[2] Obadare was born in Nigeria where he had his bachelor's and master's degrees in History and International Relations at the Obafemi Awolowo University.
During the tumultuous heydays of the Nigerian military junta between 1993 and 1995, he was a staff writer covering politics and current affairs for TheNEWS and TEMPO magazines.
He earned a doctorate degree (with distinction) in Social Policy, becoming a joint recipient of the Richard Titmuss Prize for Best PhD Thesis for the 2004/2005 academic session.
[5] Obadare researches and publishes on religion and politics, civic engagement, citizenship and social change in Nigeria and Africa.
Instead, he articulates a new order of elite authority that is based on the influence and power of a pastoral class rather than the rule of reason and established knowledge.