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F. Abiola Irele
Nigerian literary scholar, professor, and editor · Nigeria · On the map · Academics · Lived 1936 to 2017 · aged 81
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.
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Before moving back to Nigeria, Irele was visiting professor of African and African American Studies and of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.
Country
Nigeria
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 2017 · aged 81
