Isabella Akinseye is the founder of Yellow Tamarind Production, a television production outfit. Prior to establishing her company, the young lady had a job a lot of people are yearning for. She was under the employment of Nestle, but she quit the job to follow her passion.
In a chat with Saturday Beats, she explained why she quit a well-paying job to establish a television production outfit.
“I left Nestlé Nigeria Plc in November 2015. It was hard. I still visit and the love, hugs and smiles are so comforting and touching. I have so many fond memories of my time at Nestlé. I left to follow my dreams. As a creative person, I needed time and space to incubate my ideas and projects. Also, I now have the opportunity to pitch ideas to Nestlé without any issues of conflict of interest. I have always done several things at the same time while in school, so naturally, in my adult life, I have my hands in several pies and I’m loving it. A lot of people told me they admired my courage. They tell me that I did the right thing to follow my dreams, especially while I am still young with not as many responsibilities. A few were not so pleased with my move and thought I was making a mistake, citing that I still had a lot to do in the corporate world. Others felt the timing was not right and that I should not be giving up a job when people are looking for jobs. Not everyone understood it. I have learnt that you can’t please everyone no matter how hard you try,” she said.
She said, “First of all, we have very few art shows out there. Abroad, arts and culture are a big deal, but here in Nigeria, it is politics, music, sports, reality and fashion. So there is a gap and Africana Literati is only too happy to fill it. We are making reading and learning cool with a touch of Mama Africa. As a teacher, it was natural that I would want to teach my audience a thing or two and I do that on the ‘Back to School’ segment which focuses on spelling, pronunciation and African slang.”Already, she has a show, Africana Literati, which is aimed at reviving the reading culture among Nigerians.
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