Omotoso, who until his death, lived in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, died on Wednesday, July 19, aged 80.Information Guide Nigeria
His family announced the development in a message on Wednesday.
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“Thank you for your care and love and support”, the message read.
Prof. Omotoso was born on April 21, 1943, in Akure, Ondo State, South West, Nigeria.
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He attended King’s College, Lagos, and the University of Ibadan and later undertook a doctoral thesis on the modern Arabic writer, Ahmad Ba Kathir, at the University of Edinburgh.
Omotoso returned to his alma mater, the University of Ibadan to teach Arabic studies between 1972 and 1976, from where he moved to the University of Ife to work in drama from 1976 to 1988.NYSC Portal
Prof. Omotoso started writing for various magazines (including West Africa) in the 1970s.
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