Oyinkan Abayomi

Oyinkansola Abayomi
Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi
Born	Oyinkansola Ajasa (1897-03-06)6 March 1897 Lagos, Nigeria (then Lagos Colony in the British Empire)
Died	19 March 1990(1990-03-19) (aged 93) Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Other names	Oyinkan
Occupation	Feminist, Educator, Scouting guide
Known for	Girl Guides

Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi (also known as Oyinkan) (6 March 1897 – 19 March 1990) was a Nigerian nationalist and feminist. She is the former head of the Nigerian Girl Guides and founder of the Nigerian Women's Party.

Lady Oyinkansola Abayomi (born Oyinkansola Ajasa) was born in Nigeria in 1897. She was called Oyinkan(shortened form of Oyinkansola), by her family. She had a younger brother, Akuisola. He died when he was two. Her father was Sir Kitoye Ajasa and her mother was Oyinkan Moore. She was also the first cousin of Kofo Ademola. She went to school at the Anglican Girls' Seminary in Lagos. She graduated in 1909. She then went to school at the Young Ladies Academy at Ryford Hall, located in Gloucestershire, England. She joined the Girl Guides. In 1917 she attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. She moved back to Lagos in 1920. She became a music teacher at the Anglican Girls' Seminary. It was during this time when she met at lawyer named Moronfolu Abayomi. They married in August 1923. He would be assassinated in court two months later.

While in England, Abayomi had joined the Girl Guides. When she returned to Nigeria, she connected with the local Lagos Nigerian Girl Guides Association, which was founded by an English woman. Abayomi joined the group and was the first Nigerian woman to serve as a supervisor. She also became active in the education of women and girls in Nigeria, which was not equal to that of men and boys. She joined the Lagos Women's Organization. She did fundraising and promoting for Queen's College through the West African Educated Girls' Club, an organization she founded. It opened in 1927. She was a founding teacher at the school. She was the only Nigerian to work there. Around this time she became one of the first women in Lagos to drive a car.