Yola, Adamawa May 12, 2021 (Issuewire.com) - Chinenyeze (CJ) Iwu is a 20-year-old African American college student studying at the American University of Nigeria (AUN). CJ started his studies at AUN during the Fall 2019 semester. Even though he’s had a gap semester during the Fall 2021 semester, he’s still determined to graduate on time in Spring of 2023. You’ll often find him in the gym exercising or in the library editing videos.
Furthermore, CJ is the face behind the Instagram vlog “AUNwithCJ." AUNwithCJ is pretty self-explanatory: it’s about CJ’s life at AUN. But this isn’t just any traditional vlog. AUNwithCJ is designed as a “tv show” about CJ’s life at AUN. Yes, that means there are episodes, a production team, trailers, cinematics, even interludes. Each piece of content is even captioned with English subtitles “courtesy of the production team.” The production team consists of three anonymous individuals who refine, manage, and edit AUNwithCJ content. X, Y, Z are the “orange,” “green,” and “purple” producers, respectively.
From its beginning, AUNwithCJ was designed to be as close to a TV show as possible. Each of CJ’s weeks is captured in Episodes. Each of CJ’s semesters is divvied up into Seasons. At the end of each season is a Season Finale. Preceding every season (or semester) is a Season Trailer. Following each season finale is a Season Promotion. Short films capturing notable events are cinematics. Even the bridges between two seasons are called Interludes. The rationale -- according to CJ -- is “What better way to document something this mesmerizing than a TV show?”
AUNwithCJ is a vlog that is inherently primarily about CJ’s life at AUN. However, it’s not exclusively about CJ at AUN; AUNwithCJ involves the entire AUN community. A cinematic titled “ASCA” is about congratulating the Spring 2020 AUN Student Choice Award nominees. In addition, AUNwithCJ created an original series called “We Asked AUN students'' or WAAUNS for short. WAAUNS is a casual interview montage of AUN students showcasing their thoughts on a particular topic, like their high school experience.
On top of CJ’s Instagram personality, he’s also a loctician with his company “LocsfromCJ.” LocsfromCJ is a recent startup from CJ to retwist and treat locs. LocsfromCJ is inherently based in Yola, Adamawa, because CJ is currently studying at AUN. When asked why he started LocsfromCJ, CJ told us that “Nobody in Yola could retwist his locs, so he had to learn it himself.” We cross-checked his claim, and apparently, it’s true: according to Google, the nearest loctician is in Abuja.
After speaking with CJ, we’ve concluded that he has a bright future ahead of him. Despite not being a Communications and Media Design major, he has a production team and runs a tv show vlog. Despite not being a Business Administration major, he runs his own dreadlock maintenance startup. Who knows, maybe we’ll even get an AUNwithCJ movie one day -- we’ll just have to wait and see.
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