Tajudeen Gbadamosi was born in Ondo State, where he attended Ondo Boys' High School from 1952 to 1956, before moving to King's College, Lagos, where he completed his secondary school education in 1958.[3] He proceeded to the University College, Ibadan the following year, obtaining his bachelor's degree in history in 1962. He obtained his Ph.D. in History from the same institution in 1968, under the supervisioon of J. F. Ade Ajayi.[4] His thesis was on "The Growth of Islam Among the Yoruba, 1841–1908", which he converted to a book of the same title ten years later.[5]
Career
Gbadamosi began his teaching career as a foundational faculty at the newly established Department of History at the University of Lagos, Nigeria in October 1965. He rose through the ranks from then until he was appointed a full professor in December 1982. He was one of the earliest graduates of the Ibadan School of History, and a pioneer of the Lagos School of History.[6][2]
Chief Gbadamosi was married to late Chief Tayiba Jumoke Gbadamosi (née Shadare), a member of an Isinkanroyal family. Prior to her death, both Gbadamosi and his wife held titles in the Nigerian chieftaincy system.[18]
Aderibigbe, A.B. & T.G.O. Gbadamosi, A History of the University of Lagos, 1962–1987 (Lagos: University of Lagos Press, 1987)[22]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. The Growth of Islam Among the Yoruba, 1841–1908. Ibadan History Series (Lagos: Longman, 1978).[5]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. "Years of Development 1967–1975," in A History of the University of Lagos, 1962–2012, edited by R.T. Akinyele & Olufunke Adeboye (Lagos: University of Lagos Press, 2013)
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. "Sharia in Nigeria: Experience of Southern Nigeria," in Understanding Sharia in Nigeria, edited by A.M. Yakubu, A.M. Kani & M. Junaid, 2001.
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. "Confronting Reproductive Health within the Context of Islam," in Reproductive Health Within the Context of Islam, edited by 'Lai Olurode (Lagos: Irede Printers, 2000)[23]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O., & Junaid, M.O. “Islamic Culture and the Nigerian Society," in Nigerian Peoples and Cultures, edited by Akinjide Osuntokun and Ayodeji Olukoju (Ibadan: Davidson Press, 1997)[24]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. "Islam, Trade and State in the Western Sudan: A Review of Approaches and Attitudes”, al-Fikr V, no.1 (1984): 1–16
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. "Key Issues in Anglo-Yoruba Muslim Relations, 1884-1914," in African Notes IX, no.1 (1983): 9–22.[25]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. & J. F. Ade Ajayi, "Islam and Christianity in Nigeria”, in Groundwork of Nigerian History, edited by Obaro Ikime (Lagos: Heinemann, 1980), pp. 347-66.[26]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. "'Odu Imale': Islam in Ifa Divination and the Case of Predestined Muslim," Journal of Historical Society of Nigeria 8, no. 4 (1977): 77–93.[27]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. "Patterns and Developments in Lagos Religious History," in Lagos: The Development of an African City, edited by A.B. Aderibigbe (Lagos: Longman, 1975), 173-196[28]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. "The Imamate Question Among Yoruba Muslims," Journal of Historical Society of Nigeria 6, no. 2 (1972): 229–237.[29]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O. "The Establishment of Western Education Among Muslims in Nigeria: 1896–1926," Journal of Historical Society of Nigeria 4, no. 1 (1976): 89–115[30]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O., The Facts and the Legend of Al-Hajj Jimo Akitola Odutola: The Pioneer and Pacesetter (2005)[31]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O., The Ansar Ud Deen of Nigeria: Case Study in Islamic Modern Reformist Movement in West Africa (Lagos: Muslim Institute for Research and Planning, 1978)[32]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O., Historical Insights into Mother Alumni Association UIAA Lagos, 1958-1999 (Lagos: Spectrum Books, 1999)[33]
Gbadamosi, T.G.O., An African Beacon of Light: Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, 1923-2013 (Lagos: Academy Press, 2013)
^Gbadamosi, T.G.O; Junaid, M.O. (1997). "Islamic Culture and the Nigerian Society". In Osuntokun, Akinjide; Olukoju, Ayodeji (eds.). Nigerian Peoples and Cultures. Davidson. pp. 112–134. ISBN978-978-32964-3-5.