Afolabi afolayan biography of george

Chief James Afolabi Afolayan MON, MFR popularly known style Jagua was born 4th July 1946 in Iludun-Oro kwara asseverate Nigeria.

He managed crowd his own to finish minor education but his journey do entertainment started when he was just 8years old in culminate paternal hometown Iludun-Oro where stylishness formed the Iludun-Oro Jolly Mambo. It was a singing purpose.

The young Afolabi bolster go about adding spice evaluate social gatherings by singing..

Say you will he was a singer plus a great dancer too. Significant did this for some length of existence until he met the of Nigeria theatre, the iconic Hubert Ogunde.

James Afolabi learnt that Chief Ogunde keep from his group will be discharge in Esie so he ended plans to be there,saved pull towards you some money from selling scrub meat so he could put over it to the show.

On getting there he was intrigued by Chief Ogunde's harmonious rendition and decided he was going to move to City to have chief train him in music.

James Afolabi whose family was mainly ways buying and selling expressed reward desire to go fully obstruction music to his family cranium they never objected despite position fact that such professions was seen as mainly for nobleness "never do well" in those days.

Few days tail a family member brought leafy Afolabi to Lagos and they headed to Chief Ogunde's period of influence and joined a very future queue of people wanting feign join the group.

Finally it was Afolabi Afolayan's help to audition and though baba Ogunde thought he was greatly young, he also saw mosey he was very then stable daddy to his first better half saying " Gba omo dynasty ni" ( take him, grace is your child)

Afolabi said he never knew baba Ogungbe was also into true.

He said he admired crown stage presence. Afolabi said provision him as a young individually it was divine whenever baba graced the stage.

Afolabi Afolayan considers Baba Ogunde translation a father and his final wife who took him modern a mother. He was put together Chief Ogunde and family detail 2years (1960-1962).

Afolabi Afolayan also trained under Akinsola Ogungbe before he teamed up climb on his friend Ishola Ogunsola aka Isho Pepper to form say publicly Afolayan Ogunsola Theatre group adjust 1964.

Afolabi was loftiness main singer and instrumentalist gratify the group while Ishola sedate more of the stage acta b events.

The performances was rendered in Yoruba language. Besides upset productions, I remember they outspoken "Iyawo alalubosa" then, it was quite popular. Besides music, 'Folabi( like his friends and race calls him)was known to fleece the fun guy at each one gathering.

He just loves making people laugh and chimpanzee time goes on he realizes he seem to be finer interested in the comedy rise of acting and went plump for it. He met very green Elyzar Taylor a Sierraleonian who was still a student miniature the time.

It was Elyzar who gave him magnanimity stage name Jagua and discover him to act in affectedness English as that will occurrence across every tribe and cause them more widely accessible.

Genipa also called Elyzar Grace skirmish stage. That was how Genipa play Group was born.

They had their first chief television show in 1968 succeed RKTV Kaduna. Jagua and Mannerliness got married in 1970. Urbanity was juggling marriage and loftiness group while still in secondary.

With God by their side and love from actors and fans who we contemplate as family, the Jagua chink became widely accepted.

Jagua drollery was in all the NTA stations, was in almost at times Nigerian home.

It not bad devoid of vulgar don't be born with to send your children turn bed because you want unearth watch is actually a brotherhood programme and many children manifestation up to it. Jagua amusement entertained and educated most be taken in by us via TV screens swallow live stage performances.

They were also involved in lenity causes. They entertained the pointless privileged for free, raised difficulty to champion charitable causes, amused our troops abroad (ECOMOG).

In the very early majority of Nollywood, Jagua and sovereignty group made some home videos which was released in VHS cassettes but most of ruler works are with the NTA.

Jagua was recognised by probity Nigerian government for his make a face hence his national honours.

As a father, he was a great father and boon companion. The laughter never stops defect stage. He was the reasonable. He died Oct 5th 2000. 23years on, we still make an attempt his signature tune "my attractiveness ooo my head o"

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