Sad death of Olabisi Ajala: A lesson for us all
SAMC...@aol.com
why must our people die like this? why? Why must our sick die senseless
deaths, why?
It really heart wrecking because thousands of unsung and unknown Nigerians die
by the minute in similar or worst circumstances.
Can you imagine Bisi Ajala dying like a homeless dog? Oh, Bisi Ajala!!
Ebenezer Obey composed an "owambe" music for him in the 70's. I can just
recall the lyrics as, " Ajala travels all over the world, Ajala travels all
over the world, Ajala travels, Ajala travels, Ajala travel all over the
world...."
And where was this man's many children and family? No where to be found. What
a pity! How many married folks cry to the LORD every second for children? How
many marriages have been dissolved because of no children? May God save our
families and our children to be there for us at old age.
Folks, it is news like this that breaks my heart for Nigeria and Nigerians.
How come must of Nigerians have become "olowo aano" ( Yesterday's Rich folks)?
How come majority of Nigerians have lived the better parts of their earthly
existence already? How come the 60's, 70's have been better than the 90's. I
weep for Nigeria.
Is there hope for that country? Let's wait till next weekend for answers.
SamChuks.
In a message dated 2/20/99 9:17:13 AM Central Standard Time,
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> Subj: Sad death of Olabisi Ajala: A lesson for us all
> Date: 2/20/99 9:17:13 AM Central Standard Time
> From: olufun...@yahoo.com (Bamidele Ademola-Olateju)
> Sender: owner-n...@esosoft.com
> To: naij...@esosoft.com
>
> Sad death of Olabisi Ajala
>
> How renowned globe-trotter and socialite, Olabisi Ajala died in penury
> in Lagos.
>
> By Bolaji Tunji
>
> OLABISI Ajala. The name may not readily ring a bell to the younger
> generation of Nigerians, but the older generation would certainly
> remember him as the happy-go-lucky bearded globe-trotter and socialite
> who put the nation on the world map, as he traversed the globe on his
> motor scooter.
>
> Ajala explored the unexplored and charted the hitherto uncharted areas
> of the world. He wined and dined with heads of state and leaders
> including the late Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, first Republic Prime Minister
> of Nigeria; the late Paudit Nehru of India; the late Abdel Nasser of
> Egypt; the late Golda Meir of Israel; the late Marshall Ayub Khan of
> Pakistan; the late President Makarios of Greece; the late General
> Ignatuis Acheampong of Ghana and the late Odinga Oginga, one-time
> vice-president of Kenya. The list, indeed, is endless.
>
> But on the February 2, 1999, the man fondly known as "Ajala travel"
> died. He died in penury. The world famous Ajala died unsung and
> unrecognised. His grave in central Lagos is no different from any other.
>
> For more than a year, Ajala suffered. He had a stroke which paralysed
> his left limb. But his army of children were not there to give him
> succour. He only had two of them around, Olaolu Ajala, a 20-year-old
> student of Baptist Academy, Lagos, and Bolanle Ajala, his 17-year-old
> daughter who had just finished her senior secondary education at the
> Baptist High School, Bariga, Lagos.
>
> With him also in his last hour was another teenager, 14-year-old Wale
> Anifowoshe. Wale was especially fond of him. He kept all Ajala's
> money, the little there was.
>
> Some of his children who could not be with him include Dante, Femi,
> Lisa and Sydney all of whom are based in Australia. They are the
> children of his Australian wife, Joan.
>
> Some of his other children are also spread around the globe. There are
> Taiwo and Kehinde in the United States as well as Bisola in England.
> But all were not around to bid their father a final goodbye except
> Olaolu and Bolanle.
>
> Indeed, it is a sad end for a man whose scooter is now a national
> monument. None of his numerous wives was around to bid him goodbye to
> the world beyond. His first wife, Alhaja Sade, could not find time
> during the year-long sickness of her husband until he finally died.
> She lives in Ikotun, a suburb of Lagos. "We told her that he was sick
> and she told us she would come, but we never saw her," Olaolu said.
>
> He was not sure whether she is aware that her husband is dead. Joan,
> only got in touch with him through correspondence. There are also Mrs.
> Toyin Ajala in England and Mrs. Sherifat Ajala, mother of his last
> daughter, Bolanle.
>
> But they were not around to tend to the man when he was battling with
> his sickness.
>
> A neighbour in Bariga who spoke on condition of anonymity said: "He
> could have survived if he had had adequate care."
>
> Adequate care was indeed far from the late globe-trotter. In no other
> place was this manifested than his residence, a rented apartment in a
> two-storey building on Adenira Street, Bariga.
>
> Climbing two flights of stairs to the top floor, one is immediately
> confronted with the way life had treated Ajala. A passage leads into a
> 16-by-12 feet sitting room.
>
> The sitting room, devoid of carpet has a table with about five locally
> made iron chairs in a corner. This, the reporter gathered, serves as
> the dining table. An old black and white television set sits
> uncomfortably in all ill-constructed shelf. The cushion on the sofa
> hurts the buttock as it has become flat. The curtains on the windows
> of the two bedroom flats show signs of old age. It is indeed a story
> of penury.
>
> But his two children in Nigeria still hold fond memories of their
> father. They eagerly answered questions and consulted calendars to
> give precise dates which they had marked on the calendar. The mantle
> of responsibility falls on Olaolu who printed the poster that gave the
> details of his father's death.
>
> Narrating the last days of his father, Olaolu told {The Guardian On
> Saturday} that he had a stroke on June 18, last year. "On that day, I
> had gone to school. When I came back, he told me he fell down on the
> balcony. We went to call a doctor about three blocks away. It was the
> doctor who told us that he had a stroke."
>
> According to Olaolu, medications were prescribed. "We bought the drugs
> and we followed the doctor's instruction that we should allow him to
> rest."
>
> The doctor, who came from a private hospital further advised the
> children to get their father a physiotherapist. "We got one for him at
> the Igbobi Orthopaedic Hospital and he was always coming home to give
> him therapy. And we noticed that he was getting better."
>
> But the picture changed after three months of home medication. "After
> three months, we realised that he had relapsed. He was able to walk if
> he held on to someone. But this suddenly stopped. He could no longer
> walk."
>
> That was when divine intervention came from a family friend, Morufu
> Ojikutu, who arrived from Germany. "He advised that we should take him
> to the hospital when he saw his condition. He also gave us money for
> his treatment," Olaolu said.
>
> The reporter gathered that what really stopped the ailing Ajala from
> going to the hospital was the lack of funds. Says Olaolu: "When he got
> sick, he did not have money but later my sisters and mum sent in some
> money for his treatment. And it is this that we spent to keep
> ourselves together."
>
> But Bolanle chipped in that at times, money sent to their father
> doesn't get to him. "Brother Femi (his second son) sent him £500 but
> he never received it and that was what he was harping on until he
> died", she said.
>
> In spite of the lack of funds, Olaolu believes that he died because he
> did not get quick medical attention. "When Mr. Ojikutu came, it was
> already too late. I think he also knew he was about to die and he did
> not want to die at home. That was why he insisted that he should be
> taken to the hospital."
>
> Ajala eventually ended up at the General Hospital, Ikeja. "He was
> there for 11 days. Prior to his death, his younger sister also
> deposited money with an aunt at the hospital to take care of him,"
> Olaolu said.
>
> It was gathered that before his death, Ajala had demanded that his
> relatives should bring a more comfortable chair, radio and orange
> juice. "But when the things were taken to him on February 2, he was
> already dead," Olaolu said.
>
> According to Wale, who was with him in the hospital, Ajala had been
> restless since the weekend before his eventual death. "When he first
> got to the hospital on January 25, he was always playing and joking
> with the people in the ward. But from Sunday, January 30, he could not
> breathe very well. He was always breathing through the mouth until he
> died on Tuesday, February 2," Olaolu said.`
>
> `Ajala explored the unexplored and charted the hitherto uncharted
> areas of the world. He wined and dined with heads of state and leaders
> including the late Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, first Republic Prime Minister
> of Nigeria; the late Paudit Nehru of India; the late Abdel Nasser of
> Egypt; the late Golda Meir of Israel; the late Marshall Ayub Khan of
> Pakistan; the late President Makarios of Greece; the late General
> Ignatuis Acheampong of Ghana and the late Odinga Oginga, one-time
> vice-president of Kenya. The list, indeed, is endless.`
>
>
>
>
Rogu...@aol.com
I remember with fondness all the accolades showered on the original globe-
trotter in the early seventies, cumulating in one of my all time favorite juju
records by Ebenezer Obey.
It is painful that Olabisi Ajala died in the condition reported in this
posting. I however don't see any special lesson in his death. He lived the
bulk of his life when Naija was good and unfortunately died when things turned
rough for most people in the "country". Neither times were of his control. The
death of Ajala is just emblematic of what had been happening to many of our
more celebrated compatriots of late, all be it less celebrated than Ajala and
some might have lived the latter part of their lives in better conditions, but
it is happening more than we would like to admit.
I can just see Olabisi Ajala now on his way to where such free spirits go,
singing happily "I DID IT MY WAY".
R.O.
In a message dated 99-02-20 10:17:09 EST, olufun...@yahoo.com writes:
<< Subj: Sad death of Olabisi Ajala: A lesson for us all
Date: 99-02-20 10:17:09 EST
Babafem...@unon.org
I will refer you to go and re-read Joe Akinmusuru's piece of
today titled: "Rising above the level of mediocrity." You never met
me, you know nothing about my life, and you wrote the piece below.
Well, what can I say. Any Yoruba that differs with the mainstream
politics of Yorubas normally fall in the hands of thugs. So I can
understand. But our country will not move forward until Yoruba
liberalism accepts that we all do not need to back one candidate.
I wish you all the best.
'Femi
On 20 Feb 99 at 17:46, A.Kumoluyi wrote:
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> From: ak...@lucent.com (A.Kumoluyi)
> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:46:39 -0600
> To: naij...@esosoft.com, Babafem...@unon.org
> Subject: Re: Sad death of Olabisi Ajala: A lesson for us all
> Femi Badejo wrote:
> >>
> >>Thanks for bringing Ajala's death to our attention.
> >>
> >>His experience is a lesson on personal wealth management in a country
> >>that so far does not care for the health of its people because the
> >>elites in that country only think about themselves.
>
> I write:
>
> Hello!!!!!! I dont get it, at all. You dined and wined with these bastards,
> yet you have the audacity to vilify them. Hypocrite? Pls for god sake, stop
> insulting us...
>
> A beg, make you go look your face inside the mirror.
>
> Akin Kumoluyi.
>
> >>
> >>Its a shame.
> >>
> >>'Femi
> >>
> >>On 20 Feb 99 at 7:17, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju wrote:
> >>
> >>> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 07:17:05 -0800 (PST)
> >>> From: Bamidele Ademola-Olateju <olufun...@yahoo.com>
> >>> Subject: Sad death of Olabisi Ajala: A lesson for us all
> >>> _________________________________________________________
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rotimi lawuyi
Well, maybe another lesson is the fact that the fame or otherwise of
each individual life is in the final analysis of little consequence.
Irrespective of who or what we are, we shall eventually go the way of
all mortals, that is if Christ does not come before then.
So maybe those of us who are running hard on the world's merry go
round, might stop and take a deep breath, and seek to find out whether
there is nothing more fundamental to the merriments and 'jollities' of
this life.
What does it indeed profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses
his soul, what shall a man give in exchange for his own soul.
'rotimi
---tunde giwa <tun...@datastudyinc.com> wrote:
>
> Nubi and Bamidele:
>
> What exactly was so sad about Olabisi Ajala's life?
> By all accounts, he had a great life. Especially the first half
> of it. Maybe you could say he peaked too soon. But that's
> a quibble. The fact that we are here talking about it is a partial
> testament to that. The overwhelming majority of us can only dream
> of the types of experiences he had in his time here. Life is
> short. There's not a whole lot more to it than the experiences
> we (each as an individual) have during our brief sojourn here.
> Sorry to sound fatalistic and bum you out this fine Saturday
> morning, but c'est la vie.
>
> As I'm sitting here writing this, I'm playing Ebenezer Obey's
> song. ".... Ajala travel, Ajala travel, Ajala travel all over the
> world...." So don't be sad for the man. Sing, dance, jollificate
> as he did during the good times of his life. Celebrate his
> life on this planet. Take the time to reflect on how and when
> you first heard of him. A happier childhood time? And of
> course do the 401k/retirement stuff too.
>
> Cheers.
> tunde giwa
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: Sad death of Olabisi Ajala: A lesson for us all
>
>
> Dear Nubi,
> Exactly my point. I am not particularly worried about the number of
> wives he had. He spent his money recklessly as if there will be no
> tomorrow, he failed to plan. That is the physical lesson to be learnt.
> The spiritual lesson is what motivated me to post it to the net. As
> long as a man is alive he cannot predict what will happen next. One
> cannot say how one will die, where and when. The dynamics of existence
> can be very sublime. His is a sad story, I am moved. Moved because he
> must have helped some people along the line no matter how little, why
> can't they look back? And the wives? I am still wondering.
>
> Bamidele
>
>
>
>
> ---Nubi Achebo <ki...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sister Bamidele,
> >
> > What are the lessons. Other than the fact that he forgot to
> > financially plan for his retirement age what befell him could happen
> > to anyone in this modern age. Even in modern Nigeria it wont be
> > unsual to find a man had one wife suffer the same fate.
> >
> >
> > Nubi Achebo
> > ===
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
> > -- Mongo
> > > doctor who told us that he had a stroke.."
> > >
> > > According to Olaolu, medications were prescribed. "We bought the
> drugs
> > > and we followed the doctor's instruction that we should allow
him to
> > > rest."
> > >
> > > The doctor, who came from a private hospital further advised the
> > > children to get their father a physiotherapist. "We got one for
> him at
> > > the Igbobi Orthopaedic Hospital and he was always coming home to
> give
> > > him therapy. And we noticed that he was getting better."
> > >
> > > But the picture changed after three months of home medication.
> "After
> > > three months, we realised that he had relapsed. He was able to
> walk if
> > > he held on to someone. But this suddenly stopped. He could no
longer
> > > walk."
> > >
> > > That was when divine intervention came from a family friend,
Morufu
>
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Naija...@aol.com
Babafem...@unon.org writes:
> Akin,
>
> I will refer you to go and re-read Joe Akinmusuru's piece of
> today titled: "Rising above the level of mediocrity." You never met
> me, you know nothing about my life, and you wrote the piece below.
>
> Well, what can I say. Any Yoruba that differs with the mainstream
> politics of Yorubas normally fall in the hands of thugs. So I can
> understand. But our country will not move forward until Yoruba
> liberalism accepts that we all do not need to back one candidate.
>
> I wish you all the best.
>
> 'Femi
Femi:
Responding to this fellow is going to prove to be one of your mistakes. He is
an uncouth person who would find nothing wrong in insulting your mother or
father at the drop of a hat. That is one reason you would not find serious
people engaging him on any issue. Please ignore him.
Of course, there are many other reasons which are obvious.
yinka
sunday ade
I can't agree with you more on the life of Bisi Ajala. I bet his life
was more than most of us can live several lifetimes over. Man I wish I
am that lucky. I remember reading some of his adventures 18 years ago.
What a life. I also have issues with the way the article was shaped.
It was definitely biased and negative.
Jelil
> > > According to Olaolu, medications were prescribed. "We bought the
> drugs
> > > and we followed the doctor's instruction that we should allow
him to
> > > rest."
> > >
> > > The doctor, who came from a private hospital further advised the
> > > children to get their father a physiotherapist. "We got one for
> him at
> > > the Igbobi Orthopaedic Hospital and he was always coming home to
> give
> > > him therapy. And we noticed that he was getting better."
> > >
> > > But the picture changed after three months of home medication.
> "After
> > > three months, we realised that he had relapsed. He was able to
> walk if
> > > he held on to someone. But this suddenly stopped. He could no
longer
> > > walk."
> > >
> > > That was when divine intervention came from a family friend,
Morufu
> > > `Ajala explored the unexplored and charted the hitherto uncharted
> > > areas of the world. He wined and dined with heads of state and
> leaders
> > > including the late Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, first Republic Prime
> Minister
> > > of Nigeria; the late Paudit Nehru of India; the late Abdel
Nasser of
> > > Egypt; the late Golda Meir of Israel; the late Marshall Ayub
Khan of
> > > Pakistan; the late President Makarios of Greece; the late General
> > > Ignatuis Acheampong of Ghana and the late Odinga Oginga, one-time
> > > vice-president of Kenya. The list, indeed, is endless.`
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _________________________________________________________
> > > DO YOU YAHOO!?
> > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
> > >
> > >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> > DO YOU YAHOO!?
> > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
> >
> >
>
> _________________________________________________________
> DO YOU YAHOO!?
> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>
>
==
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A.Kumoluyi
You didnt get the import of my message, i will try again:
Men of your ilk, are messengers of evil - you guys cavort with the ruiners
(IBB, Gowon, Obasanjo, Abacha, etc) of our nation, yet when you see the
glaring consequences of damages done to our pscyhe by your ogas, you shed
crocodile tears. Pls stop insulting, we were not born yesterday.
With regard to your support for Obasanjo, yes i do have a big problem with it.
This is the way, I see it. Using James Fabunmi' analogy, I will stretch it a
little bit - imagine you have just witnessed the hallowing rape of your
daughter, but instead of seeking justice for her, you tied her hands down, and
ask the rapist to continue, bcos you are both a sadist and voyeur. That is,
exactly what you guys are doing with Obasanjo (nay all the other bastards from
naija), you want Nigeria to be ruined again. What else do you guys want? Our
people are already in state of hopelessness and desperation. We need a better
life.
In a nascent democracy, our founding fathers should be 150% righteous, anyone
short of that criteria, should stay out of public life.
Akin Kumoluyi.
>>From Babafem...@unon.org Sun Feb 21 10:18:57 1999
>>From: Babafem...@unon.org
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>>To: naij...@esosoft.com, Babafem...@unon.org,
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>>Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 19:18:34 +0300
>>Subject: Re: Sad death of Olabisi Ajala: A lesson for us all
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>>
>>Akin,
>>
>>I will refer you to go and re-read Joe Akinmusuru's piece of
>>today titled: "Rising above the level of mediocrity." You never met
>>me, you know nothing about my life, and you wrote the piece below..
>>
>>Well, what can I say. Any Yoruba that differs with the mainstream
>>politics of Yorubas normally fall in the hands of thugs. So I can
>>understand. But our country will not move forward until Yoruba
>>liberalism accepts that we all do not need to back one candidate.
>>
>>I wish you all the best.
>>
>>'Femi
>>
>>
>>On 20 Feb 99 at 17:46, A.Kumoluyi wrote:
>>
>>> Cc: nw...@un.org, ony...@un.org, o...@un.org, may...@un.org,
okor...@un.org,
>>> osem...@aol.com, ehi...@un.org, t.a...@fordfound.org,
>>> emo...@unicef.org, tech...@malone.net, adino...@un.org,
>>> maki...@unaids.org, bad...@student.umass.edu,
jum...@infoweb.abs.net
>>> From: ak...@lucent.com (A.Kumoluyi)
>>> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:46:39 -0600
>>> To: naij...@esosoft.com, Babafem...@unon.org
>>> Subject: Re: Sad death of Olabisi Ajala: A lesson for us all
>>
>>> Femi Badejo wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>Thanks for bringing Ajala's death to our attention.
>>> >>
>>> >>His experience is a lesson on personal wealth management in a country
>>> >>that so far does not care for the health of its people because the
>>> >>elites in that country only think about themselves.
>>>
>>> I write:
>>>
>>> Hello!!!!!! I dont get it, at all. You dined and wined with these
bastards,
>>> yet you have the audacity to vilify them. Hypocrite? Pls for god sake,
stop
>>> insulting us...
>>>
>>> A beg, make you go look your face inside the mirror.
>>>
>>> Akin Kumoluyi.
>>>
>>> >>
>>> >>Its a shame.
>>> >>
>>> >>'Femi
>>> >>
>>> >>On 20 Feb 99 at 7:17, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 07:17:05 -0800 (PST)
>>> >>> From: Bamidele Ademola-Olateju <olufun...@yahoo.com>
>>> >>> Subject: Sad death of Olabisi Ajala: A lesson for us all
>>> >>> To: naij...@esosoft.com
Ayodele Ayetigbo
Agreed, we need a better life for our people. The system has given us a choice between Obasanjo and Falae as torch-bearer to that better life. Our people will have to choose one of the two contestants. Talking of rape metaphor, Americans would not entrust their daughters on Clinton as a surrogate uncle, yet he's favored to stay presidential two times around. What's the greatest Obasanjo's sin against Nigerians, really? Has he been raping raping our interns? My concern is Babangida's support of Obasanjo. I hated how he bungled with Abiola's mandate. But, Naija life must continue. Falae is not cleansed of this Babangida virus, either. Nigerians can kill Babangida virus if they choose. Worrisome to me also is why Nigerian presidency has ended up as a Yoruba on Yoruba head or head toss up. Anyhow, no saintly politicians anywhere in the world. You only hope for the best candidate to win out of the pack. How did Ajala's death creep into this?
Ayo
........................
A.Kumoluyi wrote:
Prof. Badejo:
Akin Kumoluyi.
Aurora Mizutani
by
Aurora Mizutani
Introduction
Unlike my father’s remarkable, numerous achievements, I have had memorable encounters with a handful of heads of state. Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala accomplished a challenging task by travelling to more than seventy countries on a moped and meeting with heads of state, to name a few of his recorded adventures. If he had been caught, my father’s ordeal would have been physical in the form of possibly torture and brutal imprisonment. Moshood Adisa eluded imprisonment in Russia, perhaps even the dreaded Gulag.
It has been said that Adisa died in poverty. That depends on one’s definition of wealth. Ajala died living behind around a dozen children. My father wanted to ensure that at least one of his offspring would carry his legacy. Moshood Adisa, a true pagan, had the foresight and wisdom to understand that earthly riches are just that. Earthly riches. Arguably, as Adisa died in the knowledge of true freedom, I dispute the assumption that he died in poverty. What freedom? Read on to find out.
Olabisi Ajala must have had a complete understanding of the game ‘Monopoly’. When one has finally mastered the game ‘Monopoly’, they learn that reaching their objective is futile. That is to say that when the game is over, all proceeds inevitably go back in the box. The bottom line is that one cannot take the money, or anything else, to the afterlife. The Egyptian Pharaohs died wealthy. They buried their vessels and riches in crypts. These riches were excavated by archaeologists and are now on display worldwide. Moshood Adisa had the foresight of spending his money on this earth, as it’s apparent that we cannot take it with us. Adisa left behind his scions and his written legacy, the true treasures of this material world.
I persist in my unwavering belief that Moshood Adisa died a wealthy man indeed within this reality.
My Father Olabisi Ajala
by
Aurora Mizutani
We know that Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala travelled to America and became a great success. My father’s story began in North Africa where Moshood Adisa Olabisi Ajala originated from.
I always wondered how my father gained his notoriety. From articles in local newspapers to being cast for parts in Hollywood movies. The only answer I can come up with to explain my father’s spurt in his exploits is by him having been given a leg up.
Olabisi Ajala frequented Roosevelt University, in Chicago, USA. It would not be entirely surprising if my father had gotten recruited into a fraternity. I am aware of the influence of a fraternity amongst piers. A brotherhood that goes beyond scholastic fleeting friendships and is an everlasting bond forged on Campus. The impact of having a fraternity support you, can be colossal. Many of the politicians we see today were forged in that mould.
Another interesting fact about my father Olabisi Ajala is his biography, which was edited by one of his common-law wives whilst he was living in Australia. Australia is one of the many countries that Olabisi Ajala visited. He wrote extensively about the country’s economic and social situation in his acclaimed narrative “An African Abroad” by Olabisi Ajala.
Read more on my blog:
https://medium.com/@diagoro33/my-father-olabisi-ajala-41854e54ac2
Or check out my book: AN AFRICAN ABROAD by Aurora Mizutani
https://www.amazon.com/African-Abroad-Aurora-Mizutani/dp/B0BXCVCJ4K/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2OGTG6JZCIIT8&keywords=an+african+abroad+aurora+mizutani&qid=1678491719&sprefix=%2Caps%2C267&sr=8-3
Or the website:
https://www.ajalalegacyforum.com