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As Baba Sala he is regarded as the father of modern Nigerian comedy, and every comedian since has worked in his shadow.
Moses Olaiya, universally known as Baba Sala, is regarded as the father of modern Nigerian comedy.
He stands with Hubert Ogunde, Kola Ogunmola, Oyin Adejobi and Duro Ladipo among the dramatists who popularised theatre and television acting in Nigeria, in the golden age of Yoruba theatre between the early 1950s and the early 1980s.
He stands with Hubert Ogunde, Kola Ogunmola, Oyin Adejobi and Duro Ladipo among the dramatists who popularised theatre and television acting in Nigeria, in the golden age of Yoruba theatre between the early 1950s and the early 1980s.
- Wikipedia — Moses Olaiya
- University of Michigan, Passages — Structural adjustments of Nigerian comedy: Baba Sala
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