“When I joined LASU as a Lecturer 2 in 1994, my salary was N5,000…”
Professor Sola Fosudo is a Nigerian prolific dramatist, academic, critic, film actor and director. He was born on March 18th, 1958.
The veteran actor, Sola Fosudo, was trained as a dramatist at Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Ibadan where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in drama. He has featured and directed several Nigerian films.
The veteran actor joined the Lagos State University (LASU) in 1994. About how he started his career as a lecturer and the feelings that followed in some quarters, he said: “Some people felt I was unserious or insane. I was already earning N150, 000 to appear in movies. I had featured in popular movies like Glamour Girls, True Confession and a host of others. However, when I joined LASU as a Lecturer 2 in 1994, my salary was N5,000.”
A few years after joining LASU, Professor Fosudo was instrumental to the establishment of the Theatre Arts Department. He joined the English Language Department, but he ater applied to the Department of Theatre Arts, which started in 2001. For him, this is a major achievement as many students have passed through the department.He was promoted as a professor in 2018.
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