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Toluwalogo Ajayi (born 1946) is a Nigerian poet and writer of fiction.[1]

Biography

Born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Ajayi was educated in Nigeria and the United Kingdom; in the latter country, he qualified in 1970 as a physician at the University of Liverpool Medical School.[1] He also specialized in psychiatry at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada.[1]

Most of Ajayi's novels and stories draw on his medical experience.

Works

• The Year (London: Macmillan, 1981). ISBN 0-333-35280-7[2]
• The Lesson (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1985)[3]
• The Ghost of a Millionaire (Heinemann Educational Books Nigeria, 1990). ISBN 978-129-174-5[4]
• Eyes of the Night, short story collection including his 1990 BBC World Service winning story "Family Planning"[1] (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1991),[5]
• Images of Lives: Poems for Everyone, poetry collection (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1991)[6]
• Motions and Emotions: Fumes of Poetic Feelings, poetry collection[7] (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1993)
• After A Bad Moon: a Sh-to-vel, story collection[1] (Lagos, Nigeria: Granny Fatima, 1995). ISBN 978-33209-1-2[8]

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