Jab Adu

Joseph Abiodun Babajide Adu, known as Jab Adu, was born on 28 December 1932 in Calabar. A pupil at St Gregory's College, Lagos, from 1941 to 1946, he trained in England, acted in English series and then in the serial that made him popular at home, and is counted among the pioneers of Nigerian cinema. An actor and producer, he still worked late in life in the films of the next generation. He died on 28 February 2016.

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• CinemaBisi, Daughter of the RiverJab Adu · 1977Cinema