A Pioneer Female Historian of Oral History and Women’s Studies in Nigeria
Interview with Professor Bolanle Awe
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gender studies, women's history, Nigeria, nigerian historiography, Bolanle AweAbstract
This interview features Professor Bolanle Awe, a pioneer female historian of Oral History and Women’s Studies in Nigeria. Professor Bolanle Awe looks back at her training as a historian and at some episodes in her academic career. Born in 1933 in Ilesha, a secondary town in South-Western Nigeria, she trained as a historian in the British metropole and taught in Nigeria from 1964 on. This conversation provides a glimpse into the professional trajectory of a woman from the Nigerian intelligentsia whose career as a historian spanned the history of the country from the late colonial period until 1998. This memoir of an exceptional academic trajectory also highlights the reluctant attitude of the largely white British academic community towards students from the colonies as well as the challenges of being a woman in Nigeria academia.
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