Femi Ojo Ade | |
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Born | July 23, 1941 |
Died | March 19, 2019[1] | (aged 77)
Nationality | Nigerian |
Citizenship | Nigerian |
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Years active | 1961–2019 |
Femi Ojo Ade was a Nigerian writer, novelist, poet, critic and Professor Emeritus of French Studies and Black History. [2] [3]
Femi was born in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria. [4] He had his primary education at Model Primary School in Yaba, Lagos State, and secondary education at Government College in Ibadan, where he obtained the Higher School Certificate in 1961. [5] He later proceeded to McMaster University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Spanish in 1967, and a Master of Arts degree in French at Queen's University in 1969. [6] In 1975, he received a doctorate degree (Ph.D) in French at the University of Toronto. [7] In 1975, he joined the services of Barber–Scotia College where he lectured briefly before he returned to Obafemi Awolowo University where he was appointed a professorship of French language in 1980. [8] He served in several academic institutions with immense contributions to black literature and culture. [9]