There are special powers associated with art, and one of them is the ability to restore back to life that which is “dead”. At the inaugural edition of the Nigerian Drums Festival, which kicked off in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital on Tuesday, April 19, the acts of Late Oloye Hubert Adedeji Ogunde was brought back to life, as a protege of the late thespian pioneer was performing. The late Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre manager, and musician who founded the Ogunde Concert Party in (1945), the first professional theatrical company in Nigeria, left a true legacy and that was prominently pronounced in the act of his protege.
His stage adroitness cannot be easily forgotten and to those who knew Ogunde closely, it was nothing short of resurrection of the master of theatre himself, perhaps an incarnate. Below is a video of what can metaphorically be called Ogunde’s resurrection, as obtained from The Punch.
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