caption death_date birth_name birth_place imagesize nationality ethnicity notableworks birth_date period image article_title name occupation
olawale rotimi 18 august 2000 olawale gladstone emmanuel rotimi sapele , delta state , nigeria 200px nigerian yoruba '' '' '' ` ovonramwen nogbaisi '' '' ' , and the '' '' ` the epilogue '' '' ' gods are not to blame '' , 13 april 1938 1938 -- 2000 olarotimi.jpg ola rotimi
 ola rotimi playwright arts at the university of port harcourt , lecturer at , obafemi awolowo university , nigeria ; has also served as director visiting professor , playwright , and director in germany and . italy , as well as at depauw university and wabash head college . of department of creative
ola rotimi

olawale gladstone emmanuel rotimi , best known as ola rotimi -lrb- 13 april 1938 -- 18 august 2000 -rrb- , was one of nigeria 's leading playwrights and theatre directors .
he has been called `` a complete man of the theatre -- an actor , director , choreographer and designer -- who created performance spaces , influenced by traditional architectural forms . ''
