Kola Ogunmola
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title:
Kola Ogunmola
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Elijah Kolawole Ogunmola was a Nigerian dramatist, actor, mime, director, and playwright. Ogunmola is also regarded as one of the most brilliant actors in Africa in the 1950s and ’60s. He developed Yoruba culture, especially folk opera into a serious theatre form through his work with his Ogunmola Travelling Theatre. They produced an early stage musical version of Amos Tutuola's The Palm Wine Drinkard, which was performed at the First Pan-African Cultural Congress. He produced Ife Owo in 1965. I
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Nigerian dramatist and playwright (1925–1973)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Ogunmola
date created:
2008-10-30T21:48:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T20:34:36Z
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