Tai Solarin

This book is about the life and times of a Nigerian

education icon, Tai Solarin, written from the

perspective of a very close student who was trained by

him. Tai was unusual and deserves to be celebrated

because he dedicated his entire life to the service of

humanity, starting by building a unique Nigerian

secondary school from scratch with his British wife

without any significant financial investment but robust

physical energy, Spartan self-discipline, and a meteoric

vision. This was in 1956. This school allowed religious

freedom and full development of the human spirit;

motivated the students to become the best they could

be and taught physical and vocational education. The

students worked with the non-teaching staff to build

classrooms, cook, and process food; grow and harvest

crops; manage 24-hr water and electricity supply; bake

bread, raise pigs, poultry and goats for domestic

consumption.