THE SEGUN AWOLOWO I KNEW: HE CARRIED HIS PEDIGREE LIGHTLY

By Osita Chidoka I first “met” Olusegun Awolowo in 1987 through the pages of Newswatch Magazine’s special edition on the passing of the Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. That moment ignited a lifelong curiosity about one of Nigeria’s greatest political philosophers. As a secondary school student, I bought every book I could find about Awo, fascinated by the depth of his ideas and the imprint he left on our national life. From 1986 to the early 1990s, Nigeria underwent seismic change as General Babangida’s structural adjustments opened banking, aviation, media, and…

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