An haife shi a 6 ga watan Yuni 1944. Mawaƙin Najeriya ne, ƙwararren marubuci, farfesa, mai suka, marubuci kuma wanda ya kafa Cibiyar Tarihin Al'adun Afirka da Cibiyar Al'adu, Adeyipo, Ibadan Oyo State An haife shi a 6 ga watan Yuni 1944 a Ibadan, babban birnin jihar Oyo, kudu maso yammacin Najeriya cikin dangin Akangbe Adebowale, wanda manomi ne. Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta zamani da ke Ibadan, inda ya samu takardar shaidar Makarantar Yammacin Afirka a 1958 kafin ya zarce zuwa Kwalejin Malami ta St Peter inda ya sami shaidar Grade III a ilimi a 1961, a shekarar da aka shigar da shi Kwalejin Baptist a Ede don takardar shaidar Malami na Grade II. A watan Oktoban 1971, ya zarce zuwa Jami'ar Ibadan, inda ya sami digiri na farko (B. A) a cikin yaren Ingilishi a 1974 kuma ya kammala aikin bautar kasa na tilas a 1975, a wannan shekarar ya shiga ayyukan Hukumar Kula da Ayyukan Jama'a ta yamma a matsayin jami'in ilimi kafin daga baya ya zama malamin Turanci a Cibiyar Ciniki ta Gwamnati, Jihar Oyo.