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

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Biography

Iroko earned a doctoral degree in letters and humanities from the

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. Throughout his career, he served as a professor of history at the

University of Abomey-Calavi The University of 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 is composed of 19 institutions and s ...

. He also knew how to play the

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in his youth. Iroko was an Honorary Corresponding Fellow at the

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. 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