J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (born 1929)

J. F. Ade Ajayi

Nigerian historian (1929–2014)

Jacob Festus Adeniyi Ajayi, commonly known as J. F. Ade Ajayi, was a Nigerian historian and a member of the Ibadan school, a group of scholars interested in introducing African perspectives to African history and focusing on the internal historical forces that shaped African…