Abiola Félix Iroko (1946 – 13 November 2020) was a Beninese historian and university professor. He often wrote on the topic of slavery in Africa.

Biography

Iroko earned a doctoral degree in letters and humanities from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Throughout his career, he served as a professor of history at the

University of Abomey-Calavi The University of Abomey-Calavi ''(french: Université d'Abomey-Calavi)'' is the principal public university in the west African country of Benin. The university is located in the city of Abomey-Calavi in the south of the country. The school i ...

. He also knew how to play the zither in his youth. Iroko was an Honorary Corresponding Fellow at the

Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences or RAOS (french: Académie royale des sciences d'outre-mer, or ARSOM; nl, Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen, KAOW) is a Belgian federal academy that contributes to the progress of scientifi ...

. Abiola Félix Iroko died on 13 November 2020.

Works

*''Les villes yoruba du Dahomey : l'exemple de Ketu'' (1975) *''Les cauris en Afrique Occidentale du dixième au vingtième siècle'' (1988) *''L'homme et les termitières en Afrique'' (1996) *''Calebasses béninoises : collections du Musée de l'homme, Laboratoire d'éthnologie, Musée national d'histoire naturelle'' (1998) *''La côte des esclaves et la traite atlantique : les faits et le jugement de l'histoire'' (2003)

References

1946 births 2020 deaths Beninese historians Academic staff of the University of Abomey-Calavi {{Africa-historian-stub