Some people who didn’t have better fathers said it was fict… - Mabel Segun

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Some people who didn’t have better fathers said it was fiction. I said, ‘Well. if you didn’t have the kind of father that I had then there is no point in trying to belittle my own father. My father was a great man'.

Mabel Segun

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Mabel Segun (born 13 February 1930 – 6 March 2025) is a Nigerian poet, playwright and writer of short stories and children's books. She has also been a teacher, broadcaster, and a sports woman. Born in Ondo City, Nigeria, she had her secondary school education at CMS Girls' School Lagos. She attended the University of Ibadan, graduating in 1953 with a BA degree in English, Latin and History. She taught these subjects in Nigerian schools, and later became Head of the Department of English and Social Studies and Vice-Principal at the National Technical Teachers' College, Yaba (now Yaba College of Technology).

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Alternative Names: Mabel Imoukhhuende • Mabel Dorothy Segun

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