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Nigerian poet and writer of fiction

Toluwalogo Ajayi (born 1946) is a Nigerian poet and writer of fiction.

Biography

Born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Ajayi was educated in Nigeria and the United Kingdom; in the latter country, he qualified in 1970 as a physician at the University of Liverpool Medical School. He also specialized in psychiatry at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada.

Most of Ajayi's novels and stories draw on his medical experience.

Works

  • The Year (London: Macmillan, 1981). ISBN 0-333-35280-7
  • The Lesson (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1985)
  • The Ghost of a Millionaire (Heinemann Educational Books Nigeria, 1990). ISBN 978-129-174-5
  • Eyes of the Night, short story collection including his 1990 BBC World Service 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). ISBN 978-33209-1-2

Notes

  1. ^ Killiam, Douglas; Kerfoot, Alicia L. (2008). Student Encyclopedia of African Literature. Westport CT: Greenwood Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-313-33580-8. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  2. The Year (worldcat listing). OCLC 59092606 – via WorldCat.
  3. The Lesson (worldcat listing). OCLC 15734799 – via WorldCat.
  4. The ghost of a millionaire (worldcat listing). OCLC 26865732 – via WorldCat.
  5. Eyes of the night (worldcat listing). OCLC 28212762 – via WorldCat.
  6. Images of Lives: Poems for Everyone (worldcat listing). OCLC 28439809 – via WorldCat.
  7. Motions and Emotions: Fumes of Poetic Feelings(worldcat listing). OCLC 36930912 – via WorldCat.
  8. After A Bad Moon: a Sh-to-vel (worldcat listing). OCLC 35789263 – via WorldCat.


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