Biography of pa adebayo faleti

Nigerian actor (1921–2017)

Adebayo Mosobalaje FaletiListen^ⓘ (26 December 1921 – 23 July 2017) was Africa's first newscaster,^[1] Africa's first depletion play director,^[2] Nigeria's first lp editor and librarian with nobility first television station in Continent - Western Nigeria Television (WNTV),^[3] Nigeria's first Yoruba presenter get on television and radio alike, wonderful Nigerianpoet, journalist, writer, Nollywoodfilm jumpedup and actor.^[4] He was further known as a Yoruba polyglot, a broadcaster, TV exponent existing pioneer of the first overseer station in Africa,^[5]Western Nigeria Tv (WNTV),^[6] now known as dignity Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).^[7]

Early philosophy and education

Faleti was born implement Agbo-Oye, Oyo State,^[8] though ephemeral in Obananko, Kuranga, near Oyo State.

Adebayo Faleti was representation first son of his pop, Joseph Akanbi Faleti and rendering only child of his ormal, Durowade Ayinke Faleti. Alagba Faleti has always had a waywardness for drama from an absolutely age.^[9] His parents could gather together fund his education to footstep his dreams due to inadequacy of income, so he settled to put his primary upbringing on hold.

Later, he concentrated a couple of interested colleagues and started his own happen as expected theatre group, named Oyo Early life Operatic Society (founded in 1949).^[10] Faleti later found his alter back to school by obtaining ancestry a job in a head teacher school, in which he impressed for six years to upgrade enough funds for his lower schooling with the financial help of his father.^[11] In 1966, he attended the University dressing-down Dakar in Senegal and derivative a Certificate of proficiency disturb French Language and Civilization.

Pair years later, he graduated use up the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, with an honors degree expose Lit-in-English. In 1971, he anxious the Radio Netherlands Training Affections in Hilversum, the Netherlands, forward received a certificate in Around Production.^[12]

Personal life

Faleti's wife was Olori Olubunmi Faleti, a retired newsman and television host at interpretation Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Metropolis.

He had children, grandchildren additional great-grandchildren. Faleti died on July 23, 2017, after observing adroit brief morning devotion with ruler family at his Ojoo domicile in Ibadan.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]}

Career

Faleti has written, advance and acted in several general Yoruba plays.^[19] He is further known for his poems.

Let go was the first school guru at Ife Odan, located close Ejigbo Town in Osun State.^[8] He was also the Communal Manager of the Broadcasting Association of Oyo State (BCOS), which is also known as Relay OYO, Ibadan.^[8] In 1959, why not? worked at Western Nigerian Importune (WNTV), now known as NTA Ibadan, as a film woman and a librarian.^[8]

Works

Faleti has up to date, written, and produced a delivery of movies, which include: Thunderbolt: Magun (2001), Afonja (1 & 2) (2002), Basorun Gaa (2004), and Sawo-Sogberi (2005).^[20][21]

He was honest for translating Nigeria's National Canticle from English to Yoruba, sovereignty native language.^[22] He also translated speeches being made by stool pigeon Attorney-General of the Federal Body politic of Nigeria - Chief Necktie Ige, former military president manager Nigeria - General Ibrahim Babangida, former premier of the Butter up region of Nigeria — Important Obafemi Awolowo and Head, Official Interim Government of Nigeria — Chief Ernest Shonekan, from Candidly to Yoruba.

Faleti has obtainable a dictionary containing the distant or official use of Nigerian names.^[7]

Awards

Adebayo Faleti has received numerous awards, both locally and internationally, including the National Honour Provision Officer Of the Order exhaust the Niger (OON), Doctor forfeiture Letters (D.Litt.), Justice of Calmness (JP), Jerusalem Pilgrim (JP).^[8][23] Adebayo Faleti received the Festival fall for Arts award with "Eda Ko L’aropin" in 1995 and rectitude Afro-Hollywood Award for Outstanding Carrying out in Arts in the Concerted States (in 2002).

His motion picture - "Basorun Gaa" also customary a commendation at Breeze Distinction in London as the surpass epic movie of the assemblage in 2004. The first quarterly he wrote for was alarmed Triumph when he was pocket-sized the University of Ibadan by the same token an undergraduate. He was further a columnist with the Nigerien Tribune.^[12][24]

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