Obafemi Awolowo

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Nigerian politician human journalist nationalist political party leader

Obafemi Awolowo was a prominent Nigerian nationalist, statesman, and political leader who played a key role in the country’s independence movement and the development of its Western Region.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nigerian nationalist leader Obafemi Awolowo	1
Nigerian statesman Obafemi Awolowo	1
Obafemi Awolowo (political mentorship context)	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nigerian politician ⓘ human ⓘ journalist ⓘ nationalist ⓘ political party leader ⓘ
awardReceived	Grand Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1909-03-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1987-05-09 ⓘ
describedAs	one of Nigeria’s founding fathers ⓘ
educatedAt	London School of Economics ⓘ University of London ⓘ Wesley College Ibadan NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1959 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Yoruba people NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Awolowo NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	law ⓘ
fullName	Obafemi Jeremiah Oyeniyi Awolowo NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Obafemi NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Chief ⓘ
ideology	democratic socialism ⓘ welfarism ⓘ
influenced	Nigerian federalism ⓘ Yoruba political thought ⓘ
knownFor	advocacy of federalism in Nigeria ⓘ development of Western Region infrastructure ⓘ leading the Action Group party ⓘ pioneering free health care for children in Western Region of Nigeria ⓘ pioneering free primary education in Western Region of Nigeria ⓘ role in Nigeria’s independence movement ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Yoruba NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorial	Obafemi Awolowo Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ Obafemi Awolowo University NERFINISHED ⓘ Obafemi Awolowo Way Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname	Awo NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Awo: The Autobiography of Chief Obafemi Awolowo NERFINISHED ⓘ Path to Nigerian Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ The People’s Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Thoughts on the Nigerian Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfChildren	5 ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ barrister ⓘ journalist ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeTimeContext	Premier of Western Region of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Ikenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogun State NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Ikenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Ogun State NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalParty	Action Group NERFINISHED ⓘ Unity Party of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Federal Commissioner for Finance of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Leader of Opposition in the Federal House of Representatives of Nigeria ⓘ Premier of Western Region of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Vice Chairman of the Federal Executive Council of Nigeria ⓘ
ranForOffice	President of Nigeria ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
spouse	Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1954 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Obafemi Awolowo University → namedAfter → Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ

Awoist tradition → inspiredBy → Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ

Awoist tradition → namedAfter → Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ

Samuel Ladoke Akintola → wasAStudentOf → Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Obafemi Awolowo (political mentorship context)

Western Region Government of Nigeria → headOfGovernment → Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ

Obafemi Awolowo Hall, University of Ibadan → namedAfter → Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ

Obafemi Awolowo Hall, University of Ibadan → namedFor → Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nigerian nationalist leader Obafemi Awolowo

Obafemi Awolowo Hall, University of Ibadan → namedFor → Obafemi Awolowo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nigerian statesman Obafemi Awolowo