Bio-Data of Femi Osofisan
Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan was born on
June 1946, a native of Eronwon Village in Ogun State. Osifisan attended primary
school at Government school Ife and Secondary school at Government College,
Ibadan. He attended University of Ibadan (1966-1969) he moved to University of
Dakar, Senegal and postgraduate studies Sorbonne Paris. He held of faculty
positions at the University of Ibadan. He became a professor of Theater Arts,
Kwara State University and was retired in 2011.
He is Vice President (West Africa) at
the Pan African writer association. In 2016, he became the first African to be
awarded the Prestigious Tholia Prize by the International Association of
Theater Critics. His selected works are Kolera Kolej (1975) The chattering and the song (1977) Morountodun and other plays (1982) Minted Coins (1987) Another Rafle (1988)
Once upon four Robbers (1991) “Twingle Twangle” (1992), etc. The Album of the midnight blackout
(1994) Tegonni (1999) Theater and the
Pete (1999) etc.
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