Earlier today, we brought you some first photos from the grand 60th birthday party of actor Taiwo Hassan popularly known as Ogogo, now we have got a few more photos.
Check out these photos of actors Faithia Balogun, Ayo Adesanaya and more at he grand party which held at yard 158, Oregun, Ikeja.
Within the Yoruba movie industry, everybody knows the name OGOGO. That is not his real name. Ogogo is his stage name. His real name is Taiwo Hassan.
So, how did this ebony complexioned movie icon who turned 60 a few weeks back get the nickname Ogogo? He told City People how: “Many people often wonder where I got the name Ogogo from. People often say how can someone be called Ogogo. Somebody asked me for the meaning of Ogogo, only yesterday on Traffic Radio. If I say Erin digbo ni mi, I am saying Ogogo. My family Oriki from my father’s side is Ogogo.
My father’s family Oriki is “Ogogo Omo Akulodo Aringini. So many people don’t always get the pronunciation right. If you are not good in Yoruba, you are not good. Yoruba is very important to me than any language in the whole wide world because I was born here. Yoruba is my language. Ogogo Akulodo Aringini…”.
