Orlando Martins
Orlando Martins Listen (8, December 1899–25, September 1985) je aṣáájú-ọ̀nà fíìmù àti òṣèré orí ìtàgé Yorùbá kan ní Nàìjíríà.[1][2] Ni ipari awọn ọdun 1940, o jẹ ọkan ninu awọn oṣere dudu ti o gbajumọ julọ ti Ilu Gẹẹsi,[3] ati ninu ibo ibo kan ti a ṣe ni ọdun 1947, o ṣe atokọ laarin awọn oṣere ayanfẹ 15 ti Ilu Gẹẹsi ti o ga julọ.[4]
Igbesi aye àtúnṣe
A bi bi Emmanuel Alhandu Martins ni Okesuna Street, Lagos, Naijiria, si baba iranṣẹ ilu kan ti o ni gbongbo ni Ilu Brazil ati iya Naijiria kan. Martins jẹ ibatan si idile Benjamin Epega. Ni ọdun 1913, o forukọsilẹ ni ile-iwe giga ti Eko Boys ṣugbọn o lọ kuro.[5]
Awọn itọkasi àtúnṣe
- ↑ Segun Sofowote (1985). Orlando Martins, 1899–1985: A Lifetime of Many Lives : a Brief Memorial Brochure. Lagos State Council for Arts & Culture. https://books.google.com/books?id=upAHAQAAIAAJ.
- ↑ West African Review, Volume 31. West African Graphics Company. 1960. https://books.google.com/books?id=uhBXAAAAMAAJ.
- ↑ Harry Levette, "This is Hollywood". Chicago Defender, 10 September 1949, p. 25.
- ↑ Al Monroe, "Swinging the News," Chicago Defender, 18 October 1947, p. 19.
- ↑ "Orlando Martins, Hollywood’s first Yoruba Actor" Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine., Yoruba 365, 12 November 2014.
Siwaju kika àtúnṣe
- Takiu Folami, Orlando Martins, Awọn Àlàyé: itan igbesi aye timotimo ti agbaye akọkọ ti o ni iyin oṣere fiimu Afirika, Lagos, Nigeria: Alase Publishers, 1983,ISBN 978-9782383006 .
Ita ìjápọ àtúnṣe
- Orlando Martins at IMDb
- Preview of relevant chapter in Stephen Bourne's book Black in the British Frame
- "Orlando Martins" Archived 2018-03-21 at the Wayback Machine., DAWN Commission.
- "Orlando Martins, The Legend – First World Acclaimed African Film Actor", Orlando Martins blog.
- "Celebrating Orlando Martins: First African Hollywood Star from Lagos", 20 April 2017.
- "Africa’s first Hollywood Star : Dr. Fykaa Caan speaks to Jay Jay Epega", Hollywood London Magazine, 28 June 2020.