Writer and filmmaker Biyi Bandele has been buried.
The 54-year-old was buried on Friday September 23, at the Ebony Vaults, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Fellow filmmaker Tunde Kelani posted photos from the burial ceremony on Instagram.
“Biyi Bandele goes home. The writer, poet, screenwriter, director and photographer today after a brief ceremony. May his soul rest in peace,” Tunde wrote.
Born on October 13, 1967 in Kafanchan, Southern Kaduna to parents from Abeokuta, Ogun State, Bandele was studying dramatic arts at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile Ife, when he won the BBC Playwriting Competition, and thereafter relocated to England where he had a flourishing career as a writer.
He co-directed Blood Sisters, a four-part Netflix Original series by EbonyLife Films.
His earlier works include Half of a Yellow Sun adapted from Chimamanda Adichie’s novel of the same title and Fifty another EbonyLife production.
Bandele is survived by his son Korede and daughter Temi.
