| 词条 | Akinola Maja |
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Dr Akinola Maja was a Nigerian medical doctor, businessman, philanthropist and politician who was president of the Nigerian Youth Movement from 1944 to 1951 and later became president of Egbe Omo Oduduwa in 1953. Commonly known as Baba Eko which translates to Father of Lagos. A medical doctor by training, he graduated in 1918 from University of Edinburgh and stayed in U.K. for the next three years before returning to Nigeria in 1921. He briefly worked for the colonial government before going into private practice to set up his own clinic. Dr Akinola Maja was born Sope Akinola Pearce, his father James Adaramaja Pearce was a carpenter, his mother was a bread seller. The popular road Breadfruit street was named so because of her. His father died young and he was picked as the one child to look after the family. His mother saved enough money to send him to school overseas to UK. Akinola rebelled against British imperialism whilst at university in Scotland when he felt racially abused. He had excelled academically and was due to be awarded a prize for best student at the graduation ceremony. You can imagine the discomfort of the white audience upon discovering the all round best student was not actually British as his surname Pearce suggested but was actually a Nigerian. He was made to wait for it to be confirmed that indeed he was the recipient of the prize. He immediately renounced his British surname and shortened his father's middle name Adaramaja to Maja as his new surname. He also took an oath that none of his children or descendants should have British names, a tradition which is still carried on today by the male members of the Maja family. In 1933, Dr Akinola Maja was one of the founders of National Bank of Nigeria, along with T.A. Doherty, Olatunde Johnson and Hamzat Subair. The bank was a durable African institution that later developed a close relationship with the Action Group. Some of the bank's founders where affiliated with the National Youth Movement (NYM) and they later established Service Press, publishers of the Daily Service. Daily Service began operations as a mouth piece of NYM.[1] During the decade preceding Nigeria's independence, Dr Akinola Maja was involved in a number of business ventures with varying degrees of success. In the early 1950s, Maja co-founded a ceramic venture in Ikorodu in partnership with Sule Gbadamosi. He was also a director of the National Investment and Properties Company used by the Action Group as a source of campaign finance.[2] He was married to Chief Mrs Comfort Maja (Nee Obasa) daughter of Orisadipe Obasa Chief Mrs Maja was offically known as the Erelu Kuti of Lagos which means the Queen Mother of Lagos. He had 4 children, Chief Jaiyeola Maja, Dr Ladipo Maja, Mr Kunle Maja & Miss Modupe Maja-Wasiamal He lived at Garber Square, one of the earliest known 2-Storey buildings in Nigeria, the house is part of the Lagos Street tour as a historical site of importance Chief Jaiyeola Maja his son was a businessman. His various businesses included Nigercafe and Afamaco Construction. Aremo Erelu Kuti of Lagos was a title specially created for him. It translates as 'The Eldest Child of the Queen Mother of Lagos' He built a church in Mushin, Lagos to honour his father called Dr Akinola Maja Gospel Memorial Church. Dr Ladipo Maja, his son was a medical doctor who followed the footsteps of his father. He was a principal witness in the 1962 treason trial of selected Action Group members. Mr Kunle Maja his son had a restaurant boat called Floating Bukka Miss Modupe Maja-Wasiamal his daughter was one of the first female lawyers in Nigeria who was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1959 Dr Akinola Maja died in 1976 at the age of 88. He is survived by several of his grandchildren and great grandchildren including Ayo Maja a well known architect, Akin Maja who along with his wife Trisha Maja are amongst the creators of Safari®Fitness and Lola Maja a well known make-up artist References1. ^{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/927404565 |title=Nigerian political parties : power in an emergent African nation |last=L., |first=Sklar, Richard |isbn=9781400878239 |location=Princeton, New Jersey |pages=429, 455 |oclc=927404565}} 2. ^{{cite book |last1=Forrest |first1=Tom |title=The advance of African capital : the growth of Nigerian private enterprise |date=1994 |publisher=University Press of Virginia |isbn=0813915627 |pages=17,82}} 1 : Nigerian politicians |
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