BAMIDELE O. BABALOLA

Born in 1961, in northern Nigeria, of parents from south-western Nigeria, I spent my primary school years in Ibadan and secondary school was completed in Ikenne. Both towns/cities are located in western Nigeria. I discovered reading very early and was artistically inclined as well. I loved to draw and paint before I was attracted to writing. I started to write seriously from my late secondary school years. My passion is very strong for writing. I know a lot of my patients and friends will disagree because they think I have a natural love for the practice of medicine, which is my other profession. Growing up, I have been very curious and fascinated about events and features around me - night , day, the sun, the moon, the stars, thunder, lightning, rain, droughts, deserts, natural greenery, mountains , valleys , the expansive spread of seas and oceans and so on. This natural sense of curiosity drives one to start questioning a number of processes and thoughts start to form and develop; the idea for a book surfaces and the gestation period commences giving birth eventually to the physical writing, editorial work and publishing. I love this very act of creativity. Every new book is like a neonate that has gone through pregnancy , labor and delivery! Travelling is my other passion. I have been to several cities in the USA; travelled the Caribbean ( Cuba, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Antigua), New Zealand, England, Canada and Australia. I presently reside in Perth , Western Australia with my wife , Jummy, and children - Oyin, Ola, Esther, David and Joshua.