Abiola Irele | |
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Born | |
Died | 2 July 2017 | (aged 81)
Other names | Francis Abiola Irele |
Alma mater | Ibadan University; University of Paris, Sorbonne |
Known for | Literary scholar and academic |
Francis Abiola Irele (commonly Abiola Irele, 22 May 1936 – 2 July 2017)[1] 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.[2] Before moving back to Nigeria, Irele was visiting professor of African and African American Studies and of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.[3][4]