In the early hours of last Saturday, February 17, 2018, Prof. Akinwumi Isola solemnly joined the worthy ancestors of the Yoruba nation. As the author of the widely acclaimed Yoruba historical dramas, Efúnsetán Aníwúrà, Ìyálóde Ibadan and Tinúubú, Ìyálóde Egba as well as Ó le kú, a complex, but hilarious, love story, and Ogún Omodé, a recollection of episodic memoirs of his childhood, Prof. Isola would stand side by side with the departed giants in Yoruba scholarship and dramaturgy. He would dine with departed novelists, playwrights, dramatists, and scholars of Yoruba language and culture, including D.…
Akinwumi Isola: A giant in his own right By Niyi Akinnaso
