Tag: Funso Aiyejina

  • Writer and scholar Funso Aiyejina has passed away

    Writer and scholar Funso Aiyejina has passed away

    Nigerian-born Trinidad and Tobago-based poet, short story writer, playwright, and academic Funso Aiyejina passed away on Monday, July 1, 2024. Funso Aiyejina was born in Edo State, Nigeria in 1949 and attended the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in Nigeria. He also attended Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, in Canada, and the University…

  • Funso Aiyejina, Merle Hodge win Bocas Henry Swanzy Award 2022.

    Funso Aiyejina, Merle Hodge win Bocas Henry Swanzy Award 2022.

    Funso Aiyejina and Merle Hodge were conferred the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters on April 2, 2022. The Bocas Henry Swanzy Award is named after the late BBC World Service radio producer Henry Swanzy. He was a catalysing figure in the development of modern West Indian literature, having worked from…