Ever heard about Ajala the famous traveller
Ajala the traveller was a Nigerian.
He was named Moshood Adisi Olabisi Ajala.
He supposedly was the first Nigerian globe-trotter. He was born in Ghana and relocated to Nigeria to school,he moved to the US at the age of 18. He started his travel in the 1950’s.He was said to have travelled to 87 countries all over the world in 6 years, mostly on his bicycle.he was a renowned globe-trotter,freelance journalist and a socialite.His one man odyssey began in the year 1957.In many Nigerian songs,he was referred to as Africa’s greatest traveller.His mission was to prove to the world that Africa was progressing. On the 2nd of February,1999,the famous Ajala died. He died in penury.