By OMON OKHUELEIGBE

A seismic moment is about to grace the African communication landscape as Fr. Dr. Okhueleigbe Osemhantie Amos, distinguished scholar of Interpretive Journalism and one of Nigeria’s most decorated communication minds, prepares to launch his newest intellectual monument, an earth-turning volume on Family Communication.

Renowned across the country’s academic and media spheres, Fr. Dr. Osemhantie stands in a rare class of his own. Holder of ten university certificates, a prolific writer whose reflections illuminate newspapers, journals, and digital platforms, he has, within the final stretch of the outgoing year, already authored three books, reviewed three publications, and penned nine forewords. His voice is as steady as it is authoritative; his scholarship, as fertile as it is farsighted.

Now, after years of painstaking research into the communicative dynamics that shape, strengthen, and sometimes strain the modern family, he presents a masterwork distilled from the crucible of rigorous inquiry and lived experience. The forthcoming book, a

25-chapter tome, carries the rare weight of dual forewords: one by Prof. Emeritus Okorodudu-Fabura of Obafemi Awolowo University, and another by Dr. Lilian Idimah, celebrated family health consultant and advocate for family wellness.

Readers will encounter within its pages an uncommon glossary, carefully curated to reflect contemporary and indigenous communicative realities, as well as a sweeping index that opens the text’s intellectual corridors with precision and clarity. Published by Adoption Printing House, Umuahia, Abia State, the work is a cross-sectional study of the human family, its structures, its tensions, its evolving identities, and its communicative heartbeat.

The official review, scheduled for December 19, 2025, at Brother Roman Centre, Edo State, will be undertaken by a respected professor and Knight of the Church, further accentuating the book’s gravitas and the esteem it commands in academic and ecclesial circles.

With this publication, Fr. Dr. Osemhantie Osemhantie Amos does not merely add another title to his expanding bookshelf; he redefines the scholarly conversation on family life and solidifies his place as a thought-leader whose ideas continue to shape the discipline of communication in Africa and beyond.

At the moment, two options are ideal, to be at the event centre for the unveiling of the book or to reach out to the seasoned author for copies for yourself & friends. You need not have family problems before learning of the best means to communicate in the family.

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