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Femi Osofisan (Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan) was born on 16 June, 1946 in Erunwon, Ogun State, Nigeria, is a Nigerian writer (born 1946). Discover Femi Osofisan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?
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Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan |
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Professor, Playwright, Poet |
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77 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
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16 June, 1946 |
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16 June |
Birthplace |
Erunwon, Ogun State, Nigeria |
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Niger
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Femi Osofisan Height, Weight & Measurements
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Femi Osofisan Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Femi Osofisan worth at the age of 77 years old? Femi Osofisan’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. He is from Niger. We have estimated Femi Osofisan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan (born June 16, 1946), known as Femi Osofisan or F.O., is a Nigerian writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his plays.
A frequent theme that his drama explore is the conflict between good and evil.
He is a didactic writer whose works seek to correct his decadent society.
He has written poetry under the pseudonym Okinba Launko.
Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan was born in the village of Erunwon, Ogun State, Nigeria, on June 16, 1946, to Ebenezer Olatokunbo Osofisan, a school teacher, lay reader and church organist, and Phoebe Olufunke Osofisan, a schoolteacher.
His last name, Ọ̀sọ́fisan, signifies that his paternal ancestors were artists and artisans who worshipped the god of beauty and ornaments, Ọ̀ṣọ́.
Osofisan attended primary school at Ife and secondary school at Government College, Ibadan.
He then attended the University of Ibadan (1966–69), majoring in French and as part of his degree course studying at the University of Dakar for a year, and going on to do post-graduate studies at the Sorbonne, Paris.
He subsequently held faculty positions at the University of Ibadan, where he retired as full professor in 2011.
He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Theatre Arts, Kwara State University, Nigeria.
Osofisan is Vice President (West Africa) of the Pan African Writers' Association.
One of his prose works; Ma'ami was adapted into a film in 2011.
Several of Osofisan's plays are adaptations of works by other writers: Women of Owu from Euripides' The Trojan Women; Who's Afraid of Solarin? from Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector; No More the Wasted Breed from Wole Soyinka's The Strong Breed; Another Raft from J. P. Clark's The Raft; Tegonni: An African Antigone from Sophocles′ Antigone, and others.
Osofisan in his works also emphasizes gender: his representation of women as objects, objects of social division, due to shifting customs and long-lived traditions, and also as instruments for sexual exploitation; and his portrayal of women as subjects, individuals capable of cognition, endowed with consciousness and will, and capable of making decisions and effecting actions.His inspiration is based on his home town and his society
In 2016, he became the first African to be awarded the prestigious Thalia Prize by the International Association of Theatre Critics, the induction ceremony taking place on 27 September.
Osofisan has written and produced more than 60 plays.
He has also written four prose works: Ma'ami, Abigail, Pirates of Hurt and Cordelia, first produced in newspaper columns, in The Daily Times and then The Guardian.