Dela Bobobee Biography

Dela Bobobee was born on July 1,1964 in Aveyime-Battor, a small town on the lush green banks of the River Volta in Ghana. He was educated in Ghana and Nigeria. He holds a B.A degree in English, and Master of International Law and Diplomacy (MILD) degree, both from the University of Lagos. He is a published playwright, poet, short-story writer, and also an actor who had most of his literary works published on the internet and in the 'SHUTTLE', a literary journal in University of Lagos. He was subsequently elected as the Production Editor for the campus Literary Journal in the 1997/98 session. He has won several prizes and awards for his literary works.
In his poems, Dela Bobobee is very passionate about the preservation and promotion of the rich African cultural diversity, and the final political unification of Africa.

Dela Bobobee is regarded in most circles as an environmentalist poet as most of his thematic preoccupations are on environmental degradation, and very vehement in calling on the industrialized nations to ratify and implement the Kyoto Accord. He plays the guitar, piano and tenor sax. He sees multilingualism as a very great asset, be it African or foreign languages. He is also very enthusiastic in learning foreign languages such as French, Spanish and German. Dela Bobobee is also into professional music production with his Sankofa Reality record label, video production, directing, scriptwriting, and video editing. His video production is mostly directed towards cultural festivals, art and crafts, and the the study of folklore of different African countries. He is also into professional wildlife documentary and preservation. He is a life member of the prolific Theatre 15, the Abuja Literary Society, and the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) .