Toyin Falola | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Ife University of Ibadan |
Occupation(s) | Historian and university professor |
Known for | Historiography in Africa |
Scientific career | |
Fields | African History |
Institutions | University of Texas, Obafemi Awolowo University |
Website | toyinfalolanetwork |
Toyin Omoyeni Falola (born 1 January 1953) is a Nigerian historian and professor of African Studies. Falola is a Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria and of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, and has served as the president of the African Studies Association.[1] He is currently the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.[2]