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==Education and career==
Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan was born in the village of Erunwon,<ref>[http://www.africanbookscollective.com/authors-editors/femi-osofisan Femi Osofisan page] at African Books Collective.</ref> [[Ogun State]], Nigeria, on June 16, 1946 to Ebenezer Olatokunbo Osofisan, a school teacher, lay reader and church organist, and Phoebe Olufunke Osofisan, a schoolteacher. Osofisan attended primary school at [[Ife]] and secondary school at [[Government College, Ibadan]].
He then attended the [[University of Ibadan]] (1966–69), majoring in [[French language|French]] and as part of his degree course studying at the [[University of Dakar]] for a year, and going on to do post-graduate studies at the [[Sorbonne, Paris]].<ref>Don Rubin, [http://www.critical-stages.org/14/prof-don-rubins-brief-introduction-to-femi-osofisan/ "A Brief Introduction to Femi Osofisan"], ''Critical Stages/Scènes Critiques'', December 2016: Issue No 14.</ref> He subsequently held faculty positions at the [[University of Ibadan]], where he retired as full professor in 2011. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Theatre Arts, [[Kwara State University]], Nigeria.
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