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J.F. Ade Ajayi : his life and career

Title
J.F. Ade Ajayi : his life and career / edited by Michael Omolewa, Akinjide Osuntokun; with a foreword by General Yakubu Gowon, GCFR.
Publication
  • Ibadan, Nigeria : Bookcraft, 2014.
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
  • Omolewa, Michael
  • Osuntokun, Akinjide
  • Gowon, Yakubu, 1934-
Description
xxiii, 558 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This is a book on the life and career of Professor J. F. Ade Ajayi, a distinguished historian, administrator, intellectual and builder of institutions; a renaissance man and a gentleman. Written by a collection of Professor Ajayi's former students, academic colleagues, members of his family, his associates and friends, contributors approach the subject from different perspectives and angles, without sacrificing the focus on the man and his career.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biography.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Birth and childhood (1929-1940) -- Secondary education (1940-1946) -- Post-secondary education (1947-1958) -- Courtship, marriage and home building (1952) -- Career at Ibadan (1958-1972) -- The University of Lagos chapter (1972-1978) -- Post-University of Lagos and a new beginning (1978) -- Ade Ajayi and religion -- The scholarship of Ade Ajayi -- Ajayi and the wider world -- Ade Ajayi and community service -- Ajayi as colleague, family and friend -- Epilogue.
Call Number
Sc E 17-57
ISBN
  • 9789788457152
  • 9788457150
OCLC
936333141
Title
J.F. Ade Ajayi : his life and career / edited by Michael Omolewa, Akinjide Osuntokun; with a foreword by General Yakubu Gowon, GCFR.
Publisher
Ibadan, Nigeria : Bookcraft, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Omolewa, Michael, editor.
Osuntokun, Akinjide, editor.
Gowon, Yakubu, 1934- author of introduction, etc.
Research Call Number
Sc E 17-57
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