellent reviews world wide from boxing publications such as The Ring (America), Boxing News (England), The Fist (Australia), and MondoBoxe.com (Italy).
His article, Pug of Ages: Weep for Me (2002), which explores the economic, social and cultural aspects of boxing, is reprinted alongside classic essays on boxing by William Hazlitt and Joyce Carol Oates as source material in two English language academic textbooks concerned with developing critical thinking skills among pre-university High School students in the United States. Writing: The Synthesis Essay and English Language and Composition: Analysis, Argument and Synthesis by John Brassil, Sandra Coker and Carl W. Glover. (Peoples Education, New Jersey, USA 2007).
In 2006, he served as both consultant and contributor to a BBC World Service Radio produced documentary on the life of Dick Tiger, and in 2007, he appeared on a Sky TV broadcast; an IMG/TWI produced programme entitled 'Deadly Rivals' in regard to which he contributed expert opinon on the Michael Watson-Chris Eubank and Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier boxing rivalries. He was featured on the highly rated Bisi Olatilo Show in October 2008.
He is currently writing a biography on Frankie DePaula, a Jersey City boxer who was assassinated by the Mafia.
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 |
