Wale Adebanwi
Wale Adebanwi is a Nigerian-born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford.Education background
Wale Adebanwi graduated with a first degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos, and later earned his M.Sc and Ph.D in Political Science from the University of Ibadan. He also has MPhil and Ph.D in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge.Early life
Adebanwi worked as a freelance reporter, writer, journalist and editor for many newspapers and magazines before he joined the University of Ibadan, Department of Political Science as a lecturer and researcher. He was later appointed as assistant professor in the African American and African Studies Department of the University of California, Davis, USA. He became a full professor at UC Davis in 2016.Works
His published works include:
- Nation as Grand Narrative: The Nigerian Press and the Politics of Meaning
- Yoruba Elites and Ethnic Politics in Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo and Corporate Agency
- Authority Stealing: Anti-corruption War and Democratic Politics in Post-Military Nigeria
In addition, he is the editor and co-editor of other books, including.
