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Adebayo Mosobalaje Faleti Listenⓘ (26 December 1921 – 23 July 2017) was Africa's first newscaster,[1] Africa's first stage play director,[2] Nigeria's first film editor and librarian with the first television station in Africa - Western Nigeria Television (WNTV),[3] Nigeria's first Yoruba presenter on television and radio alike, a Nigerian poet, journalist, writer, Nollywood film director and actor.[4] He was also known as a Yoruba translator, a broadcaster, TV exponent and pioneer of the first television station in Africa,[5] Western Nigeria Television (WNTV),[6] now known as the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).[7]

Early life and education Faleti was born in Agbo-Oye, Oyo State,[8] though lived in Obananko, Kuranga, near Oyo State. Adebayo Faleti was the first son of his father, Joseph Akanbi Faleti and the only child of his mother, Durowade Ayinke Faleti. Alagba Faleti has always had a passion for drama from an early age.[9] His parents could not fund his education to pursue his dreams due to lack of income, so he decided to put his primary education on hold. Later, he gathered a couple of interested colleagues and started his own successful theatre group, named Oyo Youth Operatic Society (founded in 1949).[10] Faleti later found his way back to school by getting a job in a primary school, in which he worked for six years to raise enough funds for his secondary schooling with the financial support of his father.[11] In 1966, he attended the University of Dakar in Senegal and obtained a Certificate of proficiency in French Language and Civilization. Two years later, he graduated from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, with an honors degree in Lit-in-English. In 1971, he attended the Radio Netherlands Training Center in Hilversum, the Netherlands, and received a certificate in Television Production.[12]