Abiola Irele, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Abiola Irele

Literary critic, professor, editor

Date of Birth: 22-May-1936

Place of Birth: Igbo-Ora, Oyo State, Nigeria

Date of Death: 02-Jul-2017

Profession: academic, literary critic

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Abiola Irele

  • Francis Abiola Irele (commonly Abiola Irele, 22 May 1936 – 2 July 2017) 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.

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