Francis Oladele was a pioneer of the Nigerian film industry. He passed away this
morning June 22nd after a brief illness. He 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. Read him up on Google. May his soul rest in peace, amen.
