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Chief
Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) was a Nigerian nationalist, a political
leader, and a principal participant in the struggle for Nigerian
independence.
Obafemi Awolowo was born
in Ikenné, Western State, Nigeria, on March 6, 1909. He received his
early education in the mission schools of Ikenné, Abeokuta, and Ibadan.
Often he worked at odd jobs to raise money for tuition fees, and his
entrepreneurial spirit continued to express itself in the various
careers which he subsequently sampled: journalist, teacher, clerk,
moneylender, taxidriver, produce broker. His organizational and
political inclinations became evident as he moved to high-level
positions in the Nigerian Motor Transport Union, the Nigerian Produce
Traders' Association, the Trades Union Congress of Nigeria, and the
Nigerian Youth Movement, of which he became Western Provincial
secretary.
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