Dúródọlá Dúróṣọmọ́ Dúróoríkẹ́ Timothy Adìsá Ládipọ (1926-12-18)18 December 1926 Osogbo, Osun State, British Nigeria (now Nigeria)
Died
11 March 1978(1978-03-11) (aged 51) Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
Occupation
Writer, playwright, actor, producer, dramatist
Language
Yoruba
Period
1961–1978
Notable works
Ọba kò so, Oba waja
Spouse
Abiodun Duro-Ladipo (m. 1964–1978), among others
Durodola Durosomo Duroorike Timothy Adisa Ladipo//ⓘ(18 December 1926 – 11 March 1978), more commonly known as Duro Ladipo, was one of the best known and critically acclaimed Yoruba dramatists who emerged from postcolonial Africa. Writing solely in the Yoruba language, he captivated the symbolic spirit of Yoruba mythologies in his plays, which were later adapted to other media such as photography, television and cinema. His most famous play, Ọba kò so (The King did not Hang), a dramatization of the traditional Yoruba story of how Ṣango became the Orisha of Thunder, received international acclaim at the first Commonwealth Arts Festival in 1965 and on a Europe an tour, where a Berlin critic, Ulli Beier, compared Ladipọ to Karajan.[1] Ladipo usually acted in his own plays.
^Ulli Beier, p.c. (1965) to Prof. Herbert F. W. Stahlke.
Durodola Durosomo Duroorike Timothy Adisa Ladipo // (18 December 1926 – 11 March 1978), more commonly known as DuroLadipo, was one of the best known and critically...
lawyer William Kumuyi – General Overseer, Deeper Life Christian Church DuroLadipo – actor and dramatist Gabriel Oladele Olutola - President of the Apostolic...
California, Dept. of Linguistics/ASC. Ladipọ, Duro (1972). Ọba kò so (The king did not hang) — Opera by DuroLadipọ. (Transcribed and translated by R.G...
other dramatists like Hubert Ogunde, Kola Ogunmola, Oyin Adejobi and DuroLadipo popularized theater and television acting in Nigeria. He was a prolific...
a blossoming Yoruba movie industry. Practitioners like Ola Balogun, DuroLadipo and Adeyemi Afolayan (Ade Love) played a significant role when they came...
included Moses Olaiya also known as Baba Sala. In 1976, Kootu Asipa by DuroLadipo was a popular drama. Malu, Linus Nnabuike (2016). Media law and policy...
1970s. Osogbo is also the childhood home of the actor and dramatist DuroLadipo and the Muslim scholar Sheikh Adelabu. Osogbo is the venue of the annual...
in the 1960s. He was a drummer and actor with the theatre company of DuroLadipo. He taught traditional music and dance at Obafemi Awolowo University...
"as a letter writer, stage magician and actor". He participated in DuroLadipo's theatre group in Osogbo. According to one source, Gbadamosi later became...
independence were Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka. In 1962, with the dramatist DuroLadipo, he co-founded Mbari Mbayo (the Mbari Club), Osogbo. Beier was also known...
character, emphasising the genealogical anchoring of his characters. DuroLadipo, son of an Anglican clergyman, was a playwright who wrote exclusively...
Agbegijo and Alarinjo theatre groups, which featured theatre actors such as DuroLadipo, Ishola Ogunmola, Lere Paimo, Oyin Adejobi, amongst others. In 1949 through...
Japan, as well as Robert Serumaga with the National Theatre of Uganda, DuroLadipo & the National Theatre of Nigeria, and Pabuji Ki Phad from India were...
journalism professor DuroLadipo (1931–1978) Abimbola Lagunju (born 1960) Logan February (born 1999) Amina Mama (born 1958) Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968)...
formal schooling but self-educated himself. He then became an actor for DuroLadipo's famous plays including Ọba kò so. He then became associated with the...
virtues." The proponents of the travelling theatre in Nigeria include DuroLadipo and Moses Olaiya (a popular comic act). These practitioners contributed...
Atoko wá gbowó nílé – the talking-drum specialist; Àlàbí Ògúndépò, and DuroLadipo International Theatre, among others. His personal Yoruba poetry (ewì)...
about 50 miles northeast of Ibadan — by dramatist DuroLadipo together with Beier and Mphahlele. Ladipo converted his father's house into an art gallery...
and producing Ajani Ogun, a Yoruba-language film in partnership with DuroLadipo and starring Ade Love. The film was a box-office hit and the popularity...
workshops conducted by Ulli Beier, and was also a lighting technician in DuroLadipo's theatre.. Jimoh Buraimoh's work merges western media and Yoruba style...
Agbegijo and Alarinjo theatre groups, which featured theatre actors such as DuroLadipo, Ishola Ogunmola, Lere Paimo, Oyin Adejobi, amongst others. In 1949,...
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