Chief Olusegun "Segun" Olusola (Ṣẹgun Oluṣọla; 18 March 1935 – 21 June 2012) was a Nigerian television producer, broadcaster and diplomat. He was the writer and executive producer of The Village Headmaster, Nigeria’s longest running television soap opera that stars Justus Esiri and Femi Robinson.Victor Akande, "‘Village Headmaster’ Esiri dies at 70", The Nation, 21 February 2013.
Early life Chief Olusola was born in Iperu Remo, a town in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria. He attended Remo Secondary School, Sagamu, where he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate in 1947 before he proceeded to the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, where he obtained a bachelor's degree."Village Headmaster Creator, Amb Segun Olusola is dead", Vanguard, 21 June 2012.
Career He returned to Nigeria in 1955 to join the services of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) as Broadcasting Officer."Remembering Segun Olusola", The Nation, 20 October 2013. He left FRCN in 1959 to join the services of the Nigerian Television Authority, where he rose to the position of an executive producer in 1964, the same year he scripted The Village Headmaster. In 1973, he became the Vice Chairman of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria's Planning Committee for the Second All African Games."Ambassador Segun Olusola is dead", Channels Television, 22 June 2012. In 1965, he became the Controller of programs at the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission. He served in that capacity for nine years before he was appointed Director of Programmes at NTA Lagos in 1974, a position he held for two years before he became the General Manager in 1976. In 1978, he was appointed as Director for nine years."Ambassador Olusegun Olusola Buried", Nigeria Daily News, 20 July 2012. In 1987, he was appointed as Ambassador to Ethiopia and the Organisation of African Unity by General Ibrahim Babangida, the former military head of state."Drama as Ambassador Segun Olusola is buried", Premium Times, Olusola died on 21 June 2012 at the age of 77 after a brief illness."Ambassador Segun Olusola, Creator Of "Village Headmaster", Dies At 77", Sahara Reporters, 21 June 2012.
Books He had authored several books, among them The Village Headmaster (1977), Some Notes on 20 Years of Television in Nigeria (1979), Performing Arts, Broadcasting, Culture and National Development (2004), and Footprints in the Sands of Time (2005)."Chief Segun Olusola", Open Library.Segun Olusola, "Performing arts, broadcasting, culture and national development: a report card", National Gallery of Art of Nigeria, 2004.Ṣẹgun Oluṣọla, Oladipo Duyile-Ibironke, "Chief Segun Olusola: Footprints in the Sands of Time", Potter's House, 2005. In addition, he was cited by peers and several others and in 2002, Akin Iroko wrote a book that centred on his biography."Segun Olusola : the real village headmaster".Akin Iroko, "Segun Olusola: The Real Village Headmaster", Concept Publications, 2002.
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