GBENGA ADEBOYE: THE FIRST INTERNATIONALLY SUCCESSFUL NIGERIAN COMEDIAN
Published By: Samuel Toba-Olumide Late Prince Elijah Gbenga ADEBOYE FUNWONTAN (Sept. 30 1959 - April 30 2003) As we await the 20th Remembrance of the passing of the Great Comedic Legend, Gbenga ADEBOYE FUNWONTAN, it is expedient for us to read the piece below as culled from the Gbenga ADEBOYE Fans Group... GBENGA ADEBOYE: THE FIRST INTERNATIONALLY SUCCESSFUL NIGERIAN COMEDIAN. Most things that huge Nigerian comedy stars like Basketmouth, Bovi, and Alibaba do with standup or film today was pioneered by Gbenga Adeboye. The same goes for today’s viral social media comics like Maraji, Crazeclown and Twyse – the characters that inform their comedy and the skit format was pioneered by Gbenga Adeboye. He was an MC, radio host, actor, producer, poet, musician and multi-disciplinary entertainer who dominated the Nigerian comedy space in the mid to late 90s before his passing in 2003. Born Elijah Oluwagbemiga Adeboye in Ode Omu, Ayedaade LGA, Osun State, Gbenga Adeboye started out hosting a rad