He participated in duro ladipo s theatre group in osogbo. Chief biodun duro ladipo, wife of the late dramatist and theatre icon, duro ladipo is still very much around. However, ladipo may have been influenced by his grandfather, who migrated to o. It was with this play that ladipo marked the first anniversary of the oshogbo mbari mbayo club. They are now being revived, apparently in an attenuated form, by the present oba. View ladipo kolapos profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Subtitled an opera in two chants the division into chants, which is intended to register difference from acts, is senghors, chant 1 features a dying chaka being interrogated by a white voice, while chant 2 brings in noliwe, chakas wife, for a sustained reflection on love. So you can imagine what i took away from that community, and i suppose i can see it, i cant forget any of that, so that even now, i think i have done too. Cbciu has acquired the building on station road, osogbo, where duro ladipo lived and had his theatre complete with a stage. Documents the nigerian playwright duro ladipo and his duro ladipo traveling theatre of oshogbo, nigeria. This musical is a new version of duro ladipo s earlier, very popular yoruba dancedrama which was first recorded on lpor1ab by ariki records. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover ladipos connections and jobs at similar companies. The idea is to conserve it, preserve the stage and changing rooms out of which came those great plays oba koso.
This study examines the importance of the visual languages of duro ladipos theatre in oba moro, oba koso and oba waja, highlighting their significance as expressions of the yoruba metaphysical matrix, and as a means of preserving yoruba culture. The enia orisha previously lived in a special building within the afin. Dec 22, 20 georgina ran art workshops, while beier collaborated with the local bar ownerturnedcomposer duro ladipo in the creation of the yoruba folk operas oba koso and oba waja, which toured the world. Lighting designer, oba koso by duro ladipo, unilorin convocation production, august, 1997. Oba koso the king did not hang dancedrama with yoruba festival music 2 lps bound in a gatefold jacket that is split. Duro ladipo as sango in his play, oba koso, ibadan, 1963 black and white photograph ac study.
The story of the ghosts has recently provided a plot for one of duro ladipos folk operas. The bestknown of these is probably that of hubert ogunde in lagos. Duro ladipo nigerian dramatist and composer britannica. Nigeria, is celebrated with a performance of duro ladipos play oba moro the king of ghosts. Georgina ran art workshops, while beier collaborated with the local bar ownerturnedcomposer duro ladipo in the creation of the yoruba folk operas oba koso and oba waja, which toured the world. While the festival policy of a thematic selection for each edition is. An individual user may print out a pdf of a single chapter of a monograph in oso for personal use.
Ias is a post graduate research and teaching department of the university of ibadan. With reference to this, understudying the character of yomi duro ladipo as sango in the play oba koso the king did. Technical director, jankariwo by ben tomoloju, who is afraid of solarin by femi osofisan, oba koso by duro ladipo and esu and the vagabond minstrels by femi osofisan for the departments first season of productions, june july 1997. Late duro ladipo is my boss, chief lere paimo eda onile ola duration. It is alive with all the fieriness and volatility befitting the thunder god, and curt wittig states in his. On sunday, 11th march, this year, it will be exactly 40 years that nigerian iconic actor, playwright and musicologist, duro ladipo, mon, died in ibadan, oyo state, aged 45 years.
However, he is best known for collecting and translating yoruba folk tales and traditional poetry in collaboration with ulli beier. In 1964, ladipo publishes his trilogy on the history of the kingdom of oyo, which includes oba moro as well as oba koso the king did not hang and oba waja the king is dead, and opens two. With pa ogunde,duro ladipoit is wrong to say nollywood is. So you can imagine what i took away from that community, and i suppose i can see it, i cant forget any of. S tour, and the production still enjoys quarterly revivals ogunbiyi 1981.
The cultural company of duro ladipo theatre, nigeria. With reference to this, understudying the character of yomi duro ladipo as sango in the play oba koso the king did not hang and segun adefila as lanke in omuti the. He premiered oba koso the king did not hang at the clubs first anniversary in 1963 and a year later introduced oba waja the king is dead. Duro ladipos oba koso and femi osofisans no more the wasted breed are a few examples of contemporary nigerian plays in which interaction between the world of the living and the world of the ancestors are represented and graphically reenacted. A number of sources point to december 18, 1932, but two other sources, which can be.
He succeeded ajaka, son of oranmiyan who appears to have been a weak ruler. Notes on readingwriting african literature, culture, and society article pdf available in public culture 152 april 2003 with 1,403 reads. Duro ladipo caused something of a sensation in germany with his oba koso. Ladipo kolapo manager golden age household products. Some shakespeares plays do suggest apparent similar traits.
Duro ladipo, nigerian dramatist whose innovative folk operas incorporating ritual poetry and traditional rhythms performed on indigenous instruments were based on yoruba history. As founder, director, playwright, composer, principal actor of the theatre company ladipo describes his childhood and early musical experiences that influenced his work in theatre. Bakare gbadamosi born 1930 is a yoruba poet, anthropologist and short story writer from nigeria. Ladipo s oba koso is a tragedy, the finest in the yoruba language.
Oba koso, oba moro, oba waja with a postscript by beier, ulli ibadan. Oba koso the king does not hang oba koso shango the god king sango. With pa ogunde,duro ladipoit is wrong to say nollywood. Born in osogbo, hammed gbadamosi wrote his own yoruba poetry and short stories in the early 1960s. From duro ladipos son, a historical play punch newspapers. In yoruba religion, sango is one of the most popular orisha. His insistence, as should be expected, on mythohistorical works as those which are rich and persuasive p. Much of gbadamosis work was published by mbari, a club founded by beier in ibadan. The genius in duro ladipo blossomed, in no time, resulting in his production of classical operas and plays such as oba moro, oba koso, ajagun nla, eda, etc. Wole soyinkas myth, literature and the african world. Notes on readingwriting african literature, culture, and society, public culture on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. The classic nigerian folk opera is over 500 years old and was adapted to the stage by duro ladipo of. Perhaps, died is a skinny adjective to describe the passage of the worldacclaimed thespian.
Duro ladipos oba koso 1964 is enacted through dance. English words for duro include stand, wait, stay, mute, pause and brake. The queen of the ooni of ife, oba adeyeye ogunwusi, olori silekunola naomi ogunwusi, is 27 and has released some beautiful photos to mark it. Many people call her moremi or oya, following her historic roles in her late husbands popular plays entitled moremi and oba koso. John ferguson modern drama university of toronto press volume 11, number. The visual languages of duro ladipos theatre in oba moro. In duro ladipo he premiered oba koso the king did not hang at the clubs first anniversary in 1963 and a year later introduced oba waja the king is dead.
Yoruba race in global space global journal of humansocial. We could therefore conclude with etherton that in the end, ijimeres everyman or ladipos eda is no longer a christian. Oct 08, 2019 his insistence, as should be expected, on mythohistorical works as those which are rich and persuasive p. Durodola ladipo, the man there are conflicting accounts of duro ladipos year and place of birth, which may be the result of inaccurate documentation. Soyinka points out how sango the tragic hero is in the same parallel with ogun the paradox of the tragic loss notwithstanding. The three books in duro ladipo s trilogy on the history of the kingdom of oyo, oba koso the king did not hang, oba moro the king of ghosts, and oba waja the king is dead, are published to critical acclaim.
Apr 24, 2014 this year, the lagos black heritage festival takes a break from its current series the black in the mediterranean blue. It also explores the social, political and spiritual dynamics of yoruba from an. He first wrote the imprisonment of obatala, based on the relationship between obatala and other major orisha gods of the yoruba pantheon, and also, as stated in the introduction, on susanne wengers rendering of the myth in her prints and batiks. Mar 07, 2020 duro ladipo, nigerian dramatist whose innovative folk operas incorporating ritual poetry and traditional rhythms performed on indigenous instruments were based on yoruba history.
The classic nigerian folk opera is over 500 years old and was adapted to the stage by duro ladipo of nigeria in 1963. The play, published in three plays by duro ladipo in 1964, was translated by ulli beier. The three books in duro ladipos trilogy on the history of the kingdom of oyo, oba koso the king did not hang, oba moro the king of ghosts, and oba waja the king is. The visual languages of duro ladipos theatre in oba.
Apprenticeship raising masters and maestros by kenneth. Georgina ran art workshops, while beier collaborated with the local bar ownerturnedcomposer duro ladipo in the creation of the yoruba folk operas oba koso and oba waja, which toured the world and were highlights of the 1965 commonwealth arts festival. The story of the ghosts has recently provided a plot for one of duro ladipo s folk operas. Ladipos company is irresistibly reminiscent of donald wolfits old touring company in britainan actormanager of genius, a pretty girl, a characteractor, and after that the field.
Institute of african studies of ibadan ias publications. This musical is a new version of duro ladipos earlier, very popular yoruba dancedrama which was first recorded on lpor1ab by ariki records. Duro ladipos plays have sought to catch up with the dynamics of nigerian. Apr 01, 2003 read explorations in animist materialism. There are conflicting accounts of duro ladipo s year and place of birth, which may be the result of inaccurate documentation. Why am i uneasy about such a seemingly innocent term. This year, the lagos black heritage festival takes a break from its current series the black in the mediterranean blue. Incidentally, there is a scene in each play which recalls the other. The visual component of his plays takes one on a journey into understanding the aesthetics and expressions found in all aspects of yoruba culture.
Columbia broadcasting corporation cbs also recorded oba koso during ladipos u. We offer postgraduate teaching and research in african history, ethnomusicology and african music, african visual artsart history, traditional african medicine, cultural and media studies, diaspora and transnational studies, gender studies and african law. Remembering the thunderking of theatre, duro ladipo the. Duro ladipo had played sango in the play the king did not hang. On that first day, mistakes have not yet been made, there are no painful moments trying to unravel the events that led to a class emotional melt down, no reworking the syllabus after i have once again allowed class discussion to get us further and further behind, no failed attempts at discussions of racism in the united states. He premiered oba koso the king did not hang at the clubs first anniversary in 1963 and a year. Oba koso is one of duro ladipos most important plays, also the bestknown work in the repertory of yoruba operatic tradition.
All three operas are based on the history of the oyo kingdom and are available in english in three yoruba. Nov 12, 20 actress dayo amusa has been around for a while but shes fast becoming the next big thing especially after strings of outofthebox movies and moves. The word shepherding which i have chosen not only for this essays title but also as its key concept makes me slightly uneasy. Ladipo s company is irresistibly reminiscent of donald wolfits old touring company in britainan actormanager of genius, a pretty girl, a characteractor, and after that the field. And then of course, duro ladipos oba koso was at that time also on stage and we had the university traveling groups touring schools. The african ejournals project has digitized full text of. Moremi one example of a play braided from the tradition and culture of the african universe is moremi by duro ladipo. As a teacher in a church school at oshogbo in 1960, ladipo scandalized church members by including bata drums in the. A number of sources point to december 18, 1932, but two other sources, which can be considered more authentic, state that nigerias famous dramatist duro ladipo was born on that date in 1931. Today, the role has been passed down to his son yomi duro ladipo. Just recently in ibadan, she concluded work on moremi.
Model for outstanding performance for oba koso at the commonwealth festival. His father was a minister at an anglican church in o. Actress dayo amusa has been around for a while but shes fast becoming the next big thing especially after strings of outofthebox movies and moves. There are conflicting accounts of duro ladipos year and place of birth, which may be the result of inaccurate documentation.
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