b. 1896, d. 1959.
Sources
Ogundunsin (1968); Doi (1971-2); Abdul (1978), 50-55; Doi (1984), 267-78; Seriki (1986), 330-54; Clarke (1995).
Biography
Son of the Chief Imam of Ijebu-Ode, but largely self-educated, he began his public career as a reformer, rejecting prostration before rulers and refusing to visit the local ruler (the Awujale) on the Muslim festivals. From 1918-22 he was in Kano in commerce, and also acting as a tafsīr malam. During his time there he joined the Tijāniyya. He returned to Ijebu-Ode on his father’s dea…