Wale Adebanwi, a Nigerian scholar and Africana studies professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, has been named one of 188 Guggenheim fellows for 2024.
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced on Thursday that the 2024 class is comprised of a prominent and diverse group of culture makers working across 52 disciplines.
The US fellowship, founded in 1925, honors the lives and careers of renowned artists, scholars, scientists, writers, and other cultural visionaries who are creating new possibilities and pathways in the larger culture.
“In all, 52 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields, 84 academic institutions, 38 US states and the District of Columbia, and four Canadian provinces are represented in the 2024 class, who range in age from 28 to 89,” according to a press release.
“More than 40 Fellows (approximately one in four) do not have a full-time affiliation with a college or university. Many Fellows’ projects address current themes such as democracy, politics, identity, disability advocacy, machine learning, incarceration, climate change, and community. Since its inception in 1925, the Foundation has granted over $400 million in fellowships to over 19,000 fellows.”
Adebanwi, an African studies professor, joins fellows from architecture, music, applied mathematics, constitutional studies, and a variety of other subjects.
The Nigerian lecturer earned his first degree in mass communication at the University of Lagos. He holds a master’s degree and a PhD in political science from the University of Ibadan.
He also holds a PhD in social anthropology from Cambridge University (UK).
Adebanwi’s journals include controversial issues like as ethnicity, nationalism, intellectual history, race, state, and media.
