Faleti, Adebayo

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Section: Poets in the News
Poet Name: Faleti, Adebayo
Given Name: Adebayo
Last Name: Faleti
Date of Birth: 26 December 1921
Biography: Adebayo Faleti was a Nigerian poet, journalist, writer, actor, and director. He was a pioneer of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), and became Africa's first newscaster. He was also a known translator, and translated the speeches of the military president of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida, from English to Yoruba.

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Education: University of Ibadan
News Items: Poetry from Africa
Works: Leopold Sedar Senghor; Poems from Black Africa
Close Relationships: Garuba, Harry; Losambe, Lokangaka; Otiono, Nduka; Okewole, Niran; Ojaide, Tanure; Guibert, Armand; Ogunlesi, Tolu; Beier, Ulli; Moore, Gerald; Hughes, Langston; Doh, Emmanuel Fru; Osundare, Niyi; Karibo, Minji; Ogundipe-Leslie, Omolara 'Molara'; Diop, David Mandessi; Okara, Gabriel; Soyinka , Wole 'Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde'; Lumumba, Patrice Hemery; Brew, Osborne Henry Kwesi; Achebe, Chinua 'Albert Chinualumogu'; U Tam'si, Tchicaya; Ofeimun, Odia; Echeruo, Michael J. C.; Aig-Imoukhuede, Frank 'Abiodun'; Opoku, A. A.; Kunene, Mazisi 'Raymond'; Rive, Richard; Saro-Wiwa, Ken; Clark, John Pepper 'J. P.'; Ranaivo, Flavien; Senghor, Léopold Sédar; Okigbo, Christopher
Identifier: apdp.person.itn.000618
Place of Birth: Nigeria, Oyo
Spatial Coverage: Oyo
Region: West Africa
Type: Poets in the News