
If 50 is still considered golden in these days of cancel culture and whatnot, then Toni Kan struck gold long before hitting the golden age on June 11 as many of his family, friends and colleagues, who showed up Friday to usher him across, will attest.
But where did this remarkable story of grit, guts and gentlemanliness begin? Who but the scribe Michael Jimoh to tease out the juicy bits in this interview everyone should read like a bible of discovery or manual through life.
TK, please, tell me about your younger years, where was it, how was it and when did you start browsing the books in your father’s library?
I had a peripatetic childhood. My father was a principal and he kept getting transferred around the old Bendel State so I ended up attending six primary schools…