Journalist and director general of the National Film Video and Censors Board (NFVCB) Shaibu Husseini has said that co-starring with veteran actress Taiwo Ajai-Lycett in Wale Ogunyemi’s 1975 play The Divorce remains one of his career highs.
The film practitioner and lecturer said this in an Instagram post on Saturday while celebrating Ajai-Lycett’s 83rd birthday.
He wrote: “Happy birthday to my mum–the legend @taiwoajailycett . I celebrate you mum, and I love you so so much.
“Thank you for all you do for us your creative children and grandchildren. Co-starring with you (I played John) in Wale Ogunyemi’s ‘The Divorce’ as directed by Uncle B in the mid 90’s remains one of my career highs! More grace and power mum. You will live long for us in Jesus name..
“Ps: Permit me mum, to use this opportunity to extend birthday wishes to your Son, my brother @sewetronica aka Sewe Baba! Happy birthday Prince of Badagry. Greater you ni oruko Jesu. Amin..’
A seasoned theatre and film expert, Shaibu is an alumnus of the United States International Visitors Leadership Programme and the AIG-Public Leaders Programme of the Blavtanik School of Governance at the University of Oxford.
Ajai-Lycett’s acting career started in December 1966 in Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel, a two-act comedy directed by William Gaskill at the Royal Court Theatre in London. She did not plan to act but was in the rehearsal hall of the play when she was asked by Gaskill to be a participant.
The 53-year-old is a film critic and one of the stakeholders in the creative industry having contributed immensely to its growth and development.
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Wale Ogunyemi wrote and co-scripted several dramas before his death in December 2001, including The Lion and the Jewel, Kongi’s Harvest and Sango.
