of the Department of Music at the Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile-Ife. He was also a former Dean of the Faculty of Arts, OAU.
Professor Augustus Vidal started as a choir boy at St. John’s Anglican Church Aroloya, Lagos under Kreppy and Hector Labinjo and at the same time trained under the great T.K.E. Phillips at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos. I count it a rare privilege to have been a student under his tutelage. As a thorough teacher that he is, he always prophesies into the lives of all his students, even when he doesn’t know that he is doing so and those things do come to pass.
He encouraged me to work on the comparative analysis of the musical components of Egungun Eyo in Lagos and Egungun Aladoko in Ado-Ekiti for my Masters programme. He provided me with materials and was indeed patient with me over the phone with guidance and suggestions to make the work excellent. He listens to the Radio Programme, Hymns inspired that I present on the then Radio Continental, up now Max 102.3 FM. He would always put a call through after each show to share his observations with me.
The former was the father of Emmanuel Vidal. History has it that Emman Vidal was the third son of Mr. Owens Vidal, who migrated to Lagos in the late 19th century from the Itoko area of Abeokuta and together with the missionaries, brought Christianity to Lagos. Emman became a member of the Parochial Church Council of St. John’s Anglican Church, Aroloya Lagos, was in fact the father of Josiah Ekundayo Vidal .
From a choirboy at St. John’s Anglican Church Aroloya, Lagos he rose to the position of Assistant Organist from 1961-1964. After he left the secondary school in 1959, he worked at the Ministry of Establishment for five years and he rose to Grade one Officer, before he left the service.
While in the U.S., he met Professor Banji Akintoye, late Professor Babatunde Fafunwa and Late Professor Adeagbo Akinjogbin of History Department, University of Ife , who had seen his works in the United State and persuaded him to return home and help develop music programme in Nigeria. He returned to Nigeria in 1977 and was offered two appointments and there was contemplation, on which one to accept between University of Lagos and University of Ife.
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