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| Prof Akinwunmi Isola |
Another
Nigerian playwright icon, Prof Akinwunmi Isola died today, just about eight
months after the country lost Adebayo Faleti.
A source close to Isola's family said said the playwright had been "battling with illness for quite a while."
One
of his works adapted for film of the same title, O Le Ku in 1997 was
produced by Tunde Kelani's Mainframe Film and Television Production.
Isola wrote what has been recorded as his
first play, 'Efunsetan Aniwura', (1961 and 1962) when he was a student at the
University of Ibadan.
Born in Ibadan,1939, Isola was
educated at
Labode Methodist School and Wesley College. His
University degrees included B. A. in French, University of Ibadan; and
M.A. in Yoruba Literature from the University of Lagos in 1978.
He was appointed Professor at Obafemi Awolowo
University in 1991.
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