{"id":2657,"date":"2020-08-23T08:28:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T07:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/towncryyers.com\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2020-08-23T08:30:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T07:30:10","slug":"posthumous-celebration-for-prominent-playwright-ola-rotimi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/towncryyers.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/23\/posthumous-celebration-for-prominent-playwright-ola-rotimi\/","title":{"rendered":"Posthumous Celebration For Prominent Playwright, Ola Rotimi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Yinka Olatunbosun<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A community of dramatists and scholars held a webinar recently in honour of Late Prof. Ola Rotimi who died 20 years ago while still teaching at the Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. An initiative of the Theatre Arts programme and College of Liberal Studies, the webinar held on August 18 had as theme, \u201cRemembering Ola Rotimi: A Complete Man of the Theatre, 20 Years On.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moderated by Dr. Bisi Adigun, the event ignited fond memories of the playwright who founded Ori Olokun Acting Company, Obafemi Awolowo University and later the Department of Creative Arts, University of Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his goodwill message, Oba Olusegun Akinbola recalled the career trajectory of Ola Rotimi while Prof. Akanji Nasiru delved into his works. In his delivery titled, \u201cContextualising Ola Rotimi\u2019s Theatre,\u2019\u2019 he examined the dramaturgy of Ola Rotimi and his entry into the already active theatre scene ten years after Wole Soyinka and J.P. Clark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe knew that language was a serious aspect of Nigerian and African Literature so he considered the African audience in his writings. The intelligentsia were the targets of early drama in Nigeria. Language affected the popularity of drama in Nigeria. Ola Rotimi took the language seriously and so he developed the kind of English language that can appeal to even the ordinary man. 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