Christie Ade Ajayi (an haife ta a shekara ta 1930) ƙwararriyar ’yar Nijeriya ce a fannin ilimin yara . Ita ce marubuciya ta littattafai daban-daban na Turanci don yara ƙanana, kuma ta yi maganar rubuta labarai tare da yanayin Najeriya wanda masu karatun ta za su iya ba da labari. Hakanan kuma tana da ƙwarewar koyarwa ta kasance tana aiki a cikin ƙungiyoyi da dama waɗanda suka shafi yara da ilimi. An haife ta Christie Aduke Martins a ranar 13 ga Maris 1930 a garin Ile Oluji, Jihar Ondo, Christie Ade Ajayi (wacce aka rubuta ma Ade-Ajayi) ta tafi Makarantar 'Yan mata ta Kudeti da ke Ibadan (wacce ake kira da suna St. Anne's School) sannan ta tafi United Missionary College, Ibadan inda ta samu horo ta zama malami. Ta kuma yi karatu a Landan a Cibiyar Froebel sannan a Cibiyar Ilimi inda ta sami difloma kan ci gaban yara a shekarar 1958. Tsakanin 1952 da 1978 ta koyar a makarantu daban-daban a Najeriya da kuma daya a Landan, ta zama shugabar mata, sannan kuma ta je Jami'ar San Jose ta Jihar Kalifoniya inda aka ba ta difloma a fannin kula da makarantar firamare da shugabanci a 1971.