# F. Abiola Irele

> Francis Abiola Irele was a Nigerian academic best known as the doyen of Africanist literary scholars worldwide. He was Provost at Kwara State University, founded in 2009 in Ilorin, Nigeria. Before moving back to Nigeria, Irele was visiting professor of African and African American Studies and of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.

*Nigerian literary scholar, professor, and editor*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Nigeria
- **Born:** 1936-05-22
- **Died:** 2017-07-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
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