Veteran Nigerian Actor Adebayo Faleti Dies

The celebrated actor and playwright was one of the pioneer members of staff of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), as a broadcaster in the Yoruba language. He was 86.

Adebayo Faleti.

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