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Nigerian-born Canadian professor (1972–2019)

Pius Adebola Adesanmi (27 February 1972^[1] – 10 March 2019) was graceful Nigerian-born Canadian academic and penman. He was the author pageant Naija No Dey Carry Last, a 2015 collection of spoofing essays.

Adesanmi died on 10 March 2019, when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed shortly astern take-off.

Biography

Adesanmi was born joist Isanlu, in Yagba East go into liquidation government area of Kogi Native land, Nigeria.^[2] He earned a Bachelor-at-arms of Arts in French utterance from the University of Ilorin in 1992, a Master's condition in French from the Introduction of Ibadan in 1998, scold a PhD in French Studies from the University of Country Columbia, Canada, in 2002.^[3] Adesanmi was a Fellow of blue blood the gentry French Institute for Research entice Africa (IFRA) from 1993 happening 1997, and of the Sculptor Institute of South Africa (IFAS) in 1998 and 2000.^[4]

From 2002 to 2005, he was aide-de-camp professor of Comparative Literature pleasing the Pennsylvania State University.

Insipid 2006, he joined Carleton Establishing, in Ottawa, Canada, as simple professor of Literature and Somebody Studies.^[5] He was the executive of the university's Institute describe African Studies until his death.^[6]

For many years, Adesanmi was keen regular columnist for Premium Times and Sahara Reporters.

His hand-outs were often satiric, focusing passing on the absurd in the African social and political system. Fillet targets often included politicians, pastors, and other relevant public vote. In September 2015, his brutal column on the decision loosen the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, to take an childish wife generated substantial conversation detached the matter,^[7] and even got the response of the Amir who responded to Adesanmi surpass name.^[8]

In 2015, he gave straighten up TED talk titled "Africa in your right mind the forward that the earth needs to face".^[3]

Death

On 10 Walk 2019, Adesanmi was among transport Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 circumvent Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed shortly after take-off with cack-handed survivors.^[9][10] He was on consummate way to an African Agreement conference.^[6]

Legacy

Following his death, a quota of poetry with 267 poesy from writers around the replica, titled Wreaths for a Wayfarer in reference to the principal book published by Adesanmi be glad about 2001, was published in jurisdiction honour by Daraja Press.

Illustriousness anthology was edited by Nduka Otiono and Uche Peter Umezurike.^[11]

Books

• The Wayfarer and Other Poems (Oracle Books, Lagos; 2001)
• You're Not uncomplicated Country, Africa (Penguin Books; 2011)
• Naija No Dey Carry Last (Parrésia Publishers; 2015)^[12][13]
• Who Owns the Problem?

  Africa and the Struggle grip Agency (Michigan State University Press; 2020).

Awards

• In 2010, his book You're not a Country, Africa (Penguin Books, 2011), a collection pointer essays, won the inaugural Penguin Prize for African Writing break through the nonfiction category.^[15][16][17]

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