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 From 2004 onwards he lived in Johannesburg and in Centurion, Gauteng, where he worked as a freelance writer, actor and businessman.
-Author of nine novels, three plays and numerous academic publications.
+As an author he has produced nine novels, three plays and numerous academic publications.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 == Career ==
-He taught  at the University of Ibadan to lecture on Arabic studies (1972–76), then moved to the University of Ife to work in [[Drama]] (1976–88). This was followed by visiting professorships in English at the University of Stirling and the National University of Lesotho, as well as a period with the Talawa Theatre Company, London.
+He taught  at the University of Ibadan to lecture on Arabic studies (1972–76), then moved to the University of Ife to work in [[Drama]] (1976–88).
 His 1988 controversial historical novel about Nigeria, ''Just Before Dawn'' was published by Spectrum Books and the reaction to it led to Omotoso leaving his native country. After visiting professorships in English at the University of Stirling and the National University of Lesotho and a spell at the Talawa Theatre Company, London, he was brought out to South Africa by the South African academic and political leader Dr [[Frederik van Zyl Slabbert]], where he settled in Cape Town to become a professor of English at the [[University of the Western Cape]] in South Africa (1991–2000). This was followed by a contract appointment as an Extraordinary Professor in the Drama Department of the [[University of Stellenbosch]] (2001 to 2003).

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 Born '''[[Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso]]''' (pronounced "Omotosho") on 21 April 1943 in in Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria. He obtained South African citizenship in 1999.
-He passed away in Johannesburg on 19 July 2023.
+Omotoso was married to Marguerita Omotoso, an architect and urban planner, originally from Barbados. She passed away in 2003. The couple had three children — including actor, director and filmmaker [[Akin Omotoso]] and author and architect Yewande Omotoso (1980-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yewande_Omotoso].
-Omotoso was married to Marguerita Omotoso, an architect and urban planner, originally from Barbados. She passed away in 2003. The couple had three children — including actor, director and filmmaker [[Akin Omotoso]] and author and architect Yewande Omotoso (1980-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yewande_Omotoso].
+Kole Omotoso passed away in Johannesburg on 19 July 2023.
 == Training ==

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 He passed away in Johannesburg on 19 July 2023.
-Omotoso was married to Marguerita Omotoso, an architect and urban planner, originally from Barbados. She passed away in 2003. The couple had three children — including actor, director and filmmaker [[Akin Omotoso]] and author and architect Yewande Omotoso[].
+Omotoso was married to Marguerita Omotoso, an architect and urban planner, originally from Barbados. She passed away in 2003. The couple had three children — including actor, director and filmmaker [[Akin Omotoso]] and author and architect Yewande Omotoso (1980-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yewande_Omotoso].
 == Training ==

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 He passed away in Johannesburg on 19 July 2023.
-Omotoso was married to Marguerita Omotoso, an architect and urban planner, originally from Barbados. She passed away in 2003. The couple had three children — including actor, director and filmmaker [[Akin Omotoso]] and author and architect '''Yewande Omotoso'''[].
+Omotoso was married to Marguerita Omotoso, an architect and urban planner, originally from Barbados. She passed away in 2003. The couple had three children — including actor, director and filmmaker [[Akin Omotoso]] and author and architect Yewande Omotoso[].
 == Training ==

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	[[Akin Omotoso]]. 2023. "To Kole Omotoso at 80: An appreciation" ''Premium Times'' April 21, 2023[https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/594478-to-kole-omotoso-at-80-an-appreciation-by-akin-omotoso.html]		[[Akin Omotoso]]. 2023. "To Kole Omotoso at 80: An appreciation" ''Premium Times'' April 21, 2023[https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/594478-to-kole-omotoso-at-80-an-appreciation-by-akin-omotoso.html]
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 http://www.stellenboschwriters.com/omotoso.html
-[[Akin Omotoso]]. 2023. "To [[Kole Omotoso]] at 80: An appreciation" ''Premium Times''  April 21, 2023[https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/594478-to-kole-omotoso-at-80-an-appreciation-by-akin-omotoso.html]
+[[Akin Omotoso]]. 2023. "To Kole Omotoso at 80: An appreciation" ''Premium Times''  April 21, 2023[https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/594478-to-kole-omotoso-at-80-an-appreciation-by-akin-omotoso.html]
 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648474/