[1] They produced an early stage musical version of Amos Tutuola's The Palm Wine Drinkard, which was performed at the First Pan-African Cultural Congress (Algiers, 1969).
[3] In the 1950s, Ogunmola's theatre traveled extensively throughout the Western region of Nigeria, performing in schools, churches and halls.
His acting is also influenced by the feelings of the moment while his knowledge of Yoruba culture and human nature grew with each performance.
[5] One of his popular plays, "Love for Money", is a story about a wealthy man who fell for a temptress and as a result separated from his wife.
The artist in residence program was sponsored by Rockefeller Foundation and it provided Ogunmola funds to buy equipment that soon allowed him to go fully professional.
Ogunmola's most famous play, a loose adaptation of Amos Tutuola's the Palmwine Drinkard was a result of his collaboration with the School of Drama at Ibadan.
The play was a serious contender with Ọba kò so, the eventual nominee for Nigeria's nomination to the Commonwealth arts festival in 1965.