Nollywood sola fosudo biography
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- Sola Fosudo (born 1958) is a Nigerian prolific dramatist, scholar, critic, film actor and director.
- Sola Fosudo is a prominent Nigerian actor, director, and scholar who has made significant contributions to the Nigerian film industry, known as Nollywood.
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Sola Fosudo: And the rank of academics in Nollywood swells
There was a time when there were only a few academics in Nollywood. In fact, they were finger countable. But as the industry grew, practitioners there, reached out to more members of the academia to join so that they can bring their theory cum practical experiences to bear in the quest to improve the fortunes of the industry. In no time, there was not only a marriage between town and gown, but the screen bristled with some dramatists, scholars and critics from the academia including Sola Fosudo, Sam Dede, Columbus Irosanga, Zulu Adigwe, Don Pedro Obaseki, Emeka Nwabueze, Laz Ekwueme, Ahmed Yerima, Kola Oyewo, Ayo Akinwale and the late Professor Akinwunmi Isola taking up screen roles and penning some of the critically acclaimed movies.
But amongst these high ranking members of the academia, the dramatist, scholar, director and actor Sola Fosudo is reputed to be amongst the first set of university dons, who embraced Nollywood early enough featuring in some of Nollywood’s acclaimed block bursters like True Confession, Glamo
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People thought I was insane when I became a lecturer– Sola Fosudo
Veteran actor, Prof. Sola Fosudo, tells OLUSHOLA RICKETTS about his early days in Nollywood, what made him pursue a career in academics and his concerns for the movie industry
When you were younger, did you imagine you’d become a professor?
I believe that, as an individual, your aim is to get to the top of your profession; but at the end of the day, everything depends on divine providence. If 30 people are employed as accountants, only one person might end up becoming a chief accountant. We all wish that the best comes to us.
To be promoted as a professor is a mark of honour. It is a call to greater contribution in my place of primary assignment and also to the society. It is similar to becoming a governor or president and when you occupy any of such positions, it is a call to bigger responsibilities.
Would you say it was easy for you to attain professorship?
Professorship is not a political position that people fight for or seek elections to. There are criteria for evaluating the applicatio
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Sola Fosudo
Film actor and scholar
Sola Fosudo | |
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| Born | (1958-03-18) March 18, 1958 (age 66) |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | University of Ibadan Obafemi Awolowo University |
| Occupations | |
Sola FosudoListenⓘ (born 1958) is a Nigerian prolific dramatist, scholar, critic, film actor and director.[1][2][3]
Early life and career
Sola hails from Lagos State.[4] He was trained as a dramatist at Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Ibadan where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in drama.[5] He has featured and directed several Nigerian films.[6] He is the head of the Department of Theatre Art, Lagos State University and the university's director of information.[7][8]
Selected filmography
- True Confession (1995)
- Glamour Girls I (1994)
- Rituals (1997)
- Karashika (1998)
- Full Moon (1998) as P.J.
- Wasted Years (2000)
- Elastic Limit (2000) as Edison
- Douglas My Love (2004) as Jibunoh
- Political Control (2006
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