Published By: Kazeem Ugbodaga
24th July, 2017
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has mourned the demise of prominent author and actor, Adebayo Faleti.
Soyinka in a statement on Monday said another pillar of the Shrine of letters had succumbed to death, saying that he was a pioneer in virtually every genre of literary creativity and its expansion.
In his words: “So soon after Abiola Irele, another pillar of the Shrine of Letters succumbs to the exigences of Time and leaves our horizon cloudy.
“Adebayo Faleti was a pioneer in virtually every genre of literary creativity, and its expansion. No one should have been surprised to watch him lift the level of acting in the flush of Nigerian films, with his studied, subtle character portrayals.
“Yoruba scholarship owes him much, and will honour him befittingly. More importantly is that he leaves for us memories of his unassuming presence which so richly embodied the expression: “Still waters run deep.”
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