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Awolowo

American  
[ah-woo-loh-woh] / ɑˈwu loʊˈwoʊ /

noun

  1. Obafemi 1909–1987, Nigerian lawyer and statesman.


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Now, the missing girls are being remembered in new sculptures created by French artist Prune Nourry in collaboration with Obafemi Awolowo University.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022

He was 22, until then a student of Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2022

Ese Awolowo and her mother at a natural gas flaring site in Ughelli.

From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2019

The University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, is one of the few functioning universities in Nigeria running a serious science program.

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2017

“Population is key,” said Peter Ogunjuyigbe, a demographer at Obafemi Awolowo University in the small central city of Ile-Ife.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2012

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