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“Obafemi Awolowo: Ideas That Refuse to Die” Born in 1909 in Ikenne, in present-day Ogun State, Chief Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo emerged from humble beginnings into history not merely as a politician,but as a philosopher of nationhood. As a young student and later a lawyer in London, he observed Nigeria from a distance its ethnic diversity, its colonial contradictions, its frag In 1947, Awolowo published Path to Nigerian Freedom a book far ahead of its time.

As leader of the Action Group In 1962, Awolowo was imprisoned on charges of treason. He remained convinced that Nigeria’s problems were not caused by its diversity but by the failure to manage that diversity justly.
Awolowo warned that over-centralization would weaken initiative,
encourage dependency, and fuel resentment. Obafemi Awolowo never became Nigeria’s president. Yet few have shaped the nation’s thinking more deeply.
Universities bear his name. Policies reflect his vision. And generations still argue his ideas because they still matter. In a country searching for direction, Awolowo reminds us that nation-building begins with clarity, survives on courage, and endures through ideas.