The Timi of Ede, Oba Adetoyese Laoye taking regal dancing steps with the famous Yoruba poet, Lanrewaju Adepoju at the University of Ibadan in January 1975. He died five months later on May 16, 1975. The picture was taken at the 25th anniversary of Sigma Club of UI.

For those who grew up listening to radio in the old Western Region, Oba Laoye was the drummer behind the theme drum roll for daily Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation's (NBC) nightly news broadcast

Attempting to decode the intended message in the drum melody was a popular pastime among Nigerians who spoke Yoruba in the 1970s "Gba t'Olu'badan ba'ku ta ni o j'oye? [When the Olu'badan dies, who shall be king?]

Ko s'oni gbese ni bi lo si 'le keji [No debtor lives here, try next door)... to the drum melody

Photo Source: Lanrewaju Adepoju album