Duro Oni
Duro Oni | |
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| Born | December 15, 1952 Minna, Niger State, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, writer |
| Known for | Former President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters |
| Title | Professor of Theatre Arts |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Ibadan, California Institute of the Arts |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Theatre arts |
| Institutions | University of Lagos |
| Main interests | Theatre design and aesthetics, stage lighting, cultural studies, Nollywood |
Duro Oni (Yorùbá: Dúró Òní; born on December 15, 1952) is a Nigerian professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Lagos. He was the former president of the Nigerian Academy of Letters. His research interests are in the areas of theatre arts design and aesthetics, stage lighting, dramatic literature and criticism, cultural studies, and the Nigerian film industry/Nollywood.