Abiola Irele

Abiola Irele
Born(1936-05-22)22 May 1936
Uokha, Nigeria
Died2 July 2017(2017-07-02) (aged 81)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Other namesFrancis Abiola Irele
Alma materIbadan University; University of Paris, Sorbonne
Known forLiterary 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]

  1. ^ "Abiola Irele dies at 81", The Guardian (Nigeria), 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Kwara State University – The University for Community Development".
  3. ^ Reviews of his essays, OUP website Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Faculty page, Harvard University Archived 23 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine