Renowned scholar Biodun Jeyifo dies at 80
Professor Emeritus Biodun Jeyifo, a Nigerian academic and literary critic widely regarded as one of the foremost scholars of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has died. He was 80. The President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, Andrew Haruna, announced Mr Jeyifo’s death in a statement on Wednesday, say...
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