Video throwback: Late I-Show Pepper, Ogogo led Hubert Ogunde’s burial procession in 1990

A video has surfaced showing late veteran actor and traditional chanter, Taiwo Hassan, also known as Ogogo, leading chants during the burial procession of renowned theatre practitioner, Hubert Ogunde, in 1990. The video, recorded shortly after Ogunde's death in London on April 4, 1990, depicts the performance of the Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners during the lying in state at the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

The footage features Ogogo eulogising and chanting, while I-Show Pepper, known as Dr Ishola Ogunsola, led the dirge and procession. Both Ogogo and I-Show Pepper passed away over three decades later, with Ogogo dying at the age of 66 in 2026 after battling stage-four cancer.

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