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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.
Professor Omotoso was a member of an endangered specie of African literary giants who gave their lives to our spirit of Afrocentrism.
The man behind the iconic phrase 'Yebo Gogo' died this week but his legacy lives on in the language of South Africans.
Professor Omotoso rose to fame as a highly sought-after presenter at several global literary gatherings, conferences, and cultural festivals.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sadness over the passing of celebrated writer, author and literary scholar, Professor Kole Omotoso, saying his demise is a big loss to Nigeria, Africa and the literary world.