Audrey Olatokunbo Ajose (born c. 1937) is a Nigerian lawyer and writer. She served as her country's ambassador to
Scandinavia
Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion#Europe, subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, ...
from 1987 to 1991.
Early life and education
The daughter of Omoba
Oladele Ajose
Oladele Adebayo Ajose (1907–1978) was a Lagos prince who was the Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University. He was an early advocate of primary health care in Nigeria and the first tenured African professor at the University of Ibadan ...
and Beatrice Spencer Roberts. Audrey Ajose was the daughter of a foreign woman married to a Nigerian.
She studied journalism at the Regent Polytechnic. She studied and practiced law but still continued to work in broadcasting.
She also studied theology
and taught theology in the
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
church.
Career
Ajose worked as a journalist at the ''
Daily Times'' of Nigeria.
Barrister Ajose made the case for more flexible immigration laws for foreign women married to Nigerians to some of the country's top parliamentarians. She drafted the first ''Nigerwives-Nigeria'' constitution under the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria on 7th September 1987 with an RC No. 5527.
Ajose was a founding member of
Soroptimist International
Soroptimist International (SI) is a global volunteer service organization for women with nearly 72,000 members in 121 countries worldwide. According to Soroptimist.org, their mission statement says that, "Soroptimist is a global volunteer organiza ...
of
Eko and served as its president.
She was a member of th
Isale Eko Descendants’ Union Scholarship FundCommittee (89).
Selected works
* ''Yomi's Adventures'', juvenile fiction (1964)
* ''Yomi in Paris'', juvenile fiction (1966)
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References
1930s births
Living people
Nigerian women journalists
Nigerian children's writers
Nigerian women children's writers
Ambassadors of Nigeria to Sweden
Place of birth missing (living people)
Nigerian women lawyers
Ambassadors of Nigeria to Norway
Ambassadors of Nigeria to Denmark
Nigerian women diplomats
Nigerian women ambassadors
Yoruba people
Yoruba women writers
Yoruba writers
Yoruba lawyers
Yoruba children's writers
Alumni of the Regent Street Polytechnic
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