Nollywood Yoruba actor Dejumo Lewis has died at the age of 80......His death was announced onInstagram by his colleague Saidi Balogun...
Saturday, December 23, 2023
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May his soul find rest.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace sir 🙏🏻
ReplyDeleteConsumate professional. Rest in peace, sir.
ReplyDeleteWonderful non lime light craving, well spoken professional actor
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ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in peace. Amen
ReplyDeleteMay God comfort his loved one. He came, saw, and conquered
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ReplyDeleteSuch good actor. May the good Lord rest his soul🙏
ReplyDeleteMay his soul RIP.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace Sir
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ReplyDeleteRest in peace legend.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace sir
ReplyDeleteRest well Sirrr...
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ReplyDeleteHe was a fine actor.
May his soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteHe was a fine actor.
RIP sir to you. U left ur mark sir. Adieu
ReplyDeleteRest on Sir
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ReplyDeleteGod comforts the family left behind.
May his soul rest in peace.
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ReplyDeleteRIP Sir. I like him
ReplyDeleteThe most complex B
Village Headmaster? Rest on legend!
ReplyDeleteSaw him at Pax Herbals a month ago....R I P. Sir.
ReplyDeleteRest in Perfect Peace Sir. Rest in the Lord
ReplyDeleteRest in peace, legend.
ReplyDeleteMay your soul rest in peace sir
ReplyDeleteRest in peace Sir
ReplyDeleteHe predated Nollywood as many know it. “Village Headmaster” ran from 1968 to 1988 or so.. way before the “legends” of Nollywood. These were the forbears, the real legends. Hubert Ogunde was on celluloid way back when cinemas were used to “date and toast” by guys in the old UI and later the older universities. These are the ones who laid the foundation for the movie industry in Nigeria. “Sura the tailor” (Kunle Bamtefa, late Baba Sala, etc were staples on WNTV that later morphed into NTA core). History is important as the Nigerian movie industry started way before many are giving credit for. History is important for a good future. It’s the reason we know who our grandparents and some ancestors are.
ReplyDeleteTake it or not, it started with the first television station in subsaharan Africa in Ibadan, WNTV. That’s the only way it makes sense. It’s not ethnicity. Back then, TV programs started at 4pm and ended at 9pm. They needed to fill it with programs and entertainment even for 5 hours. The UI theater arts department was at the core of the entertainment/movie industry and started it for WNTV. Hate him or love him, Wole Soyinka, prof Osofisan, Abmdebayo Faleti etc were at the center of Nigerian movie industry as playwrights. That is what morphed into the “Idumota Ereko Crescent VHS tape” Nollywood later.
Then NTA came after WNTV with Village Headmaster, Dejumo Lewis played “Kabiyesi” with the flamboyant “Chief Eleyinmi”. We had “Cock Crow at Dawn”, Masquerade with Christy Essien Igbokwe, Zebrudaya alias 4:30, Gringory Akabogu etc. The few left from that era are; Ene Oloja from the north (who acted in “if I were President”), Taiwo Ajao Lycett who acted Governor’s mom in king of boys, Sola Sobowale who was very young at the time and was mentored by these folks, Hubert Ogunde, Ade Love ( Kunle & Gabriel Afolayan’s dad) brought film & theater to life on celluloid with his productions. Students did not need to buy wig or luxury things for girls they toasted. They went to the cinema with each other.
Kunle Afolayan captured some of those scenes in his October 1 movie and Tunde Kelani’s “Oleku” by Adebayo Faleti or so on YouTube now gives a sneak view into that era with the depiction of life then, Afros and all. It’s sad they do not teach history in all areas of Nigeria, it leaves room for inaccuracies and manipulations. .