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Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo: Life and Times in Pictures

Adebayo Onanuga

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Awolowo and Dideolu on their wedding day
Awolowo and Dideolu on their wedding day in 1933

 

Hannah and Obafemi Awolowo
Hannah and Obafemi Awolowo
Hannah: as a young woman
Hannah: as a young woman
Hannah Awolowo with her children and grandchildren in August 2015
Hannah Awolowo with her children and grandchildren in August 2015
Hannah with her children, in-law, Damola Aderemi and her chldren, great grandchildren
Hannah with her children, in-law, Damola Aderemi and her chldren, great grandchildren

 

Dr Tokunbo Dosunmu,(seated) Awo, Hannah and Tokunbo's sisters
Dr Tokunbo Dosunmu,(seated) Awo, Hannah and Tokunbo’s sisters

 

Adisa Akinloye, left and The Awolowos on their way to India in 1952. Hannah, second left, Awo, first left
Adisa Akinloye, left and The Awolowos on their way to India in 1952. Hannah, second left, Awo, first left
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Chief Olusegun Osoba with Hannah Awolowo in March 2013 after Oluwole Awolowo's death
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Chief Olusegun Osoba with Hannah Awolowo in March 2013 after Oluwole Awolowo’s death

 

Obasanjo assisting Hannah on wheel chair
Obasanjo assisting Hannah on wheel chair

 

Hannah and Pastor Adeboye
Hannah and Pastor Adeboye

 

Oluwole Awolowo, Hannah's second son, who died in 2013 at the age of 70
Oluwole Awolowo, Hannah’s second son, who died in 2013 at the age of 70

 

Segun Awolowo, Hannah's grandson, with VP Yemi Osinbajo, an in-law
Segun Awolowo, Hannah’s grandson, with VP Yemi Osinbajo, an in-law
Governor Abiola Ajimobi with Hannah at the inauguration of a printing Press for Nigerian Tribune in March 2015
Governor Abiola Ajimobi with Hannah at the inauguration of a printing Press for Nigerian Tribune in March 2015

Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, wife of Obafemi Awolowo, passed on today at the very ripe age of 99, few weeks short of 100 years.  Here are some photographs of her life and times. May God repose her soul in Heaven!

 

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