Sam Umukoro: How did you come up with the title Excuse Me?
VICTOR EHIKHAMENOR: When you watch a dance with giants, you must climb a tree to have a clearer view. At the start, NEXT newspapers had some of the most fantastic line up of writers – Okey Ndibe, Ikhide Ikheloa, Teju Cole, Pius Adesanmi and many other great minds who were all in the same space. In the midst of these heavy hitters, I needed a name that would say "I dey here too o!" I needed an attention grabbing title and Excuse Me was dynamic and versatile. The phrase has flavour, depending on how you deploy it. I initially called it Excuse Me, Sir! But Amma Ogan, NEXT's Editorial Director at the time, nipped the "sir" because she said I was not going to be talking to just men only. That is Amma for you, a great surgical editor.
VICTOR EHIKHAMENOR: When you watch a dance with giants, you must climb a tree to have a clearer view. At the start, NEXT newspapers had some of the most fantastic line up of writers – Okey Ndibe, Ikhide Ikheloa, Teju Cole, Pius Adesanmi and many other great minds who were all in the same space. In the midst of these heavy hitters, I needed a name that would say "I dey here too o!" I needed an attention grabbing title and Excuse Me was dynamic and versatile. The phrase has flavour, depending on how you deploy it. I initially called it Excuse Me, Sir! But Amma Ogan, NEXT's Editorial Director at the time, nipped the "sir" because she said I was not going to be talking to just men only. That is Amma for you, a great surgical editor.
- Ikhide
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