Kole Omotoso: Testimonies on a don's greatness
Renown academic and writer, Professor Kole Omotoso, bade this world farewell on July 19 in Cape Town, South Africa, and Adewale Oshodi speaks with members
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Renown academic and writer, Professor Kole Omotoso, bade this world farewell on July 19 in Cape Town, South Africa, and Adewale Oshodi speaks with members
The news that came from Johannesburg, South Africa on July 19 was heartrending: Kole Omotoso is dead! The lionized writer, Kole Omotoso, was my teacher at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, for four years of my study there in the Dramatic Arts Department with Professor Wole Soyinka as Head of Department.
A Nigerian author and professor, Kole Omotoso, has passed on. Omotoso died at the age of 80 in South Africa where he had been sick for a while, a family source told PremiumTimes. Omotoso’s family is set to release a statement announcing his death later on Wednesday.