Ogundiran, Akinwumi

Four millennia of cultural history in Nigeria (ca. 2000 B.C. - A.D. 1900)
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Summary: Akinwumi Ogundiran is the Cardiss Collins Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History at Northwestern University. He is an archaeologist, anthropologist, and cultural historian, whose research focuses on the Yoruba world of western Africa, Atlantic Africa, and the African Diaspora. He was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, and migrated to the United States in 1993. He was Chancellor's Professor and Professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology & History at UNC Charlotte. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][4][5]
Born: 1966 [5]
Country: United States [2]
Website: https://pages.uncc.edu/akinwumi-ogundiran/ [5]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: archaeologist [5]; researcher [5]; university teacher [5]; professor [5]; historian [5]; anthropologist [5]
Profession: Anthropologe [2]
Employer: University of North Carolina at Charlotte [5]
Educated at: Obafemi Awolowo University [5]; Boston University [5]; University of Ibadan [5]
Country of Education: Nigeria [5]; United States [5]
Yale LUX: Entity [5]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. National Library of Korea; 5. Wikidata

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