OMOTOSO, Dr. Ajibade Bankole

BA, Ph.D, university teacher, writer, born April 21, 1943, Akure, Ondo State; married Marguerita Rice 1973, two sons, two daughters; Education: Oyemekun Grammar School, Akure, King's College, Lagos, University of Ibadan, 1964-68, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1969-72; Career: Appointed Lecturer, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies,University of Ibadan; Senior Lecturer, Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife; Vice president, West African Writers; President, Association of Nigerian Authors, 1986-88; Award: Senior Academic fellow by the British Council Senior Fellowship (to serve in the Centre for Commonwealth Studies, Stirling University, Scotland), July 1988; Publications: The Edifice, Heinemann, London, 1971; Combat, Heinemnan, London, 1972; Sacrifice, 1974; Fela's Choice, 1975; The Scales, 1976; To Borrow a Wandering Leaf, 1978; 830 Memo ries ofOur Recent Boom, 1982;Just Before Dawn Spectrum Books, Ibadan, 1988; in addition to numerous articles in learned journals, newspapers and magazines; Official Address: Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; Home: House 11, Road 20C, Obafemi…