Oladejo Okediji (born 1929 in Oyo, died March 17, 2019; Yoruba: Ọládẹ̀jọ Òkèdìjí) was a Nigerian writer, novelist, and playwright.
He then had a stint as a teacher at St Andrew's before entering Wesley College, Ibadan where be had his secondary education from 1945 to 1948.
[3] In 1954, Nigeria's Western Regional Literature Committee advertised for entries into a creative writing programme in Yoruba.
[6] Almost all of Okediji's works have been prescribed as school texts in Nigeria for WASSCE and in Nigerian universities, and his novels have been serialized in newspapers and on the radio.
[11] Àjà Ló L'ẹrù (1969)[12] Àgbàlagbà Akàn (1971) Ọ̀gá ni Bùkọ́lá (1972) Rẹrẹ Run (1973) Owó Ẹ̀jẹ̀ (1976) Ìmúra Ìdánwó Yorùbá (1978) Atótó Arére (1981) Ṣàǹgó (1987) Ọ̀pá Àgbélékà (1989) Bínú Ti Rí (1989) Ìròyìn Ayọ̀ Aájò Ajé (1997) Running After Riches (English translation of Aájò Ajé, trans.