{"id":18590,"date":"2017-03-30T23:20:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T22:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18590"},"modified":"2020-03-09T10:26:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T09:26:41","slug":"tomoloju-ben-omowafola-kasta","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/tomoloju-ben-omowafola-kasta\/","title":{"rendered":"TOMOLOJU, Ben Omowafola Kasta"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA; dramatist, journalist politician; b: December 18, 1954; ht: Igbo-Egunrin; lga: Ilaje; so: Ondo; m: Adama Abosede Usman, 1986; nc: two s, one d; ed: St. John&#8217;s Demonstration Primary School, Owo, Ondo State, 1961; Ebenezer Primary School, Ilu-Titun, Ondo State, 1962-63; Local Authority Primary School, Okitipupa, Ondo State, 1963-65; Apostolic Primary School, Agege, Ugos, 1966; Bola Memorial Primary School, Ikeja, Lagos, 1967; Christ&#8217;s School, Ado-Ekiti. 1968-72; 1973-74; University of Ibadan, 1975-78. cr: Producer, Nigerian Television, Makurdi, 1978-79; School teacher, Head, Department of English, Saka Tinubu Memorial High School, Agege, 1979-82; Chief Leader Writer, The Punch, 1982-83; Reviews Editor, Democrat Weekly, 1983- 85; Arts Editor, Assistant Editor, Deputy Editor, The Guardian, 1985- 93; edir. BTC Media and Creative Consultants, Lagos, since 1993; cartoonist, freelance, NewBreed, 1974-75; Arts Editor, Weekly Focus, 1979-81; founder, Kakaaki Performing Troupe, since 1980; mm: Anti-Piracy Committee, 1986-89; Committee on the draft of Nigeria&#8217;s National Cultural Policy, 1988; Governing Board, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, 1991-93; Project Consultant, Afrika, Project &#8217;98; Consultant, Goethe Institute of Africa Project Theatre Programme; ch. National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners, 1989; Arts Writers Organisation of Nigeria, 1990; mm. National Association of Nigerian Authors, 1989-90; executive mem. Nigerian Folklore Society; f. Young African Uadership Forum, USA, 1990; cw: Jankariwo, Winaudi Editore, Turin, 1987; Mujemuje, Chieri Festival, Turin, Italy, 1992; Songs for Nigeria; pp: National Democratic Party, Aspirant for National Assembly, (House of Representatives) Agege Federal Constituency, 2003 elections; hob: listening, rural tours; off: BTC &#8211; Media and Creative Consultants, 21, Red Street LSDPC Bungalows Uyout, Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa, Isolo, P.O. Box 343, Ikeja. res: 2, Omotoye Estate Road, Orile, Agege, Lagos, tel: 01-4924067.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168,166,2415],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18590","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts","category-politics","category-writer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18590","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18590"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}