Archives Tag: Educationist
Nigerians In History: Kofoworola Ademola
April 19, 2022
Oloori Kofoworola “Kofo” Aina Ademola, Lady Ademola MBE, MFR, OFR (née Moore) was a Nigerian educationist. She was born May 21st, 1913. She was of Yoruba extraction. She was the first president of the National Council of Women Societies in Nigeria, she was head of the women’s organization from 1958 to 1964. She was the … Continue reading Nigerians In History: Kofoworola Ademola
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ThrowBack Thursday–Henry Carr: A Foremost Scholar & Educationist Who Dined With The Colonial Masters
April 19, 2022
Henry Rawlingson Carr was born on August 15, 1863 to Amuwo Carr and Rebecca Carr who were liberated Saro (Sierra Leonean) emigrants of Yoruba extraction. It was in the days after the bombardment of Lagos in 1851 by the British military forces but he grew up all the same in the Lagos of British Nigeria. … Continue reading ThrowBack Thursday–Henry Carr: A Foremost Scholar & Educationist Who Dined With The Colonial Masters
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