Samuel Johnson, Nigerian priest and historian (died 1901)

Samuel Johnson (Nigerian historian)

Nigerian historian (1846–1901)

The Rev. Samuel Johnson was an Anglican priest, diplomat, and historian of the Yoruba people, as well as the great-grandson of alaafin Abiodun, a powerful Yoruba king of the Oyo nation. He is most notable for his magnum opus The History of the Yorubas, published posthumously in…