{"id":17068,"date":"2017-03-23T08:59:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T07:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17068"},"modified":"2017-05-30T19:38:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T18:38:17","slug":"solanke-jimi-adeboye","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/solanke-jimi-adeboye\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLANKE, Jimi Adeboye"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> theatre consultant, b: July 4, 1942; p: Lagos; bt: Ipara-Remo; Iga: Remo North; so: Ogun; m: Margaret Toyin Obafemi, September 17, 1973; nc: three s; four d; ed: Olowogbowo Methodist School, Lagos, 1949-56; Odogbolu Grammar School, Odogbolu, 1957-60; School of Drama University of Ibadan, 1963-69; cr: Actor, University of Ibadan Acting Company; asst dir. Ori-olokun Institute of African Studies; snr. cultural officer, Midwest Arts Council, dir. Batakoto Night Club, Lagos; Artistic dir. African Review, Los Angeles, CA USA; artist in residence, Dramatic Arts Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, He Ife; dir\/ceo. Jimmy Solanke Ltd. Ugos; art dir. Popular Theatre and Music for Grassroot Mobilization, He Ife; mm: Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists (Sonta); Performing Musician Association of Nigeria; Cooperative Artists of Nigeria; Performing Tree, LA. 1983-89; Grantee FLD Macarthur Foundation, 1997-2000; American Studies Association; cw: Eje-kajo, DeccaRecords; Ase,Tabansi Records; Stories, JimmySolanke Records; MacArthurfor Life, Jimmy Solanke Records; Orin Orisa, Ase Records; wrote, directed and performed in &#8220;Death How Now?&#8221; World Aids. Day, National Theatre; sc: Social sec. Alpha Group of Friends; Funsum Club, Ugos; social sec. Ife Recreation Club; Festak Club, He Ife; hob: writing, driving, gardening and baby sitting; off: Jimi Solanke Artist in Residence Institute of Cultural Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, He Ife, Osun State; e-m: jimsol@gannetcity.com; pha: 163, Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Road, Oluorogbo, Ile-Ife; e-m: jimsol@gannetcity.com. or off: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17068","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17068"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}