Biography
Meet Professor Saheed Aderinto, world’s largest History prize winner
Who is Saheed Aderinto? Biography, Wikipedia
Saheed Aderinto is a Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University.
He became more popular in March 2023 when he was announced the winner of the $300,000 Dan David Prize, reportedly the largest historical prize in the world.
Age
Saheed Aderinto was born on January 22, 1979. He is currently 44 years old.
Tribe
Aderinto was born in Ibadan, a Southwestern state in Nigeria. From his name, he is Yoruba by tribe.
Education
He completed his elementary school education at Adeen International School in 1990 and his secondary school at Ibadan City Academy in 1996.
Aderinto earned a BA in History from the University of Ibadan in 2004.
He moved to the United States in 2005 to study at the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his MA and Ph.D. in 2007 and 2010, respectively.
Education summary
- PhD., (African History) University of Texas at Austin, 2010
- M.A., (History) University of Texas at Austin, 2007
- B.A., (History) University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2004
Career
In Fall 2010, he started teaching at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee NC.
In Fall 2022, Aderinto started a new position as a Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University.
- Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University (Since 2022)
- Professor of History, Western Carolina University (2021-2022)
- Associate Professor of History, Western Carolina University (2016-2021)
- Assistant Professor of History, Western Carolina University (2010-2016)
Achievements
He has published eight books, thirty-six journal articles and chapters, forty encyclopedia articles, and twenty book reviews.
Controversy
‘Asking Tinubu to restore stolen mandate’
A Twitter parody account of Saheed Aderinto in March, 2023 chastised Nigeria’s president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, after he (Tinubu) posted a congratulatory message to the real Aderinto over his winning of $300,000 Dan David Prize.
The parody account quoted Tinubu’s tweet and wrote, “Thanks anyways for the recognition, I hope you restore Our stolen Mandate.”
To clear the air, Aderinto, through his facebook page notified the public he is not the one behind the post and that “I don’t have a Twitter account”.
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