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Do You Know? The First Black Rhodes Professor At St Antony’s College, Oxford Is A Nigerian?
April 19, 2022
Wale Adebanwi was born in 1969. He is a Nigerian-born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony’s College, Oxford where he was, until June 2021, a Professor of Race Relations and a Governing Board Fellow. He is currently a Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more about Do … Continue reading Do You Know? The First Black Rhodes Professor At St Antony’s College, Oxford Is A Nigerian?
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Nigerian Wale Adebanwi Appointed As Oxford University’s First Black Rhodes Scholar
April 19, 2022
The University of Oxford has appointed Nigerian Wale Adebanwi to its Rhodes Professorship in Race Relations at the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies. He becomes the first black scholar to occupy the position since its creation over 60 years ago. Adebanwi, who has a long career in journalism and the academia, will be the next … Continue reading Nigerian Wale Adebanwi Appointed As Oxford University’s First Black Rhodes Scholar
