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          Duro Ladipo was a Nigerian artist who was born in Toledo Museum of Art featured Duro Ladipo's work in the past.

        1. Duro Ladipo was a Nigerian artist who was born in Toledo Museum of Art featured Duro Ladipo's work in the past.
        2. 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.
        3. Ladipo started his personal theatre group in , but he became fully established with the founding of the Mbari Mbayo Club in Oṣogbo.
        4. Duro Ladipo was not only a critically acclaimed Yoruba dramatist but also a passionate advocate for Yoruba traditional arts and culture.
        5. Duro Ladipo, a native of Osogbo, who bestrode the entertainment industry in the post-colonial era, carved a niche for himself by dictating the.

          6. Ladipo started his personal theatre group in , but he became fully established with the founding of the Mbari Mbayo Club in Oṣogbo.!

          Duro Ladipo

          Nigerian playwright (1926–1978)

          Duro Ladipo

          Ladipo c. 1955

          BornDúródọlá Dúróṣọmọ́ Dúróoríkẹ́ Timothy Adìsá Ládipọ
          (1926-12-18)18 December 1926
          Osogbo, Osun State, British Nigeria (now Nigeria)
          Died11 March 1978(1978-03-11) (aged 51)
          Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
          OccupationWriter, playwright, actor, producer, dramatist
          LanguageYoruba
          Period1961–1978
          Notable worksỌba kò so, Oba waja
          SpouseAbiodun 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