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Tai Solarin was one of the Greatest Nigerians who Ever Lived

Recorded in 2016, the late Oyebola Areoye, former Editor of Daily Times and author of Blackman’s Dilemma, offers a reflective portrait of one of Nigeria’s most uncompromising minds — Tai Solarin. Areoye says Solarin was a man of razor-sharp intelligence, fierce discipline, and unrelenting patriotism. To him, Solarin was not merely an activist or educationist, but a moral force, a Nigerian who lived by example and demanded intellectual honesty from both leaders and citizens. Tai Solarin (1912–1994) was a renowned Nigerian educator, social critic, and humanist, best known as the founder of Mayflower School, where he pioneered a radical model of education built on discipline, self-reliance, and civic responsibility. A relentless critic of corruption, hypocrisy, and intellectual laziness, Solarin challenged power with courage and lived modestly to match his ideals. His writings, activism, and personal example earned him a reputation as one of Nigeria’s most principled public thinkers. In this conversation, Araoye argues that Solarin’s greatness lay not just in what he said, but in how he lived — a man whose patriotism was action-based, whose intelligence was fearless, and whose legacy remains a moral yardstick for Nigeria’s present and future. To Araoye, Tai Solarin stands among the greatest Nigerians who ever lived.