The Life and Times of Imran: A Family In The History Of A Nation (Paperback)

Bayo Adeola

The Life of Imran is a story of a simple, ordinary, everyday Egba man, from his birth in 1917 to his demise in 2006, a period of over 89 years. The story takes us through his journey of life, from Abeokuta to Ibadan and finally Lagos where he spent a significant part of his life. We walk with him from the death of his mother when he was just three years old, through his truncated education, to the arranged marriage with his first wife. Then we see him take control of his life through intense prayers, severe personal sacrifice and commitment of the education of his children. The Times of Imran is the context in which all these happened. It covers the period from the formation of Abeokuta in 1830, through the arrival of Christianity in the town in 1842, the several wars with its neighbours, the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with Great Britain in 1893, and the Amalgamation that created Nigeria in 1914. From then, we experience the struggle for harmony and integration of the new nation through the struggle for independence, the civil war, military regimes and the nascent democracy. It is the story of a family in the history of a nation.