- Papalolo
Papalolo is the stage name for Ayo Ogunsina a very successful
Nigeria ncomedian . He is a member of the Awada Group and he performed alongside Tajudeen Gbadamosi (a.k.a Jacob) and Kayode Olaiya (a.k.aAderupoko ) on Nigerian Television for most of the 1980s. He got into acting through joining the theatre group of the late theatre icon, AdedejiHubert Ogunde , with whom he performed across theWest Africa n coast (Republic of Benin ,Ghana ,Ivory Coast andLiberia ) in the 1960s.The trio of Papalolo, Jacob and Aderupoko are credited with leading the advancement of comedy in Nigeria in the 1970s and 80s. They were one of the first Nigerian Comedians to release their material as
albums onvinyl . Notable of which is the hilarious comedy sketch 'Pa Jacob Is Ku'.Plays on Nigerian TV included the very successful comedy Owo Tabua (Plenty Money), which was syndicated on
NTA , Ibadan,Lagos Television (LTV 8) andOgun State Television, OGTV,Abeokuta .He was born in the early 1940s and attended Wesley College,
Ibadan .External links
* [http://odili.net/news/source/2006/may/20/46.html 'Papalolo,' A Life Made Of Comedy]
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