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Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; has described the late Adebayo Faleti , renowned author, poet, broadcaster and actor, as a pioneer in every genre of literary creativity.
Soyinka said it was disastrous that the deceased died a few days after another literary icon, Prof. Abiola Irele, passed on.
According to him:“So soon after Abiola Irele, another pillar of the Shrine of Letters, succumbs to the exigencies of Time and leaves our horizon cloudy. Adebayo Faleti was a pioneer in virtually every genre of literary creativity and its expansion.
“No one should have been surprised to watch him lift the level of acting in the flush of Nigerian films, with his studied, subtle character portrayals.Yoruba scholarship owes him much and will honour him befittingly.
“More importantly is that he leaves for us memories of his unassuming presence which so richly embodied the expression, ‘Still waters run deep.
The celebrated actor and playwright died on Sunday in his home in Ibadan at the age of 86 due to old age. One of his son, Adeniyi, said he was trying to help him with his bath when he passed on.
According to him, his father observed the early morning devotion with his family members and soon after told them that he had prayed to God to send someone else to continue his mission as he was tired and longing for home.He also revealed that Faleti asked for hot pap, which he took before his death.
“After the morning devotion, I helped him to the bathroom as I normally did. He said he wanted God to send someone else to come and complete his work because he had done all he could do. He also said that he wanted to go home. Suddenly, I noticed that he was not breathing again. We took him to the University College Hospital, Ibadan where he was confirmed dead. We shall miss him greatly.”