Mama HID Awolowo set for 100th birthday this November + What you should know about the great matriarch

As you read this, plans are in top gear for the 100th birthday of Mama Hannah Idowu Dideolu(HID) Awolowo, widow of late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Mama Awolowo will turn 100 on Wednesday, 25th November 2015. Though plans are still in the wraps for the Awolowo matriarch’s birthday due to the passage of the Ooni of Ife, City People gathered it will be a grand celebration.

Let’s tell you more about Mama HID Awolowo. Affectionately referred to as the “Jewel of Inestimable Value” by her husband, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, she was born in Ikenne Remo on November 25, 1915, to Chief Odugbemi Adelana, the Ayangbuwa of Ikenne and Baba Ijo of St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, Ikenne, and Princess Elizabeth Oyesile Adelana, one of the founders of the Apostolic Church in Ikenne.

She began her formal education in 1921 at Saint Saviour’s Anglican School, Ikenne, but later moved to Saint Peter’s Anglican School, Faji, Lagos. Between 1928 and 1933, Chief (Mrs) Awolowo attended Methodist Girls High School located at Broad Street in Lagos. Driven by an unquenchable desire for knowledge, she decided to return to her alma mater which she did, and taught there between 1934 and 1936 before moving into the sphere of business. The year 1937 was when she married the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The union is blessed with successful children, grandchildren, great grandchildren.

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Deji Sadiq, a.k.a DEJI OF LAGOS is a LASU trained Economist turned freelance journalist, a Blogger, an information strategist, a public affairs analyst and a committed activist with a passion for equal opportunities.