Ola Balogun is a Nigerian filmmaker and scriptwriter

Screenwriter

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. He also ventured into the Nigerian music industry in 2001. Balogun, who has been making films for over three decades, is part of the first generation of Nigerian filmmakers.

Biography

Balogun was born in 1945 in Aba

Aba

- Geographic toponymns :* Aba, Abia, a city in Nigeria and former second capital of Biafra* Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, prefecture in Sichuan, China** Aba County, county in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, China** Aba, Sichuan, main town in Aba County...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

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 to Yoruba

Yoruba people

The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...

 parents. His father practiced law

Law

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 in Aba until his death. The first language that Balogun learned to speak was Ibo.