Kofoworola Aina Ademola (Lady Ademola)

Summary

Born Kofoworola Moore, daughter of Hon. Eric Moore of the colonial Legislative Council. Read English and Education at St Hugh's College, Oxford (1932–35) — the first Black African woman to take an Oxford degree; her memoir in Margery Perham's Ten Africans (1936) challenged British stereotypes in print. First Nigerian graduate teacher at Queen's College Lagos (1936); first president of the National Council of Women's Societies (1958–64); MBE (1959), OFR. Married Sir Adetokunbo Ademola, first Nigerian Chief Justice — the colonial-honours and national-honours eras meet in one household.

Documented contributions

• 01Oxford first (1935) — documented by St Hugh's College and the Museum of Oxford
• 02NCWS founding president — the era's most powerful women's-rights platform
• 03Children's author preserving Yoruba folklore