Tai Solarin

Tai Solarin
Tai Solarin, director of the Mayflower school (right), with a guest from Israel in Ikene, Nigeria, 1962.
Born	Augustus Taiwo Solarin (1916-08-20)20 August 1916 Ikenne, Southern Region, British Nigeria (now in Ogun State, Nigeria)
Died	27 July 1994(1994-07-27) (aged 77) Ikenne, Ogun State, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Other names	Tai
Alma mater	Manchester University University of London
Occupation(s)	Educator, social activist, author (journalist) first African pilot[1]
Spouse	Sheila Mary Tuer ​ ​ (m. 1951)​
Children	Corin Solarin Tunde Solarin

Augustus Taiwo "Tai" Solarin (20 August 1916 – 27 July 1994) was a Nigerian educator and author. He established the famous Mayflower School, Ikenne, Ogun State in 1956. In 1952, Solarin became the principal of Molusi College, Ijebu Igbo, a post he held till 1956 when he became the proprietor and principal of Mayflower School.