Akinwumi Isola Listenⓘ(24 December 1939[1][2] – 17 February 2018) was a Yoruba playwright, novelist, actor, dramatist, culture activist and scholar.
Isola wrote his first play, Efunsetan Aniwura,[7] during 1961-62 while still a student at the University of Ibadan.
He broke into broadcasting, creating a production company that has turned a number of his plays into television dramas and films.
[12] On May 4, 2015, his book Herbert Macaulay and the Spirit of Lagos was staged at the Performing Arts Theatre of the University of Ilorin in Kwara State.
It was directed by Adams Abdulfatai Ayomide for the annual season of plays festival.