Veteran Nollywood Actor and Poet Dies At 86
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One of Nollywood's film legend, Adebayo Faleti died on, Sunday, July 23, 2017 at the age of 86.
This was confirmed in an Instagram post by
Ronya Arts which contained a condolence message to the family of the actor.
Faleti's icon status comes from his active involvement in the growth of theatre in Nigeria.
A journalist and a poet, the late actor was quite vested in promoting mother tongue in art.
He is credited for translating Nigeria's national anthem from English to Yoruba language.
A list of awards such as the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), Festival of Arts Award for his book "Eda Ko L’aropin" (1995), as well as the
Afro-Hollywood Award for Outstanding Performance in Arts (2002).
Adebayo Faleti is well versed in his knowledge of English, French and Yoruba languages.
As a journalist, he worked at the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) in the role of a General Manager and also as the Film Editor and Librarian at the National Television Authority
(NTA), Ibadan, Oyo State .
There is no shortage concerning the list of good work he put into communication and art, ventures that makes him a great deal successful.
The movies he he appeared in include
"Thunderbolt: Magun" (2001), "Afonja" (2002), "Basorun Gaa" (2004), and "Sawo-Segeri" (2005).
May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen!
This was confirmed in an Instagram post by
Ronya Arts which contained a condolence message to the family of the actor.
Faleti's icon status comes from his active involvement in the growth of theatre in Nigeria.
A journalist and a poet, the late actor was quite vested in promoting mother tongue in art.
He is credited for translating Nigeria's national anthem from English to Yoruba language.
A list of awards such as the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), Festival of Arts Award for his book "Eda Ko L’aropin" (1995), as well as the
Afro-Hollywood Award for Outstanding Performance in Arts (2002).
Adebayo Faleti is well versed in his knowledge of English, French and Yoruba languages.
As a journalist, he worked at the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State (BCOS) in the role of a General Manager and also as the Film Editor and Librarian at the National Television Authority
(NTA), Ibadan, Oyo State .
There is no shortage concerning the list of good work he put into communication and art, ventures that makes him a great deal successful.
The movies he he appeared in include
"Thunderbolt: Magun" (2001), "Afonja" (2002), "Basorun Gaa" (2004), and "Sawo-Segeri" (2005).
May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen!
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