For about ten years, Nigerian producer Femi Ogunrombi served as the National Troupe of Nigeria’s music director. He was the Director of Studies at the Pencil Film and Television Institute, Lagos, and portrayed the well-known comic figure Papa Ajasco on television until recently. He has been working as a musicologist for more than three decades.
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Here are five things to know about him:
- Femi Ogunrombi was a stand-in character for the eponymous character in ‘Papa Ajasco’.
- Ogunrombi, a multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, composer, actor, producer and director of music/film.
- He studied Music and Drama at Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU.
- He founded and conducted a choral group called The Ayoro Voices. This group was the cultural image of OAU between 1980 and 1983.
- In 2006, Ogunrombi joined the popular TV comedy programme as ‘Papa Ajasco’.
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