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Produced by
  
Obafemi Lasode

Music by
  
Jumoke Oke

Initial release
  
1 October 1997

Producer
  
Femi Lesode

Music director
  
Jumoke Oke

4.7/5
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Directed by
  
Obafemi Lasode

Written by
  
Wale Ogunyemi

Cinematography
  
Yusuf Mohammed

Director
  
Femi Lesode

Screenplay
  
Wale Ogunyemi

Starring
  
Peter Fatomilola Racheal Oniga Antar Laniyan Obafemi Lasode Wale Adebayo Bukky Ogunnote Gbenga Richards Ayo Akinwale Joe Layode Kola oyewo Jimi Sholanke Kola Oyewo Kayode Odumosun

Cast
  
Wale Adebayo, Femi Lesode, Wale Ogunyemi, Antar Laniyan, Rachael Oniga

Similar
  
Omo Elemosho, Saworoide, Living in Bondage, Maami

Sango: The Legendary African King is a 1997 epic Nigerian film, written by Wale Ogunyemi, produced and directed by Obafemi Lasode. The film depicts the life and reign of the legendary fifteenth century African king Sango, who ruled as the Alaafin of Oyo and became an important deity of the Yoruba people.

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Cast

  • Wale Adebayo as Sango
  • Peter Fatomilola as Babalawo Oyo (Oyo herbalist)
  • Rachael Oniga as Obba
  • Joe Layode as Elempe
  • Bukky Ogunnote as Osun (often pronounced Oshun)
  • Gbenga Richards as Samu
  • Laide Adewale as Agbaakin
  • Professor Ayo Akinwale as Bashorun
  • Antar Laniyan as Olowu
  • Ola Tehinse as Balogun
  • Jimi Sholanke as Ghost
  • Albert Aka-eze as Eliri
  • Toyin Oshinaike as Oluode
  • Peter Fatomilola as Babalawo Oyo
  • Wale Ogunyemi as Lagunan
  • Kola Oyewo as High Chief
  • Kayode Odumosu as Tamodu
  • Doyin Hassan as Omiran
  • Mufu Hamzat as Biri
  • Jumoke Oke-eze as Chantress
  • Florence Richards as Otun Iyalode and *Remi Abiola as Iyalode

    • Screening

    In 1998, the film was screened by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York City, U.S.A. as part of the 4th New York African Film Festival. In February 1999, the film was screened at the 7th Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles. In April 2002, the film was selected to open the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival.

    Awards

  • Best Feature Film at the 1st Abuja International Film Festival, held in Abuja, Nigeria, in October, 2004
  • Best First Film of a Director at the Nigerian Film Festival held in Lagos, November, 2003.

    • References

    Sango (film) Wikipedia
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