 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Aiva murume wechiYoruba, pakutanga aibva kuLagos mune yava kunzi Nigeria. Pakutanga akava mudzidzisi wechikoro. Akadzidza paChurch Missionary Society Grammar School, uye gare gare muTraining Institute for Teachers, pakupera kwaakapedza kudzidza semudzidzisi. Kwemakore mashomanana, akadzidzisa pachikoro chepuraimari muLagos. Zvisinei, muna 1884, akapinda mubasa rekoloni yeCongo Free State semunyori, achikwira kusvika pachinzvimbo chemutevedzeri wedunhu uye muturikiri wechiFrench-Chirungu muhofisi yegurukota-general muBoma. Achigara muBoma, yaimbova guta guru, akavhura chitoro chaitengeswa zvinhu zvose uye nzvimbo yokuitira mifananidzo. Muna 1894, akaenda kuAntwerp kunopinda Exposition Internationale dAnvers. Mimwe yemifananidzo yake yakabudiswa muLe Congo illustré. Muna 1900 akaratidza kuvimbika kwake kuCongo Free State nekutsigira zviremera panguva yekumukira neForce Publique. 