Toluwalogo Ajayi (born 1946) is a Nigerian
poet
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and writer of
fiction
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.
Biography
Born in
Ijebu-Ode,
Ogun State
Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ogun State borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo State and Osun State to the north, Ondo State to the east, and the Republic of Benin to the ...
, Ajayi was educated in Nigeria and the
United Kingdom
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; in the latter country, he qualified in 1970 as a
physician
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at the
University of Liverpool
, mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning
, established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...
Medical School.
He also specialized in
psychiatry
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Initial psych ...
at Memorial University in
Newfoundland
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,
Canada
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.
Most of Ajayi's novels and
stories
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** Short story, a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting
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draw on his medical experience.
Works
*''The Year'' (London: Macmillan, 1981).
*''The Lesson'' (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1985)
*''The Ghost of a Millionaire'' (Heinemann Educational Books Nigeria, 1990).
*''Eyes of the Night'', short story collection including his 1990
BBC World Service
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winning story "Family Planning"
(Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1991),
*''Images of Lives: Poems for Everyone'', poetry collection (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1991)
*''Motions and Emotions: Fumes of Poetic Feelings'', poetry collection
(Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1993)
*''After A Bad Moon: a Sh-to-vel'', story collection
(Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1995).
Notes
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