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Sylvanus Olympio

He was the first president of Togo after independence. He was a Yoruba man who spoke Yoruba, German, French, English& Portuguese fluently. After graduating from the London School of Economics, he worked for Unilever, eventually becoming the general manager of…

Hubert Ogunde

Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, D.Lit. (10 July 1916 – 4 April 1990) was a Yoruba actor, dramatist, theater manager, and musician who created the African Music Research Party, Nigeria’s first current professional theatrical group, in 1945. In 1947, Hubert Ogunde…

Obafemi Awolowo

Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, a Nigerian nationalist, politician, lawyer, statesman, and chancellor, was born on March 6, 1909 in Ogun State, Nigeria, where he began his political career. Awolowo attended a number of local schools in Ogun State, Nigeria, before…

Fela Sowande The Classical Musicologist

Fela Sowande was a renowned International Classical Musicologist. He wrote many beautiful Operas by adapting Yoruba musical sounds to full classical musical operatic arrangements without using the lyrics.  Incidentally when a non-Yoruba person listens to Fela Sowande’s operatic classical arrangements…