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Akinwunmi Ishola was born in 1939 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Akinwumi Ishola: Touching is the death of an honest man

The passing away of legendary scholar, writer and dramatist, Prof. Akinwumi Ishola, shakes the arts and culture community, AKEEM LASISI writes

When acclaimed broadcaster and dramatist, Adebayo Faleti, passed in July 2017, this correspondent tried to reach Prof. Akinwumi Ishola on phone. Based on how close the icons were, wanting to get his reaction on Faleti’s demise was a natural thing. Apart from the fact that they were both writers of repute and committed promoters of Yoruba, nay African culture, they were among the few intellectuals who identified with Nigeria’s contemporary film industry, especially what is informally referred to as Yoruwood – meant to be a branch of Nollywood.

Instead of the easy-going scholar to answer the phone, it was his wife, Mrs. Adebola Ishola, who spoke with the journalist. According to her, ‘Baba’, as she fondly called him, was a bit indisposed and had to rest. She noted that the family had deliberately kept the news of Faleti’s departure from him.

“You know they are very close,” sh

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This post is the first in an occasional series of writer profiles, looking especially at those working in African languages.

Akinwumi Isola

For readers and speakers of Yoruba, Akínwùmí Ìsòlá [pronounced Ishola] needs little introduction. A charismatic and stern-looking figure affectionately nicknamed ‘Honest Man’ for his predilection for speaking his mind, and with a fearsome list of occupations spanning playwright, film director, screenwriter, novelist, academic, literary critic, translator, actor, language activist and poet, Isola is one of the most renowned figures in contemporary Yoruba literature.

Now that film versions of his novels directed by Tunde Kelani are available (see more on this below), and with his historical dramas, Efúnsetán Aníwúrà and Olú Omohaving recently translated been into English by Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith and into French by Michka Sachnine, the time is ripe for Isola’s work to reach an even wider audience.

Pamela J. Olubunmi Smith’s translation of Isola’s Efunsetan Aniwura and

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Press Release: President Buhari Mourns the Passing Away of Professor Akinwunmi Ishola

President Muhammadu Buhari mourns with the family, friends and government of Oyo State on the passing away of the renowned author, playwright and literary icon, Professor Akinwumi Ishola Saturday morning.

President Buhari says the literary world will surely miss the cultural activist whose steadfastness and dedication to the promotion of the native language as a means of sustaining the culture and tradition of Africans is worth emulating.

President Buhari notes that the love of the departed academician for the Yoruba language was never in doubt as he exhibited this through all his published works and speeches even as a student and throughout his academic life.

The President joins the entertainment industry in mourning the loss of a producer and director whose contributions to the evolution and transformation of the entertainment industry from a disparaged genre into a major contributor to the nation’s economy will never be forgotten.

He calls on other academicians to follow the sterling qual