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Orlando Martins

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Orlando Martins Listen (8, December 1899–25, September 1985) je aṣáájú-ọ̀nà fíìmù àti òṣèré orí ìtàgé Yorùbá kan ní Nàìjíríà.[1][2] Ní ìparí àwọn ọdún 1940,ó jẹ́ ọ̀kan nínú àwọn òṣèré dúdú tí ó gbajúmọ̀ jùlọ ti Ìlú Gẹ̀ẹ́sì,[3] àti nínú ìbò kan tí a ṣe ní ọdún 1947, ó ṣe atokọ láàrin àwọn òṣèré àyànfé mẹ́ẹ̀dógún ti Ìlú Gẹ̀ẹ́sì tí ó ga jùlọ.[4]

A bi bi Emmanuel Alhandu Martins ni Okesuna Street, Lagos, Naijiria, si baba iranṣẹ ilu kan ti o ni gbongbo ni Ilu Brazil ati iya Naijiria kan. Martins jẹ ibatan si idile Benjamin Epega. Ni ọdun 1913, o forukọsilẹ ni ile-iwe giga ti Eko Boys ṣugbọn o lọ kuro.[5]

  1. Segun Sofowote (1985). Orlando Martins, 1899–1985: A Lifetime of Many Lives : a Brief Memorial Brochure. Lagos State Council for Arts & Culture. https://books.google.com/books?id=upAHAQAAIAAJ.
  2. West African Review, Volume 31. West African Graphics Company. 1960. https://books.google.com/books?id=uhBXAAAAMAAJ.
  3. Harry Levette, "This is Hollywood". Chicago Defender, 10 September 1949, p. 25.
  4. Al Monroe, "Swinging the News," Chicago Defender, 18 October 1947, p. 19.
  5. "Orlando Martins, Hollywood’s first Yoruba Actor" Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine., Yoruba 365, 12 November 2014.
  • Takiu Folami, Orlando Martins, Awọn Àlàyé: itan igbesi aye timotimo ti agbaye akọkọ ti o ni iyin oṣere fiimu Afirika, Lagos, Nigeria: Alase Publishers, 1983,ISBN 978-9782383006 .