Oladipo Agboluaje

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Oladipo Agboluaje (born 1968) is a British-Nigerian playwright. He was born in Hackney and educated in Britain and Nigeria, studying theatre arts at the University of Benin. [1] He later wrote a doctoral thesis at the Open University on West and South African drama. Oladipo has taught at several universities including Goldsmiths, University of London, City University, London Met University, and the University of Greenwich. He is the course director of the Black British Theatre and Performance programme at the British American Drama Academy (BADA) in London.

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Oladipo has served on the boards of Oval House (now Brixton House) and Soho Theatre. He was the 2019 writer in residence of the National Theatre, London. He is also the treasurer of the African Theatre Association, and a member of the editorial board of their journal, African Performance Review.

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  2. ↑ "Pursued by a bear productions" . Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  3. ↑ Vale, Paul (23 October 2006). "God is a DJ". The Stage. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  4. ↑ Woodger, Andrew (15 May 2006). "The Estate". BBC Suffolk. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "The Christ of Coldharbour Lane". Soho Theatre. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  6. ↑ "The Hounding of David Oluwale". West Yorkshire Playhouse. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  7. ↑ "African Theatre Company". Tiata Fahodzi. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Threshold".
  9. ↑ "Obele and the Storyteller – Beeta Universal Arts Foundation".
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