Isidore Okpewho

Isidore Okpewho was born on 9 November 1941 in Agbor, in the Midwest, of both Igbo and Urhobo descent. Educated at St Patrick's College, Asaba, he took a degree in classics at Ibadan, then a doctorate in the United States. He taught at Buffalo, Ibadan, Harvard and Binghamton, where he became professor of Africana studies. A scholar of oral literature, he produced two authoritative works on the subject. He died on 4 September 2016 in Binghamton.

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• NovelThe Last DutyIsidore Okpewho · 1976Literature