Musician songwriter playwright film producer director
Years active
1983–present
Notable work
Sango
Obafemi LasodeListenⓘ (born 4 December 1955) is a Nigerian veteran musician, film director and producer, songwriter, music producer, and playwright.[1] He is the chief executive officer of Even-Ezra Nigeria Limited, the stable that produced an award-winning movie titled Sango in 1997.[2][3]
He produced the African music programme Afrika in Vogue on Radio Nigeria 2, which ran from the first quarter of 1989 for a year.[9] In 1995, he established Afrika 'n Vogue/Even-Ezra Studios.[9]
In 1997, he produced and directed an award-winning African epic titled Sango, a film that was selected to open the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival in 2002.[10] He authored a book titled Television Broadcasting: The Nigerian Experience (1959–1992),[11] currently in use in Nigerian universities.[12]
^Mahir Saul; Ralph A. Austen, eds. (2010). Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century. Ohio University Press. p. 24. Retrieved 18 January 2015. Television broadcasting: The Nigerian Experience (1959–1992).