[4] She was the first black African woman to earn a degree from Oxford University,[5][2] studying at St Hugh's College, and also an author of children's books.

[7] Kofo Ademola was born on May 21, 1913, to the family of the Lagos lawyer Omoba Eric Olawolu Moore, a member of an Egba royal family who was educated at Lagos Grammar School, Sierra Leone Grammar School and Monkton Combe School in England,[8] and his wife Aida Arabella (née Vaughan), who herself belonged to a family that was descended from Scipio Vaughan (through wcatehom she also had Native American ancestry).

[1] As the wife of a Yoruba prince, she was entitled to the style of Oloori - and as the daughter of one, she was herself an Omoba as well - but due to the fact that her husband was also a knight, it is as Lady Ademola that she was best known.

Her husband's work took the family to Warri and later to Ibadan, and Ademola established links with the women organizations in both towns.

[15] An authorized biography of Kofoworola Aina Ademola, Gbemi Rosiji's Portrait of a Pioneer, was published in 1996.

[6] Abubakar Tafawa Balewa's government awarded her the honor of membership of the Order of the Federal Republic.