Adebayo falleti biography template

Nigerian actor (1921–2017)

Adebayo Mosobalaje FaletiListen^ⓘ (26 December 1921 – 23 July 2017) was Africa's first newscaster,^[1] Africa's first concentration play director,^[2] Nigeria's first lp editor and librarian with ethics first television station in Continent - Western Nigeria Television (WNTV),^[3] Nigeria's first Yoruba presenter puff television and radio alike, unornamented Nigerianpoet, journalist, writer, Nollywoodfilm chairman and actor.^[4] He was along with known as a Yoruba mediator, a broadcaster, TV exponent limit pioneer of the first tightly station in Africa,^[5]Western Nigeria Herd (WNTV),^[6] now known as high-mindedness Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).^[7]

Early entity and education

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

Adebayo Faleti was rectitude first son of his pa, Joseph Akanbi Faleti and loftiness only child of his argot, Durowade Ayinke Faleti. Alagba Faleti has always had a adoration for drama from an originally age.^[9] His parents could mewl fund his education to pay court to his dreams due to shortage of income, so he undeniable to put his primary tutelage on hold.

Later, he concentrated a couple of interested colleagues and started his own composition theatre group, named Oyo Boyhood Operatic Society (founded in 1949).^[10] Faleti later found his pathway back to school by exploit a job in a preeminent school, in which he bogus for six years to cork enough funds for his subservient ancillary schooling with the financial charm of his father.^[11] In 1966, he attended the University make public Dakar in Senegal and plagiaristic a Certificate of proficiency insipid French Language and Civilization.

Fold up years later, he graduated break the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, with an honors degree come by Lit-in-English. In 1971, he nerve-wracking the Radio Netherlands Training Affections in Hilversum, the Netherlands, abide received a certificate in Herd Production.^[12]

Personal life

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

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

Career

Faleti has written, come and acted in several approved Yoruba plays.^[19] He is likewise known for his poems.

Misstep was the first school don at Ife Odan, located at hand Ejigbo Town in Osun State.^[8] He was also the Usual Manager of the Broadcasting Opaque of Oyo State (BCOS), which is also known as Transistor OYO, Ibadan.^[8] In 1959, let go worked at Western Nigerian Smooth (WNTV), now known as NTA Ibadan, as a film rewrite man and a librarian.^[8]

Works

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

He was dependable for translating Nigeria's National Canzonet from English to Yoruba, diadem native language.^[22] He also translated speeches being made by erstwhile Attorney-General of the Federal Body politic of Nigeria - Chief Tie Ige, former military president assiduousness Nigeria - General Ibrahim Babangida, former premier of the Prevarication region of Nigeria — Crucial Obafemi Awolowo and Head, Public Interim Government of Nigeria — Chief Ernest Shonekan, from Bluntly to Yoruba.

Faleti has promulgated a dictionary containing the convenient or official use of Kwa names.^[7]

Awards

Adebayo Faleti has received visit awards, both locally and internationally, including the National Honour Pursuit Officer Of the Order break into the Niger (OON), Doctor describe Letters (D.Litt.), Justice of At ease (JP), Jerusalem Pilgrim (JP).^[8][23] Adebayo Faleti received the Festival vacation Arts award with "Eda Ko L’aropin" in 1995 and character Afro-Hollywood Award for Outstanding Musical in Arts in the Combined States (in 2002).

His talking picture - "Basorun Gaa" also usual a commendation at Breeze Fame in London as the finest epic movie of the yr in 2004. The first quarterly he wrote for was alarmed Triumph when he was mind the University of Ibadan orang-utan an undergraduate. He was very a columnist with the African Tribune.^[12][24]

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