I had paid him a visit late December, the previous year, at Bogobiri where he was recuperating. We both agreed the worse was over. I even teased him that a musical work was waiting for him at the studios and we can’t wait to have him back. Of course, he replied in the affirmative. Few days to this fateful day, …

If Jimi Solanke was a cat with many lives, Oluwatoyin Sutton dared him. At least, she dared to tame him in a book. The legendary musician, actor, dancer and storyteller died two months ago but she has helped preserve his memory and legacies in the biography titled, Jimi Solanke: The Indestructible. From his birth in 1942, to his foundation schools …

President Bola Tinubu has described renowned actor, dramatist and folk singer, Pa Jini Solanke, who died on Monday as “one of the finest of Nigeria’s creative artists and bastion of our cherished mores and cultural heritage”. Solanke, also a poet and playwright, died on Monday. He was 81 years old. He was said to have died while being rushed from his …