Report reaching Igbere TV news room has it that first female doctorate degree holder in philosophy in Nigeria, Professor Sophie Oluwole is dead.
According to report, Professor Oluwole known for her pan-African stance passed on at the age of 83.
It was reported that she died after a protracted illness, Channels reports.
Oluwole was the first Nigerian female doctorate degree holder in philosophy and a practitioner of Yoruba philosophy.
Born in 1936 in Igbara-oke, Ondo State, the late Oluwole studied history, geography and philosophy at the University of Lagos.
She produced several books on philosophy, including Ifa and Orunmila which aimed to correct the Western philosophers that Africans have philosophy.
She was often called Mamalawo a nickname which was borne from her becoming the first female PhD holder in the country. The nickname was supposed to be the female version of the Yoruba word ‘Babalawo’ – a spiritual title which denotes a priest of the Ifa Oracle.
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