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Ọlátúbọ́sún Oládàpọ̀, also known as Túbọ́sún Ọládàpọ̀, or Odidere Aiyekooto – "the loquacious parrot", is a Yoruba-language folk poet, playwright, music producer, radio personality/broadcaster, writer, and researcher from Nigeria whose audience resides chiefly in South-West Nigeria, and speak Yorùbá. Oladapo has released about 29 different books, some of which are used as recommended text across primary and secondary schools and Universities in Nigeria and abroad.
He is the author of print collections of poetry, Aroye Akewi (1 and 2) and Arofo Awon Omode. His plays Ogun Lakaaye and Egbade Falade were joint prize winners of the Oxford University Press drama competition in 1970.

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