{"product_id":"tai-solarin-hardcover","title":"Tai Solarin - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDele Babalola\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is about the life and times of a Nigerian \u003cbr\u003eeducation icon, Tai Solarin, written from the \u003cbr\u003eperspective of a very close student who was trained by \u003cbr\u003ehim. Tai was unusual and deserves to be celebrated \u003cbr\u003ebecause he dedicated his entire life to the service of \u003cbr\u003ehumanity, starting by building a unique Nigerian \u003cbr\u003esecondary school from scratch with his British wife \u003cbr\u003ewithout any significant financial investment but robust \u003cbr\u003ephysical energy, Spartan self-discipline, and a meteoric \u003cbr\u003evision. This was in 1956. This school allowed religious \u003cbr\u003efreedom and full development of the human spirit; \u003cbr\u003emotivated the students to become the best they could \u003cbr\u003ebe and taught physical and vocational education. The \u003cbr\u003estudents worked with the non-teaching staff to build \u003cbr\u003eclassrooms, cook, and process food; grow and harvest \u003cbr\u003ecrops; manage 24-hr water and electricity supply; bake \u003cbr\u003ebread, raise pigs, poultry and goats for domestic \u003cbr\u003econsumption.\u003cbr\u003eTai still found time to write pungent newspaper articles \u003cbr\u003ecriticizing the government to improve social and \u003cbr\u003eeducational services for the underprivileged citizens \u003cbr\u003eand to stop the shameful plunder of public funds for \u003cbr\u003eself-aggrandizement. He was jailed several times for his\u003cbr\u003eefforts. He picked corpses from the roads (innocent \u003cbr\u003evictims of hit-and-run drivers and the destitute) for \u003cbr\u003eproper burial; dressed and lived simply to afford the \u003cbr\u003efunds to educate indigent but otherwise highly cerebral\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003estudents. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47529457975549,"sku":"9781638125389","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/WklrVkFQZ0FheXpVbUdXNkZwajFBZz09.webp?v=1778597581","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/tai-solarin-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}