{{Short description|Nigerian actor and producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Jab Adu | birth_name = Joseph Abiodun Babajide | birth_date = 28 December 1932 | birth_place = Calabar | death_date = {{death year and age|2016|1932}} | alma_mater = St. Gregory's College | citizenship = Nigerian | occupation = Actor<br> Producer | notable_works = The Village Headmaster<br>Saworoide }}
'''Jab Adu''' (December 28, 1932 - February 28, 2016), born '''Joseph Abiodun Babajide''', was an actor and producer from Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://guardian.ng/life/film/jab-adu-exit-of-legendary-actor/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|title = Jab Adu… exit of legendary actor|date = 2 March 2016|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/199264-veteran-actor-jab-adu-dies-83.html|title=Veteran actor Jab Adu dies at 83 | Premium Times Nigeria|date=February 29, 2016|newspaper=Premium Times}}</ref> He directed the 1977 Nigerian film ''Bisi, Daughter of the River'', the highest grossing film in Nigeria for several decades.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201711070847.html |access-date=4 April 2023|title=Nigeria: I Am Glad the Lux Advert Made Such an Impact|website=allAfrica|date=7 November 2017|author=Onome Amawhe|agency=Vanguard}}</ref> He was among the pioneers of Nigerian filmmaking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/oscars-disqualified-lionheart-because-nigerians-speak-english-it-just-nigeria-ncna1078386|title=Opinion | Disqualifying "Lionheart" from the Oscars ignores colonialism's impact|website=NBC News}}</ref>
He was born in Calabar.<ref name=calab>{{Cite news|url=https://thenationonlineng.net/jab-adu-dies-at-83-2/|location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=Jab Adu dies at 83|date=February 29, 2016|newspaper=The Nation}}</ref> From 1941 until 1946 he studied at St. Gregory's College in the Obalende neighborhood of Lagos.<ref name=calab/>
==Filmography== ===Actor=== *''Countdown at Kusini'' (1976) as Juma Bukari *''Hostages (1996)'' *''Saworoide'' (1999) as Lagbayi *''Wetin Dey (2007-2008 TV Series) as Samuel'' *''The Village Headmaster'' (1968 - 1988), a soap opera, as Bassey Okon
===Director=== *''Bisi, Daughter of the River'' (1977)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f5a5a6b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406034301/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6f5a5a6b|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 6, 2017|title=BISI DAUGHTER OF THE RIVER (1977)|website=BFI}}</ref>
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