Chief Lere Paimo will forever be remembered in the history of theatre arts for his innovations and creativityđ€He remains the sceptre of the old and contemporary theatre industry and has done the nation proud both locally and internationally.
Chief Lere Paimo, MFR was born on September 19, 1939 in Ile Ikoyi Odan, Osupa Ogbomoso. His father was a t0bacco and yam farmer, the leader of the local farmersâ organization. His mother was a trader
Lere attended primary school in Ogbomoso, later left for the Gold Coast ( Ghana)
He continued his education in the Gold Coast up to teacher training college where he obtained Teacherâs Grade two certificate. He eventually returned back to Nigeria and decided to stay in Osogbo where he worked as a class-room teacher in a Baptist Missionary School,
Newton Memorial School.
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In the 1950s, Osogbo was the seabed of YorĂčbĂĄ indigenous culture , continued to serve as beacon for arts, culture and dramatics between 1950s and 1970s; cultural flowering took place during this place majorly in Osogbo.
No wonder Ace Artists, Musician Dramatists and Actors started their career in Osogbo.
The likes of Duro Ladipo, Oyin Adejobi, Kola Ogunmola who were the 3 greatest and most talented actor-managers in the history of Yoruba theatre, established their careers in Osogbo
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Lere Paimo, like any other Actors of the time, joined to the Theatre through his experience of acting at school, asides his experience he was passionate about acting.
In around 1960, while working as a teacher in Osogbo, he decided to join Oyin Adejobi theatre group,
a theatre group founded by Pa Oyinade Adejobi which was an organization performing plays for churches, schools, and cultural and social clubs. A year later in about 1961, Duro Ladipo invited him to Mbari Club, the cultural centre founded by Ulli Beier-
to take part in an art production he was interested.
Today, Octogenarian Lere Paimo ‘ Popular known as ‘ Eda- Onileola’ is still very relevant globally as a Nigerian actor with his wealth of experiences within and outside the theatre world.
