Nationality Nigerian Name Obafemi Lasode Ethnicity Yoruba Role Film actor | Citizenship Nigerian Movies Sango Years active 1983–present | |
Born December 4, 1955 (age 68) ( 1955-12-04 ) Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Occupation actorsongwriterplaywrightfilm producerdirector Similar People Wale Ogunyemi, Ayo Akinwale, Antar Laniyan, Kayode Odumosu, Peter Fatomilola | ||
Obafemi Lasode (born 4 December 1955) is a Nigerian veteran film actor, songwriter, playwright, film producer and director. He is the chief executive officer of Even-Ezra Nigeria Limited, the stable that produced an award-winning movie titled Sango in 1997.
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Early life
Obafemi Bandele Lasode was born on 4 December 1955 in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Nigeria but hails from Abeokuta, a city in Ogun State southwestern Nigeria. He attended St. Gregory's College at Obalende in Lagos State, where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate. He later obtained a Bachelor of science degree in Business administration from Kogod School of Business, Washington, D.C. Thereafter, he obtained a master of science degree in Communication art from Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Career
He joined the services of Inner City Broadcasting Corporation, New York City, in 1983 as a Promotions Coordinator, where he hosted Sonny Okosuns in 1984 at the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem.
He produced the African music programme Afrika In Vogue on Radio Nigeria 2, which ran from the first quarter of 1989 for a year. In 1995, he established Afrika 'n Vogue/Even-Ezra Studios.
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. He authored a book titled Television Broadcasting: The Nigerian Experience (1959–1992), currently in use in Nigerian universities.