Veteran playwright, poet, actor and dramatist, Jimi Solanke is dead.
He was aged 82.
According to reports, Solanke died on Monday, February 5th after a brief illness.
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He is mostly remembered for his television programme ‘Story land’ on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
Late Solanke was at different times described by the Oxford Times and the New York Times as a ‘Skilled Nigerian Actor’ and an ‘Excellent Troupe’ respectively, owing to his performance of Wole Soyinka’s Kongi’s Harvest, during a tour of Europe.
