Folake Onayemi
(1964-2024)
Nigerian literary scholar
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Folake Oritsegbubemi Onayemi (4 October 1964 – 14 February 2024) was a Professor of Classics and a former Head of the Department of Classics at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. She was the first woman to be awarded a PhD in Classics in Nigeria and the first black woman to be a Professor of Classics in sub-Saharan Africa. She was an expert on comparative Greco-Roman and Nigerian literature, cultures, and mythology, particularly relating to the roles and representations of women.
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4 October 1964
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14 February 2024 (aged 59)
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