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In Loving Memory
Emeritus Professor Ayo Bamgbose
Africa’s first Professor of Linguistics
25 January 1932 — 23 July 2026
As the Foundation President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, and Africa’s first Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus Prof Ayo Bamgbose acted as the driving force to set up the Nigerian Academy of Letters as a prestigious, independent apex organization for scholarship and literary excellence in Nigeria.
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