16 Facts About Oyinkansola Abayomi

Iyaloye Oyinkansola "Oyinkan" Abayomi, Lady Abayomi was a Nigerian nationalist and feminist.

Oyinkansola Abayomi was the head of the Nigerian Girl Guides and founder of the Nigerian Women's Party.

Oyinkansola Abayomi was called Oyinkan by her family.

Oyinkansola Abayomi had a younger brother, Akuisola who died when he was two.

Oyinkansola Abayomi's father was Sir Kitoye Ajasa, a prominent Saro tribesman who was the first Nigerian to be knighted by the British, and her mother was Lucretia Olayinka Moore, an omoba of an Egba royal family.

Oyinkansola Abayomi was the first cousin of Kofo, Lady Ademola.

Oyinkansola Abayomi then went to school at the Young Ladies Academy at Ryford Hall, located in Gloucestershire, England.

Oyinkansola Abayomi became a music teacher at the Anglican Girls' Seminary.

Oyinkansola Abayomi would be assassinated in court two months later.

Oyinkansola Abayomi joined the group and was the first Nigerian woman to serve as a supervisor.

Oyinkansola Abayomi became active in the education of women and girls in Nigeria, which was not equal to that of men and boys.

Oyinkansola Abayomi did fundraising and promoting for Queen's College through the West African Educated Girls' Club, an organization she founded.

Oyinkansola Abayomi was the head of the Nigerian Girl Guides Association and the first native Nigerian woman to work for the organization.

Oyinkansola Abayomi wrote an article in the organization's journal that year, demanding that wealthy women of Nigeria needed to fight for women's rights and be willing to work with women of middle and lower classes for those rights.

Oyinkansola Abayomi was named Life President of the Girl Guides for her work.

Oyinkansola Abayomi was honored with five Nigerian chieftaincy titles, including that of the Iya Abiye of Egbaland.