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Academic staff of Obafemi Awolowo University
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The list Academic staff of Obafemi Awolowo University includes
Ola Rotimi, Wole Soyinka, Funso Aiyejina, Abdias do Nascimento and Idowu Bantale Omole.
The list consists of 74 members.
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Ola Rotimi
Nigerian writer
Overview: Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi, best known as Ola Rotimi (13 April 1938 – 18 August 2000), was one of Nigeria's leading playwrights and theatre directors. He has been called "a complete man of the ...Date of birth: 13 April 1938Date of death: 2000Age: 61 (age at death)Nationality: NigerianOccupation: WriterGender: Male
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Wole Soyinka
Nigerian writer
Overview: Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka (Yoruba: Akínwándé Olúwo̩lé Babátúndé S̩óyíinká; born 13 July 1934), known as Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist in the English language. He was ... 0
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Funso Aiyejina
Nigerian poet (born 1949)Overview: Funso Aiyejina (1949 – 1 July 2024) was a Nigerian poet, short story writer, playwright and academic. He was the former Dean of Humanities and Education (until his retirement in 2014) and recently Professor ...Date of birth: 1949Date of death: 1 July 2024Age: 75 (age at death)Nationality: NigerianOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Abdias do Nascimento
Brazilian politician
Overview: Abdias do Nascimento (March 14, 1914 – May 23, 2011) was a prominent African Brazilian scholar, artist, and politician. Also a poet, dramatist, and Pan-African activist, Nascimento created the Black E ...Date of birth: 14 March 1914Date of death: 23 May 2011Age: 97 (age at death)Nationality: BrazilianOccupation: ArtistGender: Male 0
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Jeremy Joyner White
British scholar
Overview: Jeremy Joyner White was born in Aldershot, England, on 18 May 1938 and died in Lagos, Nigeria on 23 April 1990. His secondary education took place at Wellington College. He went on to study at Cambridge ...Date of birth: 18 May 1938Age: 86 0
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Robin W. G. Horton
Social anthropologistOverview: Robin Horton (1932 - 2019), an English social anthropologist and philosopher, has carried out specialised study in comparative religion since the 1950s which has challenged and expanded views in the study ... 0
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Idowu Bantale Omole
Nigerian academic (born 1954)Overview: Idowu Bamitale "Tale" Omole (born September 1954) is a Nigerian professor of International relations , educational administrator, and former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State ... 0
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Hywel Islwyn Davies
British priestOverview: The Very Rev. Canon Hywel Islwyn Davies, PhD was an eminent Anglican priest in the mid 20th century.Date of birth: 14 February 1909Date of death: 19 February 1981Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: British 0
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Toyin Falola
Nigerian historian
Overview: Toyin Omoyeni Falola (born 1 January 1953 in Ibadan) is a Nigerian historian and professor of African Studies. He is currently the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University ... 0
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Babalola Borishade
Nigerian politicianOverview: Abraham Babalola Borishade (7 March 1946 – 26 April 2017) was a Nigerian politician. Born into the Ebi Ilotin family clan of Usi Ekiti, he was a four time Federal Minister in Nigeria, between 1999-2011 ...Date of birth: 7 March 1946Date of death: 26 April 2017Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: NigerianOccupation: Politician 0
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F. Abiola Irele
Nigerian literary scholar (1936–2017)Overview: Francis Abiola Irele (commonly Abiola Irele, 22 May 1936 – 2 July 2017) was a Nigerian academic best known as the doyen of Africanist literary scholars worldwide. He was Provost at Kwara State University ...Date of birth: 22 May 1936Date of death: 2 July 2017Age: 81 (age at death)Nationality: NigerianOccupation: Critic 0
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Kole Omotosho
Nigerian writer (1943–2023)Overview: Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso (born 21 April 1943), also known as Kole Omotoso, is a Nigerian writer and intellectual best known for his works of fiction and in South Africa as the "Yebo Gogo man" in adverts ...Date of birth: 21 April 1943Date of death: 19 July 2023Age: 80 (age at death)Nationality: NigerianOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Cynthia Tse Kimberlin
American ethnomusicologistOverview: Cynthia Tse Kimberlin (born Cynthia Mei-Ling Tse in Ganado, Arizona, United States; Chinese name: 謝美玲; pinyin: Xiè Měilíng; Cantonese: Tse Meiling) is an American ethnomusicologist. She is the executive ...Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Educator 0
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Denis Williams
Guyanese painter, writer and archaeologist (1923–1998)
Overview: Denis Williams (1 February 1923 – 28 June 1998) was a Guyanese painter, author and archaeologist.Date of birth: 1923Date of death: 1998Age: 74 (age at death)Nationality: GuyaneseOccupation: Writer 0
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Wande Abimbola
Nigerian linguist
Overview: Chief Wándé Abímbọ́lá (born 24 December 1932) is a Nigerian academician, a professor of Yoruba language and literature, and a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo Unive ... 0
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Ben Enwonwu
Nigerian artistOverview: Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu MBE (14 July 1917 – 5 February 1994), better known as Ben Enwonwu, was a Nigerian painter and sculptor. Arguably the most influential African artist of the 20th ...Date of birth: 14 July 1921Date of death: 1994Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: NigerianOccupation: Artist 0
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Akinwunmi Isola
Nigerian playwright and actorOverview: Professor Akinwunmi Isola (24 December 1939 – 17 February 2018) was a Nigerian playwright, novelist, actor, dramatist, culture activist and scholar. He was known for his writing in, and his work in pr ...Date of birth: 24 December 1939Date of death: 17 February 2018Age: 78 (age at death)Nationality: NigerianOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Cornelius Adebayo
Senator of NigeriaOverview: Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo is a former Senator of Nigeria, who became a state governor, and later was head of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Communications. 0
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Helen Verran
Australian historianOverview: Helen Verran is an Australian historian and empirical philosopher of science, primarily working in the Social Studies of Science and Technology (STS), and currently Adjunct Professor at Charles Darwin ...Nationality: AustralianOccupation: Sociologist 0
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