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Toyin Falola was born on 1 January, 1953 in Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria, is a Nigerian historian (born 1953). Discover Toyin Falola's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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| Occupation |
Historian and university professor |
| Age |
71 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
1 January, 1953 |
| Birthday |
1 January |
| Birthplace |
Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria |
| Nationality |
Nigeria
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He is a member of famous Historian with the age 71 years old group.
Toyin Falola Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Toyin Falola Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Toyin Falola worth at the age of 71 years old? Toyin Falola’s income source is mostly from being a successful Historian. He is from Nigeria. We have estimated Toyin Falola's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
Historian |
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Toyin Omoyeni Falola (born January 1, 1953) is a Nigerian historian and professor of African Studies.
Falola is a Fellow of the Historical Society of Nigeria and of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, and has served as the president of the African Studies Association.
He is currently the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin.
Falola was born on January 1, 1953, in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Falola began his academic career as a schoolteacher in Pahayi, Ogun State in 1970, and by 1981 he was a lecturer at the University of Ife.
He earned his B.A. and Ph.D. in History (1981) at the University of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), in Nigeria.
He joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in 1991, and has also held short-term teaching appointments at the University of Cambridge in England, York University in Canada, Smith College, Massachusetts, in the United States, The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, and the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Lagos, Nigeria.
The first Toyin Falola International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora (TOFAC) was held in 2011 at the University of Ibadan.
The second was hosted in Lagos by the Centre for Black African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) under the watch of the director general of the centre Professor Tunde Babawale.
Falola served as the president of the African Studies Association in 2014 and 2015.
In Nigeria, there is a conference named after Toyin Falola by the Ibadan Cultural Studies Group; a group chaired by Professor Ademola Dasylva.
The primary focus of Falola's research is African history since the 19th century, in the tradition of the Ibadan School.
His geographic areas of interest include Africa, Latin America and the United States; and his thematic fields include Atlantic history, diaspora and migration, empire and globalization, intellectual history, international relations, religion and culture.
Falola is the author and editor of more than one hundred books, as well as the general editor of the Cambria African Studies Series (Cambria Press).
Recent courses he has taught include "Introduction to Traditional Africa", an interdisciplinary course on the peoples and cultures of Africa, designed for students with varied backgrounds in African Studies, and "Epistemologies of African/Black Studies", a course on the rise and evolution of African/Black Studies, with a focus on pedagogy, methodology, and the historical development of scholarship in the field.
Falola has received honorary doctorates, lifetime career awards and honors in various parts of the world, including:
In December 2020, he earned an academic D.Litt.
in Humanities from the University of Ibadan.
