Bolanle Austen-Peters
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Bolanle Austen-Peters
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| Born | 4 February 1969 |
| Residence | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Alma mater | Command Secondary School, Ibadan International School Ibadan University of Lagos London School of Economics |
| Occupation | lawyer, businesswoman |
| Organization | Terra Kulture |
| Spouse(s) | Adegboyega Austen-Peters |
Bolanle Austen-Peters is a Nigerian lawyer and businesswoman.
Bolanle was born on 4 February 1969. She is the daughter of Chief Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. She attended the Command Secondary School Ibadan, the International School Ibadan and the University of Lagos for her undergraduate studies and earned a master's degree in International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Bolanle worked with her father's law firm before working with the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights in Switzerland and later moved to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the United Nations Development Program. She founded the Nigerian arts, education and cultural organisation, Terra Kulture in 2003.
With the creation of Bolanle Austen-Peters Productions, in 2013, she raised the bar in the theater industry with the production of SARO the Musical, which received a number of accolades and reviews from international media houses including the BBC and Sky news. and has since produced five additional commissioned plays. Responding to reviews from the press and theatre experts, in December 2014 and April 2015 BAP productions produced 'SARO THE MUSICAL' 2 at the MUSON Center with even better music, drama and dance. Due to sold out shows and increasing demand locally and internationally, Bolanle Austen-Peters further stimulated interest in Nigerian theatrical production with premiere of Broadway style musical production titled 'Wakaa The Musical' from December 30th 2015 to January 3rd 2016 at the MUSON Center, Onikan, Lagos.
BAP Production was ready to move its production to its international audience with WAKAA the Musical becoming the first Nigerian Musical to be staged in London’s West End WAKAA! The musical recorded a historic sold out show at the Shaw theatre London from July 21 – 25, 2016. This forward step made even more media outlets reach out for press conferences in 2016.
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