Elegy for Dotun Oladipo

Death be not proud: Publisher Dotun Oladipo and the tolling bell

At just 56, Dotun Oladipo has left us far too soon. John Donne, the 17th-century English poet and cleric, wrote read more Death be not proud: Publisher Dotun Oladipo and the tolling bell

Death be not proud: Publisher Dotun Oladipo and the tolling bell, By Max Amuchie

I have struggled with the inconceivability of writing about Dotun Oladipo in the past tense. Even now, the words do not sit comfortably with me. My mind keeps returning to the Dotun who was still here — sending his bulletin, sharing ideas, encouraging colleagues and going about the business of journalism. At just 56, Dotun […]

Elegy for Dotun Oladipo

Festus Adedayo/ (Published by the Sunday Tribune, September 6, 2026) When his longtime associate and composer, Akanni Fatai (alias B’olodeoku), died in the late 1970s, the Apala music emperor, Ayinla Omowura, captured the shock in a tear-jerking elegy. He described the news of Fatai’s passage as “agbo-ju-’gba-nu” –news so rudely shocking that, upon hearing it, […] Source Related posts: Did a Ring Kill Ayinla Omowura? 2 Nigerians, Imam on List of…