Art community in Nigeria and the Diaspora has described the death of Professor of English and renowned writer, Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, popularly known as Kole Omotoso, as a great loss.
Professor Omotosho died today at the age of 80 years in Cape Town, South Africa.
He had lived in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa for many years.
The family, in a short message announcing the demise of the highly revered intellectual, said “Our beloved father and husband moved on from this plane on Wednesday 19th late afternoon. We are sharing this with his close and much-loved community and will share more as we gather ourselves.
“Thank you for your care and love and support.”
In South Africa, he was best known for his works of fiction and as the “Yebo Gogo man” in adverts for the telecommunications company, Vodacom.
The renowned intellectual was born on April 21, 1943, in Akure, Ondo State, South West, Nigeria.
