Fosudo, Sola. The Artist As A Dreamer and A Realist: Re-Assessing Bode Osanyin’s Writer’s Resort, Lagos: Bode Osanyin Foundation, 2008. PP. 26

Abstract

In the text of his lecture at the 2nd Bode Osanyin
Memorial Lecture, held on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at the
Arts Theatre, University of Lagos, Sola Fosudo offers a wealth
of supplementary material that is intended to give the kind of
knowledge required to comprehend what is, on the surface,
familiar to most societies but is misunderstood: the roles and
functions of artists in society. With his wealth of knowledge, his
tenure as a senior lecturer at Lagos State University’s
Department of Theatre Arts and Music, his involvement in the
film industry, and his extensive experience, Fosudo offers a
sympathetic and creative perspective on the arts and the many
contentious views about artists.