Olayemi Durotimi Akinwunmi (born 20 January 1964[1]) is a Nigerian professor of African history who became the vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria since 2021.
Akinwumi worked as a visiting professor at the Institut for Ethnologie at Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany between 1999 and 2004.
On his return to Nigeria in 2004, Akinwumi was employed by Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), where he partnered with Adamu Baikie, a renowned scholar and educationist, who was the Vice-chancellor in the development of the new institution.
Akinwumi worked in several positions in the university including as head of department, dean of faculty and deputy vice chancellor amongst others.
[9] He has held the position as the president of the Historical Society of Nigeria, and a distinguished fellow of the body.