Pius Adebola Adesanmi (27 February 1972[1] – 10 March 2019) was a Nigerian-born Canadian academic and author.
Adesanmi died on 10 March 2019, when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed shortly after take-off.
Adesanmi was born in Isanlu, in Yagba East local government area of Kogi State, Nigeria.
In 2006, he joined Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada, as a professor of Literature and African Studies.
[3] On 10 March 2019, Adesanmi was among passengers Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed shortly after take-off with no survivors.