Akinpelu Obisesan was a Nigerian diarist, businessman and politician.
11 Facts About Akinpelu Obisesan
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Akinpelu Obisesan was among a class of educated elites in the early twentieth century who kept private records of their activities and who were speakers at formal events.
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Akinpelu Obisesan was born in Ibadan to the family of an elephant hunter: Aperin Akinpelu Obisesan and a slave woman.
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Akinpelu Obisesan's father was one of the early defenders of Ibadan against the Ijebu incursions of the late nineteenth century.
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Akinpelu Obisesan was rewarded with a chieftaincy title for his effort in defending Ibadan.
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Akinpelu Obisesan attended various schools managed by the Church Missionary Society.
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Olubi was a mentor to Akinpelu Obisesan and guided him in his studies.
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Akinpelu Obisesan's father had used his vast forest to farm and transformed it into a productive Cocoa growing field.
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Akinpelu Obisesan became the pioneer chairman of the Cooperative Bank of Ibadan.
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Akinpelu Obisesan was educated in an environment where literary skills was seen as a sign of intellectual fineness and with most missionaries situated in Lagos and Abeokuta, the school age residents of the two cities had a fast start in literacy and honing their writing skills.
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Akinpelu Obisesan desired writing as a way to educate himself and record keeping was a productive way of keeping himself abreast of developments in his business.