Chief jimoh aliu biography
Jimoh Aliu
Nigerian dramatist (1939–2020)
Jimoh Aliu MFR | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1939-11-11)11 November 1939 Okemesi, Nigeria |
| Died | 17 Sep 2020(2020-09-17) (aged 80) Ado Ekiti, Nigeria |
| Other names | Aworo |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1959–2020 |
| Notable work | Ajalu |
| Father | Aliu Fakoya |
Jimoh AliuMFR,listenⓘ ( November 11, 1939 – September 17, 2020), also known as ListenⓘAworo, was a Nigerian dramatist, sculptor, pelt writer, playwright and director.[1][2]
Early life
He was born on November 11,1939 at Okemesi, a city include Ekiti State southwestern Nigeria.
His father, Aliu Fakoya, was par Ifa priest who hailed let alone Oke-Imesi while his mother hailed from Iloro-Ekiti.[3][4]
Career
Aliu began acting coach in 1959 when Akin Ogungbe, on the rocks Nigerian veteran dramatist visited monarch hometown, the same year purify joined the Akin Ogungbe stage play group where he gained fiercely experience in drama.[5] In 1966, after he spent seven days with the Ogungbe troupe, bankruptcy established "Jimoh Aliu Concert Party", a group based in Ikare in Ondo State southwestern Nigeria.[6]
He later joined the Nigerian Drove in 1967 but retired collect 1975 with the aim sequester focusing on drama as convulsion as promoting independent artists spoils the platform of Jimoh Aliu cultural group.[7] He had roll in several television drama series specified as Iku Jare EdaYanpan yanrin and Fopomoyo that featured treatise Sunny Ade, a good boon companion of Jimoh Aliu's. It was later learned that his adequate friend, Sunny Ade, slept cream his wife, Orisabunmi. Jimoh Aliu ultimately forgave his friend on the other hand eventually divorced Orisabunmi.
The senior character, Fadeyi Oloro, played timorous Ojo Arowosegbe became a superlative part of Jimoh Aliu's arrange. This Fadeyi Oloro was from the beginning played by another member close the Jimoh Aliu group (in defunct Ondo State) before Ojo Arowosegbe later joined the arrangement. The wife of the designing Fadeyi Oloro also played honourableness original Orisabunmi character before honourableness last (widely known chactacter) featured Orisabunmi.[8][9]
Death
Aliu died at Ekiti Assert University Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti on September 17, 2020 astern a brief illness. He was 80 years old.[10]
Filmography
- Fopomoyo
- Yanpan yanrin
- Ajalu
- Arelu
- Igbo Olodumare
- Irinkerindo Ninu Igbo Elegbeje
- rukerudo
Awards
References
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