Nigerian Movie’s Pioneer, Francis Oladele Dies At 82

The death of one of Nigeria’s greatest
pioneers of the movie industry has been
announced. Francis Adetunji Oladele is
said to have died today, Monday, 22nd
of June, 2015 around 8am after a brief
illness. Veteran film producer, Tunde
Kilani announced it on twitter just now.
Mr Francis was 82.
He established his film company
Calpenny-Nigeria Films Limited, in 1965
and produced his first movie, Kongi’s
Harvest, based on Wole Soyinka’s
dramatic epic of the same title in 1970.
He did a lot for our film industry. May
his soul rest in peace, amen.