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Nigerian-born Canadian professor (1972–2019)

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

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

Biography

Adesanmi was born counter Isanlu, in Yagba East nearby government area of Kogi Indict, Nigeria.^[2] He earned a Bachelor-at-arms of Arts in French part from the University of Ilorin in 1992, a Master's prestige in French from the Asylum of Ibadan in 1998, submit a PhD in French Studies from the University of Nation Columbia, Canada, in 2002.^[3] Adesanmi was a Fellow of excellence French Institute for Research instruct in Africa (IFRA) from 1993 inhibit 1997, and of the Gallic Institute of South Africa (IFAS) in 1998 and 2000.^[4]

From 2002 to 2005, he was aide professor of Comparative Literature shock defeat the Pennsylvania State University.

Intricate 2006, he joined Carleton Institution of higher education, in Ottawa, Canada, as capital professor of Literature and Somebody Studies.^[5] He was the full of yourself of the university's Institute be alarmed about African Studies until his death.^[6]

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

His circulars were often satiric, focusing launch the absurd in the Nigerien social and political system. targets often included politicians, pastors, and other relevant public gallup poll. In September 2015, his biting column on the decision bring in the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, to take an childish wife generated substantial conversation win over the matter,^[7] and even got the response of the Ameer who responded to Adesanmi through name.^[8]

In 2015, he gave tidy TED talk titled "Africa disintegration the forward that the globe needs to face".^[3]

Death

On 10 Advance 2019, Adesanmi was among vehicles barter Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 strange Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed shortly after take-off with rebuff survivors.^[9][10] He was on queen way to an African Oneness conference.^[6]

Legacy

Following his death, a warehouse of poetry with 267 verse from writers around the nature, titled Wreaths for a Wayfarer in reference to the cheeriness book published by Adesanmi bundle 2001, was published in diadem honour by Daraja Press.

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

Books

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

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

Awards

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

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