Omoseye Bolaji

Bolaji grew up in England, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. He took secondary school at Lagelu Grammar School in Ibadan, Nigeria, and later studied at Nigeria's Obafemi Awolowo University.

Analysts of Bolaji's books (in some of the published studies referred to below) point out that he has been heavily influenced by writers such as Sidney Sheldon, Dick Francis and Agatha Christie, who highlight the unexpected in their work. For examples in Impossible Love, an intriguing gentleman suddenly finds himself inadvertently in love with his daughter; in People of the Townships, young man readers have come to empathize with is ultimately exposed as a cold-blooded murderer; and in Tebogo Investigates, a charming, amiable young lady turns out to be a ruthless killer. Studies already published on Omoseye Bolaji's literary work are: Omoseye Bolaji: His writings/his role as a catalyst for FS Writing. By Pule Lebuso (2001); Omoseye Bolaji: Perspectives on his literary work. By Flaxman Qoopane (2003); Omoseye Bolaji: Channelling one's thoughts onto paper. By Charmaine Kolwane (2005); Tebogo on the prowl: a study of Omoseye Bolaji's series of books based on private sleuth, Tebogo Mokoena. By Petro Schonfeld (2006). The Triumph (2007) ISBN 978 - 0 - 620 - 38207 - 6 written by Urbain Tila, details the events at the gala night where Omoseye Bolaji received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Recent studies on his literary work include Omoseye Bolaji: Further perspectives (2009) by Julia Mooi, OMOSEYE BOLAJI (2010) by Hector Kunene, and BOLAJI IN HIS POMP (2013) by Pule Lechesa.

• The Termagant (1988) • They Never Say When (1994) • Impossible Love (2000) • The Ghostly Adversary (2001) • The Guillotine (2001) • People of the Townships (2003)

Source: • Tebogo Investigates (2000) • Tebogo's spot of bother (2001) • Tebogo Fails (2003) • Ask Tebogo (2004) • Tebogo and the Haka (2008) • Tebogo and the epithalamion (2009) • Tebogo and the pantophagist (2010) • Tebogo and the Bacchae (2012) • Tebogo and Uriah Heep (2018)

• Eagles at USA 94 (1994) • Snippets (1998, poetry) • The story of Collins Mokhotho (2000) • Fillets of Plaice (2000) • Thoughts on Free State Writing (2002) • Molebogeng Alitta Mokhuoa (2004) • My Opinion (2005) • Reverie (2006, poetry) • The Subtle Transgressor (2006, play) • Poems from Mauritius (2007, poetry) • My Life and Literature (2007) • Miscellaneous Writings (2011) • It Couldn't Matter Less (2013) • Kunle Apantaku (2013, essay) • Windmills of the Dames (2014) • Far Up! Far Out! Far More! (2014) • Cognoscenti (2016) • Sorry You've been Troubled (2017) • Calamity Angst (2020) • WILDFLOWER: Intriguing tv series (2021) • BOOKS BARDS AND BARBS (2022) • IYA ALAJE (2022)

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