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Ọláńrewajú Adépọ̀jù
Ọláńrewajú Adépọ̀jù (also sometimes called &#;Lanrewaju Adepoju&#;) is a Yorùbá poet, writer, intellectual, and religious leader from Nigeria, born in a village called Abà Òkè Pupa in Ọ̀yọ́ State of Nigeria, in An autodidact, he taught himself to read and write in Yorùbá and English.
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But his time spent with the griots (West African poets and storytellers) of his childhood gave him a vast knowledge of the Yorùbá verbal arts and culture that informed his mature work. He worked in a newspaper house as a proofreader, then became a poet, publishing a collection titled Ìrònú Akéwì in , as well as a novelist, publishing Ládépò Ọmọ Àdánwò in The novel was later made into a movie in
However, it was as a poet that his talent first emerged and it earned him a spot on the air at the Western Nigerian Broadcasting Service.
He was employed to perform poetry at dawn in a segment called Ìjíǹjí Akéwì (the poet&#;s morning-song). He was one of the many poets of his generatio