Tai Solarin

By Dele Babalola

Book Overview

This book is about the life and times of a Nigerian
education icon, Tai Solarin, written from the
perspective of a very close student who was trained by
him. Tai was unusual and deserves to be celebrated
because he dedicated his entire life to the service of
humanity, starting by building a unique Nigerian
secondary school from scratch with his British wife
without any significant financial investment but robust
physical energy, Spartan self-discipline, and a meteoric
vision. This was in 1956. This school allowed religious
freedom and full development of the human spirit;
motivated the students to become the best they could
be and taught physical and vocational education. The
students worked with the non-teaching staff to build
classrooms, cook, and process food; grow and harvest
crops; manage 24-hr water and electricity supply; bake
bread, raise pigs, poultry and goats for domestic
consumption.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1638124957
• ISBN13: 9781638124955
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Pen Culture Solutions
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"