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Anike Agbaje-Williams, Africa’s first TV face, dies at 88

Anike Agbaje-Williams, Africa’s first TV face, dies at 88

Anike Agbaje-Williams, the first person to appear on African television, has died at the age of 88. Agbaje-Williams made history on October 31, 1959, when she became the first face to be seen on Western Nigerian Television (WNTV) during its test transmission and official opening night. WNTV, now the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), was Africa’s …