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Peter Fatomilola
Nigerian dramatist, film actor, poet and playwright (born 1946)
Chief Peter FatomilolaListenⓘ (born 16 January 1946) is a Nigerian dramatist, film actor, poet, ifa priest and prolific playwright.[1]
Early life
Fatomilola was born on 16 January 1946 in the town of Ifisin-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State, Nigeria, to Chief Abraham Ojo Fatomilola and Mrs.
Elizabeth Fatomilola. He is a son of Chief Ifa Priest, known as the Oluwo (Olu-awo, meaning Lord of the oracle), which was believed to have influenced his herbalist role in Nigerian film.[2] His mother was from the town of Isare-Oge in Kwara State.
In 1967, he joined the Olokun Theatre group under the tutelage of the late Professor Ola Rotimi, a renowned dramatist and prolific playwright at the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University.[3] He is also a member of the academic staff of Obafemi Awolowo University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts