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B.A., BD, publisher, Born: March 18, 1935; Hometown: Ijebu-Ode; State of Origin: Ogun; Married: Mercy Amba Yamoah, 1968;
Education: Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, 1947; Ibadan Boys' High School, 1948- 53; University College, now University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1954-58; Divinity School, Yale University, 1963-66; Institute of Education, University of London, 1969-70.
Career: Accounts Clerk, Public Works Department, Ibadan, 1954; Teacher/Head, Department of Arts, Ibadan Boys' High School, 1958-63; Master in Yoruba, Department of Extra- Mural Studies, University College, Ibadan, 1960-62, 1963-64; General Secretary, Student Christian Movement of Nigeria, 1966-68; Literature Secretary, Christian Council of Nigeria; Manager, Daystar Press, 1968; Lecturer, Catholic Seminary of St. Peter and St. Paul, Ibadan, 1968, 1974; Lecturer, Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan, 1976; member: World Association for Christian Communication, Africa Region, 1975- 82; UNESCO-WIPO Committee on Access by Developing Countries to Foreign Copyright Works, 1981-83; Africa Church Information Service, Yoruba Bible Translation Committee, 1980; Africa Church Information Service, 1987; publ: Second Wind (Poems) 1962; Yoruba Numeration System, Ibadan, Daystar Press, 1969; The Planting of Christianity in Yoruba land, Ibadan, Daystar Press, 1969; Yoruba Names, Their Structure and Their Meanings, Ibadan, Daystar Press, 1972; The Vocabulary of Yoruba Religious Discourse, Ibadan, Daystar Press, 1972; When Kings Ruled and Prophets spoke in Israel, Ibadan, Daystar Press, 1977; Judah Alone Before the Exile and After, Ibadan, Daystar Press, 1977; The Promised Land, Ibadan, Daystar Press, 1979; Statements (Poems), 1980; The Sons of the Gods and the Daughters of Men, Ibadan, Orbis/Daystar, 1984; Bible Knowledge for Senior Secondary Schools I, Ibadan, Daystar 1988; in addition to several articles in learned journals, hob: sketching, interior decoration, off: Daystar Press, P.O. Box 1261, Ibadan, Oyo State, res: 2 Alayande Street, Bodija Estate, Ibadan.
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