Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí

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Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí (; born 10 November 1957) is a Nigerian academic, who was a professor of sociology. She has also lectured in the departments of Africana Studies, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. Her research interests includes Africa and the West Africa, epistemology, and gender advocacy. She acquired her bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Ibadan, and went on to pursue her graduate degree in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Oyěwùmí is the winner of the African Studies Association's 2021 Distinguished Africanist Award, which honours individuals who have contributed a lifetime of outstanding scholarship in African studies combined with service to the Africanist community. Oyewumi has a global presence as her scholarship has been read and criticized across the continents, within and outside academia. Her global scholarly reach has brought her both invites for keynote lectures and talk shows across countries of...

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