The story of my life
By: O. Akadiri
Publisher: Adeyemi College Academic Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Ondo State, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9789789626618
Subjects: Diplomats; Biography; Ambassadors; Foreign relations
Other titles: Story of my life :
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: part 1.; title: The humble origins --; title: Origins of the Akadiri family --; title: The reluctant farmer --; title: Ipesi village life as it was --; title: Mother's decisive role. -- -- part 2.; title: Pioneering for education in Ipesiland --; title: Primary education, continued --; title: A taste of working life. -- part 3.; title: St. Andrew's College, the garden city --; title: Back to the classroom again --; title: The struggle for tertiary education --; title: Return to the fatherland with trepidation --; title: Public service career option --; title: Life in London, and the L.S.E. --; title: Sweden, land of the midnight sun --; title: Back again to the fatherland --; title: New York, and the United Nations --; title: Back again, to turbulent tour --; title: Kenya, Kenyatta's Uhuru land --; title: Return to Lagos, a blessing in disguise --; title: In the diplomatic trenches of the Biafran war --; title: Lagos again, and the sudden change of fortune --; title: The challenge of London --; title: To Lagos again, en route Senegal --; title: In Senegal, ambassador at last --; title: Lagos again : the glorious climax of an eventful career --; title: Canada, the last post --; title: Retirement, and the doldrums --; title: Goodbye again to public service --; title: A final public service adventure --; title: Epilogue -- -- appendix I.; title: Elements of Ipesi dialect -- -- appendix II.; title: The Akadiri family tree.