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Looking Back
In this autobiography, Looking Back: The History of an Oke Padi Resident, Professor Laditan travels back in time to tell the story of his life, that spans over eight decades. It is the story of his birth, early childhood, education, marriage, and career. The book deals with his polygamous upbringing and describes how he spent early childhood with his mother and grandmother in Ibadan. His life journey took him through varied experiences as he later lived in Ilaro with his paternal grandparents, both of whom were non-literate. He was fourteen-years-old when he started to live with his father and stepmother in Lagos. He attended Igbobi College in Lagos for his school certificate and higher scho...
A Measure of Grace
Starting as a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje's contributions to Nigeria have been wide ranging. Commonly know as the Grandfather of African Geography he has participated in census taking, forest resource management, establishing a state university; planning the new federal capital, promoting rural development, land reform, housing and urban development, community banking and poverty reduction. His poverty reduction program in Ijebu-Ode is now used as a model for empowering citizens to work together to break the out of the poverty circle, both in Nigerian and other parts of Africa.
He Leadeth Me
The autobiography is of the celebrated medical scholar Professor Allen Bankole Oladunmoye Olukayode, who was Vice Chancellor at The University of Ibadan from 1991 to 1995. Studying Medicine first at at Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London he went on to higher degrees at Edinburgh University in 1969; London University (School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene) in 1970 and Nigerian’s premier university, University of Ibadan in 1975. He was awarded the Commonwealth scholarship for Medicine from 1968 to 1970. As a professor of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Ibadan Oyediran had a significant contribution to the area of tropical and preventive health in Nigeria before attaining the zenith of academic ambition by being appointed the Vice Chancellor of one of Africa’s finest universities and Nigeria’s first, University of Ibadan.
Yours in Service
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A Memoir of the Jewel
This is the autobiography of Mrs Awolowo, the widow of the multi-faceted politician and political philosopher Obafemi Awolowo. It is simultaneously a quasi biography of him. The story charts the turbulent political life of the couple including Awolowo's resignation from the Gowon administration, his experiences of being rigged out of the 1978 and 1983 elections, his academic work and their private and family lives.
The Antiseptic
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Odutola
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