Baba Sala: The story of Nigeria's first king of comedy
Years after he dominated the theatre landscape with his stereotyped comic characterization, Baba Sala's name still remains synonymous with comedy. The veteran actor, whose comic acts earned the national honour of Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) in 1978 during the then General Olusegun Obasanjo's regime, started when there was no certainty or likelihood of gaining national prominence with just doing comedy.
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