After joining the Mbari Mbayo Art Club in 1961, Duro Ladipo became a full time stage performer and founded his Travelling Theatre troupe. This is a picture from his family's collection.
Subject
Yoruba studies, Performance studies, African literature, African music
Musical score of Timi arriving in the town of Ede from Duro Ladipo's folk opera Oba Ko So (1962) as performed for educational television in New York in 1969. This excerpt features speech surrogacy on the drum.
Subject
Yoruba studies, Performance studies, African literature, African music
Musical score of the chorus of Chiefs addressing Shango from Duro Ladipo's folk opera Oba Ko So (1962) as performed for educational television in New York in 1969.
Subject
Yoruba studies, Performance studies, African literature, African music
Yoruba text with English translation of Timi arriving in the town of Ede from Duro Ladipo's folk opera Oba Ko So (1962) as performed for educational television in New York in 1969. This excerpt features speech surrogacy on the drum.
Subject
Yoruba studies, Performance studies, African literature, African music
Musical score of Gbonka calling for Timi from Duro Ladipo's folk opera Oba Ko So (1962) as performed for educational television in New York in 1969. This excerpt features speech surrogacy on the flute.
Subject
Yoruba studies, Performance studies, African literature, African music
Yoruba text with English translation of Gbonka calling for Timi from Duro Ladipo's folk opera Oba Ko So (1962) as performed for educational television in New York in 1969. This excerpt features speech surrogacy on the flute.
Subject
Yoruba studies, Performance studies, African literature, African music
Yoroba text with English translation of the chorus of Chiefs addressing Shango and subsequent dialogue from Duro Ladipo's folk opera Oba Ko So (1962) as performed for educational television in New York in 1969.
Subject
Yoruba studies, Performance studies, African literature, African music
Oladepo Duro-Ladipo (Duro Ladipo's eldest son) has carried on the family tradition of theatrical performance. He acted in his father's troupe and toured Europe before his father died in 1978. At the time, Oladepo was 11 years old. This is a nespaper clipping of a 2022 interview supplied by Oladepo Duro-Ladipo.
Subject
Yoruba studies, Performance studies, African literature, African music
