Veteran Nigerian actor Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, was widely regarded as one of the pioneers of ...

Olu Jacobs, one of the defining actors of Nigerian theatre, television and film, has died at 84.

Veteran Nigerian actor and film executive Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, died on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at the age of 84.His death was announced by his son, Olusoji ...

With the death of the man known simply as Olu Jacobs at the age of 84, Nigeria has lost one of the most iconic figures in its ...

By the time Ogunde died in 1990, Ogogo was already a rising star, and the Alarinjo travelling Theatre culture was being disrupted by time, economy of scale, evolving technology and audience taste.From ...

From the stages of London to the rise of Nollywood, Olu Jacobs built a career that spanned more than five decades and crossed ...

Africa has lost one of the pillars upon which its storytelling stood . Olu Jacobs, the actor who gave Nollywood its gravity, its dignity, and its sense of craft, has died at the age of 84 .

Six years into the tenure of Myriam Ben Salah, the Renaissance Society on the University of Chicago campus has built on its mission of championing artists who have something to say.

Starring Mahamadi Nana and Prosper Compaore, the film also features a striking, late-career performance by Rasmané Ouédraogo, who starred in the Palme d’Or winner Tilaï — in which a man returns to his ...

Few figures in African cinema and theatre carry the regal authority, grave voice, and magnetic presence of Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs better known as Olu Jacobs. Widely regarded as one ofthe true ...

Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, is one of Nigeria’s most respected actors, with a career spanning ...