Wale Ogunyemi

Wale Ogunyemi
Born 12 August 1939
Osun State, Nigeria.
Died December 2001
Nationality Nigerian
Ethnicity Yoruba
Citizenship Nigerian
Occupation playwright
Years active 1963present
Known for
The Lion and the Jewel
Kongi's Harvest
Sango
Langbodo[1]

Wale Ogunyemi, OFR (12 August 1939December 2001) was a Nigerian veteran seasoned dramatist, film actor, prolific playwright and Yoruba language scholar[2]

Early life

He was born in August 1939 at Igbajo, a city in Osun State, southwestern Nigeria.[3] He attended the University of Ibadan in 1967 for a year course in drama, the same year he was appointed as a research assistant at Ibadan Institute of African Studies where he later retired.[4][5][6]

Career

He began his acting career as a seasonal actor with the new western Nigerian television service in the early 1960s.[7] He later worked with professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate and became a foundation member of Soyinka Orisun Theatre.[8] His credible performance made him a choice for the role he played as "The bale" in The Lion and the Jewel[9] and Dende in Kongi's Harvest by Nigerian writer, professor Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate.[10] He also featured in The Beatification Of Area Boy, a play by Wole Soyinka premiered at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 1995.[11] He had written and co-scripted several drama before his death in December 2001.[12][13]

Filmography

Awards

References

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  2. Black African Literature in English, 1997-1999. google.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. Ọdún. google.com.ng. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa. google.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  5. Relocating Agency. google.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  6. The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945. google.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  7. "The Nostalgic Drum". google.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  8. "WHY WALE OGUNYEMI STILL LIVES ON NIGERIA'S STAGE-DIRECTOR OF LANGBODO". thenigerianvoice.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  9. Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre. google.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  10. Childhood in African Literature. google.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  11. "Obituary: Wale Ogunyemi". the Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  12. Fertile Crossings. google.com.ng. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  13. "Student Encyclopedia of African Literature". google.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  14. "Wole Soyinka". google.com.ng. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  15. "Menacing Shadows Greet Dawn In Nigeria". nytimes.com. 11 October 1996. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  16. Yoruba Creativity. google.com.ng. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  17. Kiriji. google.com.ng. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  18. The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre. google.co.za. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  19. Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa. google.nl. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  20. "Wale Ogunyemi, eminent playwright dies". World News. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
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