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Balogun & Mustafa Chike-obi; Why The Legendary Mathematician So Named His Sons by farem: 6:30am On Dec 24, 2021 |
PHOTO; King's College Lagos 1970: Balogun Chike-Obi (then in Form 4) receiving a Shell Petroleum Company book prize from Mr. Baxendell, at the time an executive with Shell in Nigeria. Balogun Chike-Obi is a son of the mathematician and politician Chike Obi. According to Mustafa Chike Obi (Balogun's brother), their interesting names (considering their heritage) were influenced by their father's love of history. “He [Chike Obi] liked [the name] Balogun, because my father was a student of Yoruba history. He believed that the Yoruba are the most organized among the ethnic groups in the south because of their war-like capabilities. There was a time the Fulani wanted to conquer Yorubaland but they were stopped in Osogbo by the Yoruba army. Balogun was a war chief in the Yorubaland and that was why he named my brother Balogun" Mustafa, commenting on his own name said: "He named me Mustafa for almost the same reason. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was a Prime Minister of Turkey, during and after the first world war. Mustafa took Turkey from the primitive age to the modern age, and as a result, the country went from a Muslim State to a modern secular State. My father liked the way he helped the Turkish nationalists against the imperialists." Balogun Chike Obi studied Physics at the university level and was a lecturer at the University of Ilorin. Source: The Mermaid, 1971 Vol 1 No. 53 and from the archives of the late Adedoyin Idowu, Mckee Wright’s House, 1946 - 1951. Courtesy of KCOBA-NA
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Re: Balogun & Mustafa Chike-obi; Why The Legendary Mathematician So Named His Sons by thesicilian: 6:37am On Dec 24, 2021 |
So there are no legendary heroes in Igbo land that he could have named his children after? Just goes to show that one can be book smart and not street smart. |
Re: Balogun & Mustafa Chike-obi; Why The Legendary Mathematician So Named His Sons by OneCandleAway(f): 9:28am On Dec 24, 2021 |
thesicilian: But even azikiwe gave his son yoruba name as I learnt. 1 Like |
Re: Balogun & Mustafa Chike-obi; Why The Legendary Mathematician So Named His Sons by Idiko1: 1:18pm On Dec 24, 2021 |
farem: The Caliphate marauders were not stopped at Osogbo by any Yoruba soldier but bottom power. I went to Osogbo, now capital of Osun State, to attest to the fact. At a point, I ask if bottom surgeons abound in Osogbo. |
Re: Balogun & Mustafa Chike-obi; Why The Legendary Mathematician So Named His Sons by farem: 9:58am On Dec 25, 2021 |
Idiko1: You must surely be roaming about like your colleagues - lunatics, to meet those who give you this conclusion that even the Fulani version will be shocked |
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