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Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, D.Lit. (10 July 1916 – 4 April 1990) was a Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the first contemporary professional theatrical company in Nigeria, the African Music Research Party, in 1945. Hubert Ogunde changed the name to Ogunde Theater Party in 1947 and Ogunde Concert Party in 1950. Finally, in 1960, he changed it to Ogunde Theater, a name that remained until his death in 1990. He has been described as "the father of Nigerian theatre, or the father of contemporary Yoruba theatre".

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  • Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, D.Lit. (10 July 1916 – 4 April 1990) was a Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the first contemporary professional theatrical company in Nigeria, the African Music Research Party, in 1945. Hubert Ogunde changed the name to Ogunde Theater Party in 1947 and Ogunde Concert Party in 1950. Finally, in 1960, he changed it to Ogunde Theater, a name that remained until his death in 1990. He has been described as "the father of Nigerian theatre, or the father of contemporary Yoruba theatre". In his career on stage, he wrote more than 50 plays, most of which incorporate dramatic action, dance, and music, with a story reflecting the political and social realities of the period. His first production was a church-financed play called The Garden of Eden. It premiered at Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos, in 1944. Its success encouraged Ogunde to produce more plays, and he soon left his job with the police force for a career in the theatre. In the 1940s, he released some plays with political commentaries: The Tiger's Empire, Strike and Hunger and Bread and Bullet. During the 1950s, he toured various Nigerian cities with his travelling troupe. In 1964, he released Yoruba Ronu, a play that generated controversy and earned him the wrath of Chief Akintola, premier of the Western Region. The Ogunde Theater was banned in the Western Region of Nigeria for two years as a result. This ban was only revoked by the new military government of Lt. Col. F. A. Fajuyi on the 4th of February, 1966. In the late 1970s, Ogunde was spurred by the success of Ija Ominira and Ajani Ogun, two pioneering Yoruba feature-length films, to co-produce his first celluloid film, Aiye, in 1979. He released Jaiyesimi, Aropin N'tenia, and Ayanmo, feature-length films influenced by Yoruba mysticism, thereafter. Ogunde starred in Mister Johnson, the 1990 motion picture that also featured Pierce Brosnan. The movie was shot on location in Toro, near Bauchi, Nigeria. (en)
  • Hubert Ogunde (né le 31 mai 1916 à , mort le 4 avril 1990 à Londres) est un dramaturge nigérian considéré comme le père du théâtre moderne au Nigeria. Hubert Ogunde, un inventeur missionnaire. Ah, apparenly papa Ogunde is still alive, far away oversea like in the myth. Papa Ogunde my step grandfather. The rumour here has it papa wants the best for me, cosmos. Long live papa Ogunde. (fr)
  • Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, född 31 maj 1916 i Ososa, nära Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, Nigeria, död 4 april 1990 i London, England, var en nigeriansk skådespelare, dramatiker, teaterchef och musiker som grundade Ogunde Concert Party (år 1945), det första professionella teaterföretaget i Nigeria. Ogunde spelade en roll i filmen Mister Johnson från 1990, i vilken även Pierce Brosnan medverkade. Filmen spelades in i Jos. Denna artikel om en person med huvudsaklig anknytning till Nigeria saknar väsentlig information. Du kan hjälpa till genom att lägga till den. (sv)
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  • Doctor of Letters from the University of Ife and University of Lagos, Nigeria (en)
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  • Hubert Ogunde (né le 31 mai 1916 à , mort le 4 avril 1990 à Londres) est un dramaturge nigérian considéré comme le père du théâtre moderne au Nigeria. Hubert Ogunde, un inventeur missionnaire. Ah, apparenly papa Ogunde is still alive, far away oversea like in the myth. Papa Ogunde my step grandfather. The rumour here has it papa wants the best for me, cosmos. Long live papa Ogunde. (fr)
  • Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, född 31 maj 1916 i Ososa, nära Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, Nigeria, död 4 april 1990 i London, England, var en nigeriansk skådespelare, dramatiker, teaterchef och musiker som grundade Ogunde Concert Party (år 1945), det första professionella teaterföretaget i Nigeria. Ogunde spelade en roll i filmen Mister Johnson från 1990, i vilken även Pierce Brosnan medverkade. Filmen spelades in i Jos. Denna artikel om en person med huvudsaklig anknytning till Nigeria saknar väsentlig information. Du kan hjälpa till genom att lägga till den. (sv)
  • Chief Hubert Adedeji Ogunde, D.Lit. (10 July 1916 – 4 April 1990) was a Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the first contemporary professional theatrical company in Nigeria, the African Music Research Party, in 1945. Hubert Ogunde changed the name to Ogunde Theater Party in 1947 and Ogunde Concert Party in 1950. Finally, in 1960, he changed it to Ogunde Theater, a name that remained until his death in 1990. He has been described as "the father of Nigerian theatre, or the father of contemporary Yoruba theatre". (en)
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