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Even decades after graduating in Performing Arts from the University of Ilorin, it is impossible to forget Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi’s
Drama and Theatre in Nigeria: a critical sourcebook. I do not know what they teach in the history of theatre in Nigerian classes these days, but this voluminous book was the
locus classicus for the subject in my days in school. Now reading Femi Akintunde-Johnson’s
Reflections on Nigeria’s Movie Industry: salute to pioneering creativity & perseverance. Unlike Ogunbiyi, the man we fondly call FAJ did not set out to produce a reference document of academic dimension, even though he is more than competent to do that with enviable success.
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Funke Aboyade, speaks to OLADIMEJI RAMON about her childhood, career journey and related issues
Where were you born and what kind of upbringing did you have?
I was born in Ibadan but then spent my first year of life in Michigan in the United States. At other stages of my childhood, part of my elementary school was also in the United States, but basically I grew up at the University of Ibadan where both my parents were professors. My parents were strict but loving; my dad, especially, was quite the disciplinarian. We did household chores even though we had domestic staff; my mother certainly did not cut us any slack in that regard. We were encouraged to read widely and my parents regularly bought us loads of books, magazines, comics, encyclopaedia and the like. So, reading was second nature to us. We were also encouraged to be curious and to think independently and logically.
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Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon is a renowned cultural promoter and diviner. In this interview with BOLA BAMIGBOLA, he speaks about his childhood, work and sundry issues
Where and when were you born?
I was born at Oluode Aturuku Compound, Osogbo. I am a descendant of Olutimehin. Olutimehin was a co-founder of Osogbo land. My father, Pa Akinrinde Akanbi Elebuibon, was a hunter and a herbalist-diviner by profession. He had six wives of whom my mother was the youngest. My mother had three children – two boys and a girl. My immediate elder sister was an ‘abiku.’
Was there any foretelling to your parents about you and what you would eventually become before your birth?