Nigerian Voice-Over Star, Seun Shobo, Wins Big At Voice-Over Arts Awards In America

Voice-Over Star, Seun Shobo, has won the Outstanding Global Voice Arts Influencer Award for his work in the industry, which makes him the first Nigerian to be honoured in that category.

Some of the stars, who have received this award included James Earl Jones, who was the voice of Mufasa in Lion King; Peter Cullen, who was the voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers; Nancy Cartwright, who was the voice of Bart Simpson.

This year’s honourees, alongside Shobo, included Charlie Adler, who was the voice behind the Tiny Toons Buster Bunny.

Shobo rose to fame over two decades ago after his first major gig as a voice-over artist and has since gone on to establish a training school, Voice Over Academy, which has produced some of Nigeria and Africa’s leading voices and content creators.

In his acceptance speech at the just-concluded awards ceremony, which held at Los Angeles, Califonia, United States, Shobo noted how far he has come, and how much the award means to him.

“This remains one of the greatest honours of my life because I believe I represent a generation of creative voices who have decided to challenge status quo and present to the world Africa’s most excellent voices,” he said, adding that, “This is Africa’s time and we are glad that our names are now written in the books of history globally. I am most grateful for this honour which I interpret as more service and even more responsibilities.”

Meanwhile, in his tribute to Shobo at the event, Dr Emmanuel Okenye, the founder of Child Scholars, described the Voice-Over star as an exceptional leader.

Okenye, who is the chairman and CEO of the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS), the organisers of the award, further said this about the Nigerian star: “The Voice Arts Awards demonstrates the power of acknowledgement and diversity through inviting other countries, not as a ‘foreign’ addendum, but as equal artists of the world sharing in a creative platform.”

Congratulations to Shobo!