When it came to choosing a career after leaving St Gregory’s College, it was his stepmother, Mrs Nora Majekodunmi, who steered him towards architecture. He was sent off to Britain, and he enrolled at the Glasgow School of Art and Kingston College of Art (now Kingston University), Kingston, Surrey, and graduated in 1966.
At that time, the British Council ran a hostel at 58-61 Hans Crescent, Knightsbridge, London (just a stone’s throw from Harrods, the luxury store). Femi was a frequent lodger and guest during vacations.
He was very hip (hipster). He had found freedom and liberation in London, away from parental supervision.
He even acquired a guitar, which he carried all over London and beyond. Perhaps it was inevitable that he would make friends with other Nigerian students who were not entirely saintly: all-night gambling at St Stephen’s Gardens, Ladbroke Grove, with Peter as the chief host; noisy parties
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