Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso (an haife shi 21 ga Afrilu 1943), wanda kuma aka fi sani da Kole Omotoso, marubuci kuma ɗan Najeriya ne kuma haziƙi wanda aka fi sani da ayyukan almara kuma a Afirka ta Kudu a matsayin "Yebo Gogo man" a cikin tallan kamfanin sadarwa na Vodacom. Rubuce-rubucen sunyi fice sa akan sifar sadaukarwa da jajircewa don haɓaka sake fasalin zamantakewa da siyasa na Afirka da mutunta juna tsakanin ɗan adam. An haifi Kole Omotosso a cikin dangin Yarbawa a Akure, Jihar Ondo, Najeriya. Mahaifiyarsa da kakanninsa sun taso bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa. Duk da cewa rashin uba na iya murkushe matashi dan Najeriya, abubuwan da suka faru a lokacin kuruciyarsa sun taimaka matuka wajen ci gabansa a matsayinsa na mutum da kuma marubuci. Omotoso ya yi karatu a Kwalejin King da ke Legas da Jami'ar Ibadan sannan ya yi bincike a karatun digiri na uku a kan marubucin Larabci na zamani Ahmad Ba Kathir a Jami'ar Edinburgh. Omotoso ya koma Ibadan inda ya yi lacca kan karatun Larabci (1972 – 76), sannan ya koma jami’ar Ife inda ya yi aikin wasan kwaikwayo (1976 – 88).