Adetoun Ogunsheye Explained

Felicia Adetoun Ogunsheye
Education:Queen's College, Lagos
Yaba College of Technology
University of Ibadan
Newnham College, Cambridge
Simmons College
Blank1:Known for
Data1:Being the first Nigerian woman to attain professorial cadre
Birth Name:Felicia Adetowun Omolara Banjo
Birth Date:1926 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Native Name:Omolara
Professor
Nationality:Nigerian
Relations:Victor Banjo, Ademola Banjo
Alma Mater:University College, Ibadan
Profession:Librarian

Felicia Adetokun Omolara Ogunsheye (née Banjo; born 5 December 1926) is the first female professor in Nigeria. She was a professor of library and information science at the University of Ibadan.[1] [2] [3]

Early life and education

Adetowun Ogunsheye was born on 5 December 1926 in Benin City, Edo State, in the southern part of Nigeria, to parents from Ogun State.[4] She is the elder sister of Lieutenant Colonel Victor Banjo and Ademola Banjo. She had her secondary education at Queens College, before becoming the only female student to attend Yaba Higher School, now Yaba College of Technology, in 1946. In 1948, she received her diploma, becoming the first woman to graduate from the school.[5] She attended University College Ibadan, then went on to Newnham College, Cambridge University, UK, to study Geography on scholarship, earning BA and MA degrees in 1952 and 1956, respectively; she became the first Nigerian woman there.[6] She earned another master's degree in Library Science from Simmons College, Massachusetts, USA, in 1962.[7] [8]

She established the Abadina Media Resource Centre Library of the University of Ibadan.[7] In 1973, she became a professor at the University of Ibadan. Between 1977 and 1979, she was appointed as the dean of faculty of education at the same university. She was the first woman to become a dean in any Nigerian university. She served as a consultant to various organisations including the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (lFLA); UNESCO; International Association of School Librarianship (IASL); the International Federation of Documentalists (FID); the British Council and the World Bank.[9]

Honours

She has received the Ford International Fellow, 1961; the Hon. D.L.S. of Simmons College, 1969; the Simmons College International Alumnus Award, 1979; the Fulbright Fellowship for Senior African Scholars, 1980; the Decade of Women Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Achievement, 1985; Fellow, Nigerian Library Association, 1982 and Nigerian Academy of Education, 1985; Hon. Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) University of Maiduguri, 1990; and the International Education Hall of Fame, Nigeria, 2000. She also holds the chieftaincy title of Iyalaje of Ile-Oluji 1982.[10]

The University of Ibadan named a female postgraduate hall after her under the administration of Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka.

Works

Academic publications

Children's books

Archives

Her archives are now open to researchers and the finding aids can be accessed online.[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Celebrating Prof Ogunsheye at 90 . Sote . Lekan . 7 December 2016 . The Punch . 12 October 2017.
  2. Web site: UI Honours First Female Professor In Nigeria, Names Postgraduate Hall After Her. Jamaz. 14 August 2019. InsideOyo.com. en-US. 27 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Panata . Sara . OGUNSHEYE Felicia Adetowun Omolara (née Banjo) . 3 September 2020 . Le Maitron . Paris . Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier . fr . 28 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Prof Adetoun Ogunsheye, Nigeria's first female professor, turns 90 . admin . November 29, 2016 . Tribune Online . 12 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180426235249/http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/prof-adetowun-ogunsheye-nigerias-first-female-professor-turns-90/ . 26 April 2018 . dead .
  5. Web site: FIRST WOMEN: First Nigerian Woman To Study At Cambridge University And To Female Professor In Nigeria . admin . January 16, 2017 . Woman.ng . 12 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180319140455/http://woman.ng/2017/01/first-women-first-nigerian-woman-to-study-at-cambridge-univeristy-and-to-female-professor-in-nigeria . 19 March 2018 . dead .
  6. Web site: The story of Felicia Adetowun Ogunsheye, Nigeria's first-ever female professor. Nduta . Waweru. face2faceafrica.com. 5 December 2018. 21 January 2023.
  7. Book: Wedgeworth, Robert. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. Mary Ellen Chijioke. Marco R. Della Cava. American Library Association. 1993. 9780838906095. 632.
  8. Web site: 4 January 2020 . How music brought my husband and me together – Prof Ogunsheye, 93 . 12 April 2022 . Punch Newspapers . en-US.
  9. Web site: Professor Felicia Adetowun Ogunsheye – DAWN Commission . 14 November 2018. 22 May 2022 . en-US.
  10. Web site: DAWN COMMISSION PROFESSOR FELICIA ADETOWUN OGUNSHEYE - THE FIRST FEMALE PROFESSOR IN NIGERIA. dawncommission.org. Bolanle. Awe. 9 May 2019. 9 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190509134932/http://dawncommission.org/akinkanjuDetail.php%3Fid%3D147. dead.
  11. Web site: Ogunsheye Foundation Website. 28 September 2022. en-UK. 28 September 2022.

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