B.A, M.A, Ph.D; lecturer, administrator, BORN: July 23, 1941; p: Lagos; m: Omolara Onifade, July 26,1969; No. of Chlidren: three s, two d;
\nEDUCATION: Yaba Model School, Lagos, 1946-49; Christ Church School Ilaro, Ogun State, 1949-52; Emmanuel School Isonyin, Ogun State, 1952-54;Government College, Ibadan, 1954-61, University de Dakar-Senegal, l962-63; McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 1963-67; Queen’s University Kingston, Canada, l967-68; University of Toronto, Canada, 1971-75; <\/p>\n
CAREER: Nigerian Diplomatic Service, 1969; Lecturer II University of Ife(now Obaferni Awotowo University), 1969-71; Instructor, University of Toronto and Ryerson College Toronto, 1971-75; asst. prof. Barber-Scotia College, Concorde North Carolina USA, 1975-77; Lecturer I\/Snr. Lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University, 1977-80; prof. Obafemi Awolowo University, 1980-90;visiting prof. Spelman College Atlanta, USA, 1987-89; prof. Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, USA Currently, member: Modern Language Association, USA; African Literature Association USA; African Studies Association USA; ah: Leader of Black Consciousness Congress of Riode Janeiro Brazil, 19%;Rockefeller Foundation Humanities f. 1981-82; University of Toronto Canada Graduate Open Scholarship, 1973-75; Mcmaster University Hamilton Canada Deans Honour List l%4-67;
\nPUBLICATION: Ken Saro-Wiwa: a bio-critical study, New York, Africana Legacy Press, 1999; One Little girls dreams, Ibadan College Press, 1998; Exile at home, Ibadan International Publishers, 1998; On blackculture. Ile- Ife, Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 1989; etc,
\nHobbies: football, tennis, ping pong, basket ball, athletics, jogging, walking and music; off: Department of Foreign Languages, Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, 18952 E. Fisher Road, Saint Mary’s City, MD 20686 USA; tel:301-862-0481;fax:301-862- 0958;e-m: fojoade@asprey.smcm.edu; res: 46355 Columbus drive, unit 505, Lexington Park, MD 20653 USA; tel: 301-737-1966; pha: 348, Murtala MohammedWay, Yaba, Lagos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-9893","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/9893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9893"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=9893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}