Funso Aiyejina (1 January 1949 – 1 July 2024) was a Nigerian poet, short story writer, playwright and academic.
[3] His collection of short fiction, The Legend of the Rockhills and Other Stories, won the 2000 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best First Book (Africa).
[10][11] In 2022, Aiyejina and Merle Hodge were joint winners of the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters.
Reviewing his 2004 poetry collection, I, The Supreme and Other Poems, Jennifer Rahim stated: "All of Aiyejina's books to date demonstrate a concentrated interest with the historical, cultural and political life of Africa, particularly his native Nigeria.
[9] Aiyejina was also the editor of Self-Portrait: Interviews with Ten West Indian Writers and Two Critics (2003) and co-editor (with Paula Morgan) of Caribbean Literature in a Global Context (2006).