Tosyn Bucknor


Oluwatosin Bucknor, popularly known as Tosyn Bucknor, was a Nigerian media personality, actress and social media content creator.

Early life

Bucknor was born to Mrs. Sola Bucknor and Mr. Segun Bucknor, a musician, in a cab on August 15. She was sister to Funke Bucknor, CEO of Zapphaire Events. Tosyn attended Fountain Nursery and Primary School, Queens' College, Yaba, University of Lagos and the Nigerian Law School, Lagos Campus. She did her National Youth Service Corps at Port Harcourt, opting to teach Literature-In-English and English at Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls' School, Elelenwo.

Radio

Radio for Bucknor started with Tee-A on Eko89.7fm after which she interned at Cool 96.9fm where she hosted the Fun Hour Show on Saturdays. Beginning with her youth service in 2009, Bucknor was a morning show radio host at Top Radio90.9fm. She was the only female radio host handling the morning belt by herself.
She won and was nominated for several awards including Future Awards, ELOY Awards, Best of Nollywood awards and more.

Music

Bucknor was a singer-songwriter with one album out.
Two of her songs have been used as soundtracks for the short film. "Ireti" and she hoped more will be used for television and movies, and also used by other artists.
Bucknor wrote, sang, recorded and performed music as CON.tra.diction.
As a recording artist and singer-songwriter, she worked with artists like Skales, Rooftop MCs and Eva, as well as producers like Sess, Tintin, Coldflames, Dj Klem, Knighthouse, Micworx and Cobhams.
Tosyn also ran ONE MIC NAIJA with two partners. is a concert dedicated to getting new and established acts on the same stage.

Personal life

Tosyn married her French boyfriend Aurélien Boyer November 15, 2015 at Landmark Events Centre, Oniru. She publicly maintained close friendships with Lamide Akintobi and Lala Akindoju

Death

Tosyn was found dead by her husband, Aurelien Boyer, when he arrived at home from work on 19 November 2018. Her sister, Funke Bucknor Obruthe said through her instagram account that Tosyn died due to sickle cell complications. She was born with sickle cell anaemia.
It has been revealed how the popular Inspiration FM's On-Air Personality, OAP, predicted her death through a poem she wrote, which had gone viral, few days before her death.

Television

Bucknor hosted 'Tosyns Buzz Live' on Pulse TV every Friday. Her television and acting credits included:
Bucknor contributed to several websites, including her own blogs, and wrote for television.
Her writing credits include :