Kareem Adepoju

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Kareem Adepoju
Born
Alhaji Kareem Adepoju

Osogbo
Nationality Nigerian
Other namesBaba Wande
CitizenshipNigerian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film producer
  • writer
Years active1962present
Known forArugba, Abeni, Igbekun, Anikulapo, Ti Oluwa Ni Ile

Alhaji Kareem Adepoju( listen i ) popularly known as "Baba Wande" is a Nigerian film actor, writer and producer who shot to limelight in 1993 after he starred as "Oloye Otun" in the movie titled Ti Oluwa Ni Ile . [1] [2] [3]

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Selected filmography

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References

  1. "Veteran Actor, Baba Wande Talks About Buhari And GEJ". Naij . 8 April 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. Akinwumi Adesokan (21 October 2011). Postcolonial Artists and Global Aesthetics. Indiana University Press. pp. 87–. ISBN   0-253-00550-7.
  3. "It's sad I'm not a BILLIONAIRE even as a VETERAN ACTOR—Kareem Adepoju aka Baba Wande - The Nation Newspaper". thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 2022-03-08.