The Luminescence of the son of Muhammad: A Short Biography of Sheikh Murtaḍa Abubakar Gatta-Agbọtọmọkekere Oke-Koto

If the words of Ibn Khaldun in his Muqaddimmah on the importance of historical knowledge as “a noble discipline” are anything to go by, then the men and women who make efforts to preserve different aspects of our history, despite the inconveniences of such adventures are noble personalities whose stories of toils and sweats must be retold for all. Not only have they preserved history by recording events that would have been unknown to later generations, but they have also made history themselves because not everyone has the means and the expertise for such noble tasks. As such, biographies, whether succinctly short or exhaustively long, are a way to appreciate the efforts of important persons and to give the coming generations a chance to emulate them. In this regard, it would be worth all the sacrifices to bring to light the remarkable exploits of the Yoruba African scholar and historian from Ibadan – Sheikh Murtaḍa Abubakar Gatta-Agbọtọmọkekere Oke-Koto who illuminated our otherwise ‘historically’ dark paths with the bright ink of his pen.