Hubert Ogunde | Nigerian playwright, actor, and musician
Early Life
Olooye Hubert Adedeji Ogunde was
a folklorist, Nigerian entertainer, writer, artist, playwright, theater
supervisor, cop, educator, teetotaller, basic liberty extremist, Seer, prophet
and a patriot of class. Like any human, was naturally introduced to an unobtrusive
however trustworthy group of Mr. Jeremiah Dehinbo Ogunde and Mrs. Eunice
Owotunsan Ogunde on Monday July tenth, 1916 at Ososa in Ogun State. Senior
Ogunde was a minister at the Baptist Church, Ijebu Ife and slave driver, whose
father and progenitors were Ifa admirers and organizers of Ososa town.
While Madam Eunice Ogunde was a
broker whose guardians were additionally devotee of Ifa divinity. Ogunde's mom
was an agnostic at the time he was conceived. However, after his introduction
to the world she was changed over to Christianity. The pair brought up and
encouraged their youngsters about African culture and agitators. A
demonstration which helped youthful Ogunde in later life. At nine years old,
youthful Ogunde entered Saint John's Primary School, Ososa for his rudimentary
training and left the school in 1928 for Saint Peter's Faji School, Lagos State
where he was until 1930.
Birth of Ogunde's Drama
Monday, June 12, 1944, was an
extraordinary average day for youthful Ogunde. He was upheld and supported by
Church of the Lord, Ebute-Meta to deliver his first and most seasoned drama
'The Garden of Eden and The Throne of God' at the Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos.
The substance of the drama was scriptural. It articulates the 'fall of man and
his removal from the Garden of Eden.' The people dance by Messrs Hubert Ogunde
and G.B. Kuyinu were boisterously hailed. Different characters in the drama
included: Miss Kotoye Oshodi, Mr. S. O Okeowo, Mr. E.O. Adeleke, Miss M.
Samuel, Miss M. Adenuga, Miss C. Bajomo, Miss K. Ashabi and Mrs. Ruler. 'The
crowd that evening which was more than 1000 all clamored for a redundancy of
the play at no far off date.' In 1945, the achievement recorded in 'The Garden
of Eden and The Throne of God' propelled Ogunde to set up his first
organization the 'African Music Research Party.'
'Ogunde Theater Party' was
restricted in Kano (likewise in Kaduna and Makurdi) in May 8, 1950, for
arranging the social parody show named ' Bread and Bullet' and was captured for
subversion. He was charged to court later released yet fined £6 for posting
banners for the play without earlier consent from the public authority. In
addition, towards the finish of 1950, 'Ogunde Theater Party' was changed to
'Ogunde Concept Party.' In 1951, Ogunde denoted the seventh year commemoration huber ogunde music of his
auditorium with the creation of the drama 'My Darling Fatima.' For practically
the following decade, Ogunde delivered eight additional plays and furthermore
visited the little hiding spots of Nigeria, West Africa and the world in
general.
In 1960, Ogunde was welcome to
deliver a play 'Melody of Unity' for Nigeria at freedom. The play was arranged
at Glover Hall, Lagos and dispatched by Nigerian Government to check the
autonomy of Nigeria. Ogunde changed name again to 'Ogunde Theater' a name that
stuck on him till today. Somewhere in the range of 1960 and 1963, no single
tune or play was composed by Ogunde. He just moved in the audit and alteration
of his various attempts to find a way into the flavor of the mid 60s. In 1964,
there was a political tumult in the then Western Nigeria. Boss Awolowo was
detained on conspiracy allegation and Chief Ogunde, composed the exceptionally
disputable record for his prosecution entitled it 'Yoruba Ronu (Yoruba
Think!).'
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