Biography
Nigerian Ola Rotimi was a playwright and director. He obtained a B.A. from Boston University, and an M.A. from Yale, where he earned the distinction of being a Rockefeller Foundation scholar in Playwriting and Dramatic Literature. For over two decades, Rotimi was professor of playwriting, dramatic literature, and directing, as well as Head of Department and Dean of Faculty in two Nigerian universities. He was twice commissioned by the BBC to write for its overseas broadcast, and his publications include six full-length plays (two of them award-winning), and a number of scholarly articles on Theatre and Drama.
Productions
Gods Are Not To Blame, The
Year: 1989
Staged in: Talawa Theatre Company; 1986
Publications
Holding Talks
Year: 1979
Publisher: Ibadan University Press in association with Oxford University Press
If: A Tragedy of the Ruled
Year: 1983
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Akassa you mi: an historical drama
Year: 2001
Publisher: University of Port Harcourt Press