Olatubosun Oladapo, aka Tubosun Oladapo, and Odidere Aiyekooto (the loquacious parrot

Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...

) b. September 1943, is a folk poet who writes, and chants on record plates in the Yoruba

Yoruba language

Yorùbá is a Niger–Congo language spoken in West Africa by approximately 20 million speakers. The native tongue of the Yoruba people, it is spoken, among other languages, in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo and in communities in other parts of Africa, Europe and the Americas...

 language, for audiences chiefly in South-West Nigeria

Nigeria

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Oladapo was educated in Ibadan

Ibadan

Ibadan is the capital city of Oyo State and the third largest metropolitan area in Nigeria, after Lagos and Kano, with a population of 1,338,659 according to the 2006 census. Ibadan is also the largest metropolitan geographical area...

 and Lagos

Lagos

Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...

, and worked as a producer in the country's Western Nigeria Broadcasting Service until 1977, when he formed a record company, Olatubosun Records, to promote indigenous artists and folk poets Odolaye Aremu, Ogundare Foyanmu, Ayanyemi Ayinla, and Lakin Ladeebo.

He lives in Ibadan, and is the author of print collections of poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

, Aroye Akewi(1 and 2) and Arofo Awon Omode, and Yoruba poetry (ewi) albums. His plays Ogun Lakaaye and Egbade Falade, were joint prize winners of the Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

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drama competition in 1970.