Tolu Ajayi

Toluwalogo Ajayi (born 1946) is a Nigerian poet and writer of fiction.^[1]

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.^[1] He also specialized in psychiatry at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada.^[1]

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

Works

• The Year (London: Macmillan, 1981). ISBN 0-333-35280-7^[2]
• The Lesson (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1985)^[3]
• The Ghost of a Millionaire (Heinemann Educational Books Nigeria, 1990). ISBN 978-129-174-5^[4]
• Eyes of the Night, short story collection including his 1990 BBC World Service winning story "Family Planning"^[1] (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1991),^[5]
• Images of Lives: Poems for Everyone, poetry collection (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1991)^[6]
• Motions and Emotions: Fumes of Poetic Feelings, poetry collection^[7] (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1993)
• After A Bad Moon: a Sh-to-vel, story collection^[1] (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1995). ISBN 978-33209-1-2^[8]

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.