Ace Yoruba actor, broadcaster, poet and and author, Adebayo Faleti has passed away. Faleti who was one of the pioneer staff of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV) died at the University College Hospital Ibadan on 22nd of July, 2017. May God rest his soul.
Faleti was responsible for translating Nigeria’s National Anthem from English to Yoruba. He also translated speeches being made by military president of Nigeria Ibrahim Babangida and Chief Ernest Shonekan, Head of National Interim Government of Nigeria, from English to Yoruba.
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