Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II
Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II (CON was the traditional ruler of Owu kingdom, Ogun State, Nigeria with the appellations of Olowu of Owu Kingdom. He succeeded Oba Olawale Adisa Odeleye, Lagbedu 1 who died in June 2003 at the age of 65 years.
Also recorded as Sanya Dosunmu
Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II
- Name
- Adegboyega Dosunmu II (CON)
- Spouse
- Mrs.
- Birthplace
- Owu kingdom, Ogun State South-Western Nigeria
- Died
- December 2021
- Place of death
- Abeokuta, Ogun state
- Born
- 1901 · Owu kingdom.
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Occupation
- civil servant · film director
- Education
- King's College and Lagos · Baptist Boys’ High School
- Languages
- English · Yoruba · Nigerian Pidgin
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q18704833 · wikipedia · Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Adegboyega Dosunmu II (CON) • Succession — Olowu of Owu Kingdom • Reign — July 2005 – December 2021 • Predecessor — Oba Adisa Odeleye • Spouse — Mrs. Iyabode Adetoun Dosunmu (nee Sanni) widowed Mrs. Olatunbosun Dosunmu, (nee Oyetayo) • House — Palace of the Olowu of Owu Kingdom • Father — Benjamin Okelana Dosunmu • Birthplace — Owu kingdom, Ogun State South-Western Nigeria • Died — December 2021 • Place of death — Abeokuta, Ogun state
Early life
Early life
Oba Adegboyega Dosunmu was born to Prince Benjamin Okelana Dosunmu (a member of the ruling family under the lineage of late Adesunmbo Dosunmu, Amororo I, who reigned between 1918 and 1924). Benjamin Okelana Dosunmu was the third son of the late Oba Adesunmbo Dosunmu, Amororo l. He attended the Owu Baptist Day School, Abeokuta for his Primary Education in 1941 and eventually joined the Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate in 1950. After he graduated from King's College, Lagos in 1956, he was admitted into Hendon College of Technology in London to study Drama and Television Production in 1963. He proceeded to Landmark Baptist College Tennessee, USA in 1987 where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Theology.
Career
Career
Dosunmu joined the Nigerian Civil Service as a Clerk Grade II in 1956 at the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Ebute Metta, Lagos state. After serving in that capacity for two years, he joined a broadcasting organization where he rose to the position of Head of Drama Department. Dosunmu later worked as a Broadcaster at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation where he rose to the position of Head of Drama Department. He is the producer of a Popular Nigerian TV soap, The Village Headmaster that holds the record of being the longest running popular TV series for over 20 years. He left the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation in 1975 to establish a private film production outfit, Starline Films Limited under a production he wrote and directed the popular Nigerian movie, titled Dinner with the Devil, the first Enebeli Elebuwa's featured movie that brought him into limelight in 1974. He later joined politics and was elected as Chairman of Abeokuta Local Government in 1976. In July 2005, he was appointed the Olowu of Owu Kingdom.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1901
Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II born at Owu kingdom.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q18704833: Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II
General reference · Wikidata
Awards and honours
He had received numerous awards and honours in recognition of his immense contributions to the development of the Owu kingdom and the nation. Among others are: • Commander of the Order of Niger, CON awarded by late Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. • Omolafe of Owu, a chieftaincy title awarded in 1968 by Oba Salami Gbadela Ajibola, Gbadela Ayoloye II. • Omoluberin of Owu, a chieftaincy title awarded by Oba Adebowale Oyegbade, Akinjobi I in 1975.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II, revision 1358630626 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Odun Omo Olowu: Yam festival in another style. Vanguard. 20 October 2012.
- 2.Odun Omo Olowu: celebrating culture at its best. Vanguard. 12 October 2013.
- 3.Oba Dr. Olusanya Adegboyega Dosunmu - citypeoplegroup.org.
- 4.Nigeria: Owu Stool: the Coronation of Dosunmu, Obasanjo's Candidate. AllAfrica. 16 July 2005.
- 5.OLOWU STOOL: COURT SUMMONS OBJ, MONARCH. thenigerianvoice.com.
- 6.Traditional rulers commend Amosun on infrastructure. The Punch.
- 7.Owu day: Ogun govt fails to arrest monarch. Daily Trust.
- 8.Suleiman, Toba. Nigeria Needs Upright Leader to Succeed Obasanjo - Olowu. AllAfrica. 13 September 2005.
- 9.Details - The Nation Archive. The Nation.
- 10.Armes, Roy. Dictionary of African Filmmakers. 2008. 978-0253351166.
- 11.WE WERE SPENDING N7 WEEKLY TO PRODUCE "VILLAGE HEADMASTER" – Paramount Ruler of OwuKingdom, HRM. Oba Dr. Olusanya Adegboyega Dosunmu (FTA, CON) | the Movietainment Magazine.
- 12.Olowu Of Owu, Oba Dosunmu Is Dead Channels Television. www.channelstv.com.
- 13.Ukadike, Nwachukwu Frank. Black African Cinema. May 1994. 9780520912366.
- 14.Enebeli Elebuwa: Nollywood, stakeholders mourn. Vanguard. 8 December 2012.
- 15.Egba monarchs endorse Amosun for second term. Daily Post. 28 October 2014.
- 16.Our Reporter. Ogun may dethrone coronet Obas. The Sun.
- 17.[General] Adeboye, Gani, 273 others bag national honours [Archive] - Village Square Forum.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Studied at
1- King's CollegeOrganisation
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
The authorities additionally record the heading Sanya Dosunmu. His recorded languages were English, Yoruba and Nigerian Pidgin. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as having studied at King's College, Lagos and Baptist Boys’ High School.
Identity and origins
Activity and practice
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 19 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Additi GuptaPerson
- Adebayo SalamiPerson
- Adebayo TijaniPerson
- Adeel AkhtarPerson
- Adekunle AdejuyigbePerson
- Adel AdhamPerson
- Adel AwadPerson
- Adel BencherifPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Adegboyega Dosunmu Amororo II?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.