File: Veteran Nollywood actor, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo.
A video has emerged showing late veteran actor and traditional chanter, Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, leading chants during the burial procession of renowned theatre practitioner, Hubert Ogunde, in 1990.
The video courtesy of the Ogunde Museum showed the performance of the Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners during the lying in state at the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, on Thursday, May 3, 1990.
The throwback footage, posted on X and Facebook by Yemi King via his handle, #TheYemiKing, on Monday, showed Ogogo eulogising (Oríkì) and chanting as Dr Ishola Ogunsola, popularly known as I-Show Pepper, led the dirge and procession during Ogunde’s burial rites.
The footage was recorded in May 1990, shortly after Ogunde, regarded as a pioneer of Nigerian theatre and one of the leading figures in the development of contemporary Yoruba theatre, died in London on April 4, 1990.
