2024 and Tai Solarin's 1964 New Year message
Dr. Tai Solarin By Shola Ebiseni May Your Road be Rough” was an article published by the legendary educationist, Dr. Tai Solarin on January 1, 1964. And before his reader began to wonder what kind of message it was, the great teacher and essayist continued: “I am not cursing you; I am wishing you what I wish myself every year. I therefore repeat: may you have a hard time this year, may there be plenty of troubles for you this year! If you are not so sure what you should say back, why not just say, 'Same to you’? I ask no more”. Dr. Tai Solarin, also a social critic of the most unblemished dimension, is a role model whose progressive views on national affairs people of younger generation loved to be associated. Mayflower School Ikenne founded in 1956 by him and Sheila, his English wife and of which he was the Principal, grew to be one of the most sought-after schools by my generation in the 1970s. His commitment to mentoring was of the highest standard and so to him innovation and h...