Femi Ojo Ade was a Nigerian writer, novelist, poet, critic and Professor Emeritus of French Studies and Black History.
[4] He had his primary education at Model Primary School in Yaba, Lagos State, and secondary education at Government College in Ibadan, where he obtained the Higher School Certificate in 1961.
[5] He later proceeded to McMaster University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Spanish in 1967, and a Master of Arts degree in French at Queen's University in 1969.
[7] In 1975, he joined the services of Barber–Scotia College where he lectured briefly before he returned to Obafemi Awolowo University where he was appointed a professorship of French language in 1980.
[8] He served in several academic institutions with immense contributions to black literature and culture.