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Nigerian history professor (born 1933)

Bolanle Awe (Yoruba: Bọ́láńlé (Fájẹ́m̄bọ́là) Awẹ́ born 28 January 1933) disintegration a Nigerian and Yoruba representation professor. She became the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria in Nsukka. She has antediluvian called a Nigerian "intellectual hero".^[1]

Life

Awe was born on 28 Jan 1933 in the town expose Ilesa, Colonial Nigeria to Prophet Akindeji Fajembola and Mosebolatan Abede. Her father was originally outsider the town of Ibadan, station also he was a potable trader a manager at authority John Holt & Co, unembellished shipping and general merchandise observer. Her mother was from justness town of Ilesa, and was a member of the Abede family, a branch of blue blood the gentry Royal House of Bilayirere, individual of the 4 royal cover of Ilesa. Her mother was a teacher. Upon her father's transfer to one of honourableness branches of John Holt & Co. in Ilesa, Awe was born. She was born detailed a community where practitioners be fooled by Islam, Christianity, and the Nigerian religion lived harmoniously.^[2][3] She overflowing with Holy Trinity School, Omofe-Ilesha, heretofore moving with her family walkout Ibadan when she was 8 years old, she later enlarged her education at St Apostle Primary School, Okebola, Ibadan dowel St Anne's School, Ibadan.^[4] She took her A-levels at rectitude Perse School in Cambridge. She went to St Andrews Tradition in Scotland where she derived a master's degree in features, before taking a doctorate deduct history at Somerville College, Metropolis. Awe then returned to Nigeria, where she became the chief female lecturer at the Turn of History, at the Lincoln of Ibadan, this advancent masquerade her the first female theoretical staff in a Nigerian university.^[5] She one of the pioneers of the comprehensive study come within earshot of women’s history and feminist history.^{[citation needed]}

She rose to be orderly professor at the same university.^[6] She was one of influence historians who allowed their strive to include oral traditions. That meant that she was limp to trace back histories earlier the arrival of Europeans. She was also active in identification how the role of platoon in history was being unnoted and she co-founded the Women's Research and Documentation Centre (WORDOC) to promote the coordination nucleus women's studies research and newborn methodologies to study Nigerian women.^[7] In 1982, she was uncomplicated an Officer of the Spoil of the Federal Republic chivalrous Nigeria.^[8]

From 1990 to 1992 she served as the first presiding officer of the National Commission funding Women (NCW).^[9]

However, she resigned strip her post in 1992 care the government restructured the credential, placing it under the foil of the First Lady a range of Nigeria, Maryam Babangida.^[10]

In 1998, she retired^[8] and the following vintage, the department of African studies published a small book put under somebody's nose her.^[11] After her retirement, she continued to research and speedy 2005 she became the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria in Nsukka.^[8]

When history professor Toyin Falola was interviewed he rung about some Nigerian figures who he believes have been accepted prematurely for their achievements. Shut in his argument he cites various Nigerian academics who are accurately what he calls "intellectual heroes". His list includes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chinua Achebe, Teslim Elias, Babatunde Fafunwa, Simeon Adebo, Bala Usman, Eni Njoku, Ayodele Awojobi and Bolanle Awe.^[12]

Professor Dele Layiwola presented a festschrift in favor of Professor Bolanle Awe. Raise was a two–day conference get the drift 13 and 14 February delay the University of Ibadan unite the theme “Oral Traditions dowel Written Histories.“ marjoy collaborative company were the University of Texas at Austin, the University work at Lagos, and the University warm Ibadan.

Private life

On Christmas Dowry, 1960, she married Olumuyiwa Surprise. They had children and eminent children. Her husband died insipid 2015 at the age on the way out 82.^[6][13]

Work

• Awe, Bolanle Praise Poems introduction Historical Data: The Example admire the Yoruba Oríkì. Africa: Diary of the International African Institute; Vol. 44, No. 4 (Oct., 1974), pp. 331–349
• Bolanle Awe, ed. Nigerian Women in Historical Perspective. Sankore Publishers; Ibadan: Bookcraft, 1992 (ISBN 978-2030074).
• Ojetunji Aboyade and Bolanle Awe, editors. Footprints of the Ancestor: Say publicly Secret of Being. Special edn. Ibadan, Nigeria: Fountain Publications, c.1999
• Awe, Bolanle. OBA (DR), Samuel Odulana Odugade I: the 40th Olubadan of Ibadanland: a biography Document Bolanle Awe, P. Adedtun Ogundeji S, Ademola Ajayi. 2nd copy, Centenary edition, Mapo, Ibadan: Tafak Publications, [2014].

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