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| Herbert Ogunde and 8 of his Wives |
Hubert Adedeji Ogunde was born in Ososa, near Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria (31 May 1916 – 4 April 1990). He was a Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the Ogunde Concert Party in (1945), the first professional theatrical company in Nigeria. He has been described as "the father of Nigerian theatre, or the father of Nollywood. Hubert Ogunde is one of the few Nigerian actors who have starred in international productions. He featured in Mister Johnson, the 1990 motion picture shot on location in Jos, that also had Pierce Brosnan in it.
Hubert Ogunde was also famous for being a polygamist, he had 12 wives, 8 of whom were part of this theatre productions. They were featured in the American
Ebony Magazine of October 1969, and the following pictures are from there.
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| 4 of Hubert Ogunde's wives go shopping |
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| Making their stage costumes |
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| Some of the wives taking a stroll with Hubert Ogunde |
The feature in Ebony paints a quaint a loving picture, but one of the surviving wives tells a more realistic tale in this
article for Nigeriafilms.
I read the article you linked, polygamy is never good for most women, not to talk of now, shine your eyes o.
ReplyDeletesome of those women look underage to me.
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