Renowned African Philosopher, Prof. Sophie Oluwole Dies At 83

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Professor Sophie Oluwole, a founding mothers of the University of Lagos, UNILAG is dead. She died at the age of 83

Her death was confirmed by one of her colleagues, Professor Yomi Akinyeye of the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos.

Sophie Oluwole (born 1936), also known as Mamalawo (coming from the Nigerian for professor, ‘Babalawo’), is an African philosopher.

Oluwole is the first female doctorate degree holder in philosophy in Nigeria.

She is a practitioner of Yoruba philosophy, a way of thinking which stems from the ethnic group based in Nigeria. She is vocal about the role of women in philosophy, and the disproportionate representation of African thinkers in education

She studied History, Geography and Philosophy at the UNILAG in Lagos, and eventually settled on philosophy. Following her first degree, she was employed in UNILAG for a time as an assistant lecturer in 1972, and went on to complete her PhD in philosophy at the University of Ibadan. Oluwole is the first female doctorate degree holder in philosophy in Nigeria.

Now a qualified professor, Oluwole taught African Philosophy at UNILAG for six years between 2002 and 2008.

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