The Village Headmaster

The Village Headmaster
Genre Drama
Written by Olusegun Olusola
Directed by Dejumo Lewis
Starring Femi Robinson
Justus Esiri
Opening theme 1958
Ending theme 1988
Country of origin Nigeria
Original language(s)
English
Yoruba
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s) Olusegu Olusola
Producer(s) Dejumo Lewis
Location(s) Nigeria
Running time 45 minutes
Distributor Ariya Productions
Release
Original network NTA
First shown in 1958
Original release 1964

The Village Headmaster is a Nigerian television drama series created by Olusegun Olusola, produced by Chief Dejumo Lewis.[1][2] The drama series was Nigeria’s longest running television soap opera showed on Nigerian oldest television channel, NTA from 1968 to 1988.[3] The drama stars Justus Esiri and Femi Robinson.[4][5]

Productions

The drama was produced in 1958 and aired on radio station for six years before its format was transformed into a Television series on NTA. A full series began in 1968 with an initial order of 13 episodes and ran until 1988. The original recordings are not known to have survived, the 1964 master-script by Segun Olusola', published by Ariya Productions in 1977 with a cover drawing by Josy Ajiboye.[6] On February 2013, According to the Nigerian Tribune, Tunde Oloyede, who produced 364 episodes of the series said: "Before the Ambassador [Olusola] died, we had been working on bringing back 'The Village Headmaster' in three possible formats. On film; on stage and back to television."[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike (1994). Black African Cinema. University of California Press. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-0-520-91236-6.
  2. ↑ "Drama as Ambassador Segun Olusola is buried - Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Anne Cooper-Chen (21 April 2006). Global Entertainment Media: Content, Audiences, Issues. Routledge. pp. 107–. ISBN 978-1-135-60783-8.
  4. ↑ "Village headmaster, Femi Robinson dies at 75". Punch News. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Victor Akande. "'Village Headmaster' Esiri dies at 70". thenationonlineng.net. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "I could be on set for 3 months without touching my wife – Dagbolu of Village Headmaster fame". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Akintayo Abodunrin. "The Village Headmaster returns". tribune.com.ng. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Village Headmaster is Back, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
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