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A CONVERSATION WITH DR. TOKUNBO AWOLOWO DOSUMU

Sunday, February 21, 2021

5:00 PM Nigeria

4:00 PM GMT

10:00 AM Austin

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PART 2:

“A JEWEL OF INESTIMABLE VALUE”: REMEMBERING CHIEF MRS.

HANNAH DIDEOLU AWOLOWO

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Photo: Late Mrs. Hannah Awolowo with her husband, Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Chief Mrs. Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo (nee Adelana) was arguably one of the most impactful women and wives of Nigerian politicians of all times.

Born in 1915, a year after the amalgamation of the Southern and the Northern protectorates, Mrs. Awolowo was raised under a colonial philosophy that dominated their political and economic landscape during the period. Getting married to Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1937 was one of her life’s major decisions, which brought her to social and media limelight; as it was, and still is, impossible for anyone associated with poli