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Nigerian writer (born 1946)

Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan (born June 16, 1946), known as Femi Osofisan or F.O., is a Nigerian writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his plays.

Femi Osofisan or FO, is a Nigerian writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of.

Femi Osofisan or FO, is a Nigerian writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of.

Minted Coins (poetry), Heinemann, ; Another Raft.

Minted Coins (), which won the Association of Nigerian Authors' Poetry Prize.

Playwright, poet, novelist and scholar.

The Women of Owu () is his latest of many plays.

A frequent theme that his drama explore is the conflict between good and evil. He is a didactic writer whose works seek to correct his decadent society. He has written poetry under the pseudonymOkinba Launko.^[1]

Education and career

Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan was born in the village of Erunwon,^[2]Ogun State, Nigeria, on June 16, 1946, to Ebenezer Olatokunbo Osofisan, a school teacher, lay reader and church organist, and Phoebe Olufunke Osofisan, a schoolteacher.

His last name, Ọ̀sọ́fisan, signifies that his paternal ancestors were artists and artisans who worshipped the god of beauty and ornaments, Ọ̀ṣọ́. Osofisan attended primary school at Ife and secondary school at Government Co