Oloju omoran to le ko ni nimo lai wo takada.
Olayemi, bi eniyan ko ba jo mi loju emi kii kewi fun-un.
Ogbontarigi akoni lemi mo loosa ajiki.
Toba je tise opolo Tiata to kun fofo bi ataare,
Oga Nla ni Antar Laniyan gbogbo aye lo n pariwo ise opolo gidi.
Gbogbo eniyan ni won ni ti e po lapoju
Antar Laniyan se ojo-ibi lana ode yii.
Bee ba ri erujeje onise Tiata,
E wi fun won wi pe Olayemi Oniroyin mo won leeyan pataki.
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Ojo nla ni ana je. (26/05/14), nitori o n se apere ayajo ojo ibi okan lara awon irawo fiimu agbelewo ile Nigeria.
Antar Laniyan ti so die lara itan igbe aye re ri. Baba yii salaye wi pe osu mejidinlogun (18) ni oun lo ni ikun iya oun ki oun to wa saye. Ati wi pe Antar ti oun je oruko to lapere gidi ni.
Die lara iforowanilenuwo pelu Antar Laniyan re e:
Could you tell us a bit of yourself?
I am from Osogbo, in Osun State. The name, Antar, is Yoruba; it has to do with the story of my birth; that is why it's unique; that's why you hardly can or you may not find another person
bearing that name.
So, it has to do with the story of my birth. I overstayed in my mother's womb. I stayed 18 months.
At that time, there was this fear that my mother would die with the baby in
her womb; so she had to run all over the place to seek help.
During her sojourn, she met a great
herbalist that revealed what was the cause of the abnormal delay.
She found out that someone was behind it. An animal called iguana, which is awonriwon or Antar in Yoruba, had to be used. It's bigger than lizard.
It was added to some salt and a concoction was made for my mother to take. A few hours after she took it, she went into labour.
On her way to the hospital, I came on.
She didn't, therefore, see anything wrong in naming me after the animal.
Is there any other name she calls you apart from that?
She calls me Babatunde and others, but she prefers that name to others. She preferred it.
She said that as far as she was concerned I am Antar. (laughs)
When did you start acting?
My earlier stage acting was in 1976; it's a long time now.
However, I became a professional, under Ben Tomoloju, in 1980, June 18, 1980 precisely. It's about 31 years today and am not 50 yet (laughs).
That means you started when you were just a boy?
Yes, I started early. My parents are dead now. My dad was enthusiastic about my acting career that he once nicknamed me Antar the Sango, on
seeing my picture as Sango, in a stage play.
He even took the picture to his office. I just showed him the picture and he collected it.
I didn't know that he would take it to the office. You know, he was so proud of me that he wanted everybody to
see it.
There was no television to show our performance then. My daddy was an educationist; he was working with the ministry of education; so he just took it to the office. When he returned it he had written, 'Antar D Sango;' yeah he wrote it there.
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About Olayemi Oniroyin
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