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Charlotte Obasa
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Jinsudebbum Taƴto
InndeCharlotte Taƴto
Ɗuubi daygo7 Siilo 1874 Taƴto
ƊofordeLagos Taƴto
Date of death23 Bowte 1953 Taƴto
FatherRichard Beale Blaize Taƴto
Dee/goriiwoOrisadipe Obasa Taƴto
RelativeLola Maja, Akinola Maja, Kofoworola Ademola Taƴto
WoldeInngilisjo, Nigerian Pidgin Taƴto
Sana'ajiphilanthropist, socialite Taƴto
Personal pronounL484 Taƴto

Charlotte Olajumoke Obasa Listenⓘ(née Blaize; January 7, 1874 – December 23, 1953) was a Nigerian socialite and philanthropist. She was the daughter of the merchant R. B. Blaize and the wife of the physician, Orisadipe Obasa.

Saro, Obasa jibini wonde gooto e ɓiɓɓe Richard Beale Blaize (moowo jaayɗe e mo mari golle politik), e debbo maako, Emily Cole Blaize. Ɓaawo duuɓi maako fuɗɗi nder Lagos, to baaba maako wurtini bolle lesdi The Lagos Times e Gold Coast Colony Advertiser e The Lagos Weekly Times. O jannginiino masin, fuɗɗam nder ko hannde woni Jaŋde Anglican Girls' School e Lagos, nden e nder suudu nder lesdi Angilandi.[1]

Nder hitaande 1902, o waree ardiiɗo Saro Orisadipe Obasa. Baaba maako hokki ɓe wuro keso bana dokkal gaa'ila; ɗum ɓaawo maajum noddi wuro Babafunmi. Obasa e gorko maako ɓe mari ɓiɓɓe njowo bee maɓɓe.[1]

Aunty Kofo, Lady Ademola, Obasa wondi jaaynoowo e filantropuɗo mo wallitoo e hakkillaaji rewɓe e janngude. [2][3] Nder hitaande 1907, Lagos School for Girls (ngam ɓaawo ɗon noddetee Wesleyan Girls' High School) fuɗɗii ngam kuuɗe maako nder suudu mo o hokki suudu. E hitaande 1913, o waɗi jaaynde jaayndeere fuɗɗorde jaayndeeri e Lagos, jaaynde bisɗe Anfani, e nder hitaande 1915 o waɗi jaayɗe tati, taksi tati e bisɗe jeegooɗi.[4]

Obasa boo o huuwani bana ko'e anndal dow dow ko'e yimɓe. Nder hitaande 1914, o haɗiɗo haɓɓuki Ogboni Fraternity, o anndini ɗum bo Iya Abiye, ko debbo mawɗo, nder hitaande nden.[1]

Nder 1922, Obasa waɗi foto diga mawɗo artist Nigeria Aina Onabolu. Ɓurɗe duuɓi ujuneeji ɓaawo, ɗum jeyaa nder hollitol Nigeria Modernism to Tate Modern nder leydi Britaaniya nder hitaande 2025.

  1. 1 2 3 Akintola 1992.
  2. George 2014.
  3. Muritala 2019.
  4. Schoonmaker 2003.