Archives Tag: Historian

throwback thursday

April 19, 2022

  Samuel Johnson’s first recorded visit to his ancestral home in Oyo state was in 1873. By this time, he was married and with two daughters. Samuel Johnson was eventually deployed to Oyo to continue missionary work in 1881 – perhaps at his request. Read more about Throwback Thursday By 1888, he had become the … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Samuel Johnson – Pioneer Historian In Nigeria And Peacemaker (2)

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History throwback thursday

April 19, 2022

  Samuel Johnson was born as the third of seven children of Henry Erugunjinmi Johnson & Sarah Johnson on June 24, 1846. Read more about Throwback Thursday Samuels father, Henry (who also gave himself the name Erugunjinmi) was a grandson of the 18th-century Alaafin Abiodun born in 1810. Born in the town of Oyo-Ile, capital … Continue reading Throwback Thursday: Samuel Johnson – Pioneer Historian In Nigeria And Peacemaker

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