Afolabi Olabimtan (11 June 1932 – 27 August 2003) was a Nigerian politician, writer, and academic.
[2] Olabimtan achieved a PhD at the University of Lagos in African Languages.
[1] He became an expert in the Yoruba language, and wrote a number of novels in the tongue, such as Kekere Ekun in 1967 and Ayanmo in 1973.
In 1999, Olabimatan was elected as a senator for the Alliance for Democracy party for Ogun West.
He served just one term, standing down in 2003 in order to allow a younger successor to take his place.