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Wale Ogunyemi

1939-2001

Born: Igbajo, 1939

Biography

Playwright Wale Ogunyemi was born in Igbajo in the West of Nigeria. Ogunyemi became a drama student at Ibadan University on a one-year professional course. At the same time he was appointed to Ibadan’s Institute of African Studies as a research assistant and transcriber, and he stayed with the institute throughout his career, increasingly devoting himself to Yoruba studies. From the 1970s onwards Ogunyemi began writing for the stage with plays ranging from popular domestic comedies to reworkings of Yoruba myth and history.

Productions

Langbodo

Langbodo

Year: 1984

Staged in: National Theatre of Nigeria

Publications

Queen Amina of Zazzau

Queen Amina of Zazzau

Year: 1999

Publisher: Ibadan University Press

Eniyan: A Morality Play

Eniyan: A Morality Play

Year: 1987

Publisher: Ibadan University Press

The Vow

The Vow

Year: 1985

Publisher: Macmillan Education

Langbodo: Dramatised from Soyinka / Jagunwas The forest of a thousand demons

Langbodo: Dramatised from Soyinka / Jagunwas The forest of a thousand demons

Year: 1979

Publisher: Nelson

The Divorce

The Divorce

Year: 1977

Publisher: Onibonoje Press & Book Industries

Kiriji: An Historic Drama on Ekiti Parapo War in the Nineteenth Century

Kiriji: An Historic Drama on Ekiti Parapo War in the Nineteenth Century

Year: 1976

Publisher: African Universities Press

Obaluaye

Obaluaye

Year: 1972

Publisher: Institute of African Studies

Eshu Elegbara

Eshu Elegbara

Year: 1970

Publisher: Orisun Acting Editions

Ijaye War: A Historical Drama

Ijaye War: A Historical Drama

Year: 1970

Publisher: Orisun Acting Editions

The Scheme: in Three Nigerian Plays, with an introduction and notes by Ulli Beier

The Scheme: in Three Nigerian Plays, with an introduction and notes by Ulli Beier

Year: 1967

Publisher: Longmans

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