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Published 3 January 2021
Olawale Yusuf is the youngest child of the late sakara legend, Alhaji Yusuf Olatunji, popularly called Baba L’Egba, who died 42 years ago. Yusuf takes DAUD OLATUNJI into the life and times of his father
Your
father’s date of birth is controversial. When was he born and how old would he have been this year?
There is nothing is controversial about his date of birth except for some lazy journalists who find it difficult to speak to the right people. Yusuf Ajao Olatunji was born in 1908, beginning of the year before the start of the rainy season. If he were to be alive he would have been 112 years today.