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Toyin Falola was born on January 1, 1953, in the city of Ibadan, Nigeria, to James Adesina Falola and Nihinlola Grace Falola. His father was a tailor, and mother a trader. He is married to Olabisi Falola, formerly a computer programmer and now a family practitioner, and they have three children: Dolapo, Bisola, and Toyin.1
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Bangura, A.K. (2015). An Emerging Biography. In: Toyin Falola and African Epistemologies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137492708_2
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