According to filmmaker Kunle Afolayan, Adeyemi Afolayan, also known as Ade Love, passed away without receiving compensation for his efforts.
In a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, the 47-year-old stated his father passed away while he was “quite young” and added that he did not enjoy the rewards of his labor.
He added that “some of us are able to achieve what we’re doing now” because of Adeyemi’s passing.
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He didn’t even come close to receiving his reward, not at all. At the young age of 56, he passed away. But I believe he had to pass away in order for some of us to be able to carry on our current work.
For me when people die, it’s because their time is up and people would take it up. So one of the reasons why there’s still continuity, why his name is still heard everywhere is because we are doing what we are doing.
For me when people die, it’s because their time is up and people would take it up. So one of the reasons why there’s still continuity, why his name is still heard everywhere is because we are doing what we are doing.
”I think he lived a good life and we too, we’ll go one day. If any of our kids decide to pick the profession up and if not, that’s on them,” he said
In addition to acting, Ade love was also a movie director and brother of actress Toyin Afolayan.
In 1966, he joined Moses Olaiya’s drama troupe and left in 1971 to establish his own drama group which went on to stage comedic plays.
In 1976, he appeared in Ola Balogun’s Ajani Ogun and later produced and starred in Ija Ominira, also directed by Balogun.
In a tribute to his dad in 2021, Kunle commended his father’s decision to marry many wives, saying it paved way for him to be his son.
“I miss you, Baba mi (my father), but thank you for marrying many wives because I would not have been privileged to be called your son.
“I know (he) was finer so…don’t rub it in. ADEYEMI JOSIAH AKANO AFOLAYAN (1940-1996),” he wrote.