Olatubosun Oladapo

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1943 –

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Who is Olatubosun Oladapo?

Olatubosun Oladapo, aka Tubosun Oladapo, and Odidere Aiyekooto b. September 1943, is a folk poet who writes, and chants on record plates in the Yoruba language, for audiences chiefly in South-West Nigeria.

Oladapo was educated in Ibadan and Lagos, and worked as a producer in the country's Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service until 1977, when he formed a record company, Olatubosun Records, to promote indigenous artists and folk poets Odolaye Aremu, Ogundare Foyanmu, Ayanyemi Ayinla, and Lakin Ladeebo.

He lives in Ibadan, and is the author of print collections of poetry, Aroye Akewi and Arofo Awon Omode, and Yoruba poetry albums. His plays Ogun Lakaaye and Egbade Falade, were joint prize winners of the Oxford University Press drama competition in 1970.

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Born
1943
Nationality
  • Nigeria

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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