Olatubosun Oladapo

Olatubosun Oladapo, aka Tubosun Oladapo, and Odidere Aiyekooto (the loquacious parrot) b. September 1943, is a folk poet^[1] who writes, and chants on record plates^{[clarification needed]} in the Yoruba language, for audiences chiefly in South-West Nigeria.

Oladapo was educated in Ibadan and Lagos, and worked as a producer in the country's Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service until 1977, when he formed a record company, Olatubosun Records, to promote indigenous artists and folk poets Odolaye Aremu, Ogundare Foyanmu, Ayanyemi Ayinla, and Lakin Ladeebo.^{[citation needed]}

He lives in Ibadan, and is the author of print collections of poetry, Aroye Akewi(1 and 2) and Arofo Awon Omode, and Yoruba poetry (ewi) albums. His plays Ogun Lakaaye and Egbade Falade, were joint prize winners of the Oxford University Press drama competition in 1970.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ Washington, Teresa N. (2005). Our mothers, our powers, our texts: manifestations of Àjé in Africana literature. Indiana University Press. pp. 276–. ISBN 9780253345455. http://books.google.com/books?id=q_WoU41r8I4C&pg=PA276. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 

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Name	Oladapo, Olatubosun
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