Julie Coker

**Julie Coker** Tsohuwar 'yar jaridar talabijin ce da kuma mai watsa shirye-shirye. Ta kasance fuskar da aka saba da ita a cikin watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin a Najeriya a farkon masana'antar. 

## Rayuwa

### Farkon rayuwa da ilimi
Mahaifin Coker ta kasance Ba Yarbiya ce daga birnin Abeokuta yayin da mahaifiyarta Itsekiri ce daga yankin Warri. Ta girma ne a Legas tare da mahaifiyarta da mahaifinta kuma ta halarci makarantar firamare ta St Mary, wadda mishanan darikar katolika suka kafa, kuma kuma sananniyar matan mu. A makaranta, Julie ta sami sha'awar mawaƙa da kuma wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayo, sha'awar da mata ke yi. Daga baya ta sami shiga Kwalejin Yara na Holy Holy. Lokacin da take da shekara goma sha huɗu, mahaifiyarta ta kamu da rashin lafiya kuma ta tafi ƙauyensu don murmurewa, Coker ta kasance tare da dangin mahaifinta wanda ke zaune a wata ƙungiya. Amma bayan shekara guda, ba tare da wasika ko wasika daga mahaifiyarta ba, sai ta yi kasada a cikin hanyoyin ruwan da baƙi za su je su neme ta a yankin Sapele na jihar Delta ta yanzu. Coker ya yi magana da Yarbanci kuma ba ya magana Itsekiri, yaren dangin mahaifiyarsa. Lokacin da ta sauka a Sapele, ta yi magana da baƙi don bayyana abin da ta sani game da ƙauyen mahaifiyarta kuma da magariba, wani ya sami taimako kuma ya kai ta wurin kakarta. Bayan 'yan kwanaki bayan haka da fargaba da yawa, aka kai ta ga mahaifiyarta wacce ba ta da lafiya. Ta zauna tare da ita har lokacin da ta sami ƙarfi. Lokacin da ta shirya komawa makaranta, mahaifiyarta ta kashe abin da ta tanada. Coker ta nemi membobin gidan don biyan kuɗin makaranta amma ta iya samun cikakken biya. Ta kasance a wannan lokacin a rayuwarta, ƙanin kakanta ya yaudare shi cikin farkon aure saurayi. Ta kasance a takaice a cikin gidan mutumin har sai da ta tsere tare da taimakon innarta zuwa Legas. A Legas, ta sami gurbin karatu ne don ci gaba a Makarantar Holy Child. A cikin shekarar 1957, ta wakilci makarantar ta a cikin wani bikin fasaha wanda aka nuna a Jaridar Daily Times. Bayan da ta bar karatun sakandare, Coker ta fara koyarwa a wata tashar ba da sani a Warri,, a wannan lokacin ne ta lura da talla ce ta wata gasa ta Western Western Nigeria. Coker ta shiga kuma ta lashe gasar a shekarar 1958,  a waccan shekarar, ita ce ke tsere a gasar Miss Nigeria.

### Kulawa
Kawun Kogon Coker, Mai shari'a Ighodaro ya kasance yana da alaƙa da masu gudanarwa da yawa a yankin Yammaci, lokacin da Coker yake so ya yi aiki a cikin watsa shirye-shirye, ta sami damar jawo mata magana tare da manajan tashar TV. A cikin shekarar 1959, ta zama memba na kungiyar WNTV, da farko ta fara aiki a matsayin mai karɓar maraba amma da Anike Agbaje-Williams tana da ciki kuma tana son ci gaba da izinin haihuwa, sai aka shigo da Coker a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin.  Coker ya zama ɗayan sanannun sananniyar masu watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin a Najeriya. Bayan da Gidan Talabijin na Yammacin Najeriya ta fara aiki a matsayin tashar talabijin ta farko a Najeriya, Coker ita ce mace ta biyu mai ba da sanarwar amma sabanin Anike Agbaje-Williams wacce ta yi aiki a matsayin mai gabatarwa kuma darektan shirye-shirye, Coker ta daɗe yana aiki kamar yadda aka saba gani a kan watsa shirye-shiryen talabijin. 

Ban da talabijin, Coker ta saki kundin album guda uku a karkashin EMI Music Nigeria kuma ta kasance mai wasan kwaikwayo acikin fim din, *Abincin dare tare da Iblis* (Dinner with the devil).

## Manazarta