Femi Soyinka

Femi Soyinka (4 January 1937 – 14 June 2022) was a Nigerian professor of Dermatology and the provost of the College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.^[1]

Femi Soyinka
Born	(1937-01-04)4 January 1937 Abeokuta, Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria (now Ogun State, Nigeria)
Died	14 June 2022(2022-06-14) (aged 85)
Nationality	Nigerian
Education	Heidelberg University MBCh, MD 1964 University of Giessen 1969 Hadassah Medical Center MPH 1972
Occupations	Researcher Dermatologist Venereologist Immunologist
Relatives	Wole Soyinka Ransome-Kuti family

Early life and education

Femi Soyinka was born into the Soyinka's family in 1937.^[2] He was the younger brother of writer, Wole Soyinka. He obtained his medical degree and Doctor of Medicine in 1964 and 1965 at the University of Heidelberg^[3] In 1972, he obtained a master's degree in public health from Hadassah Medical School, (MPH) Israel.^[4]

Career

He was an academician and he worked in the field for thirty years.^[5]

Death

Femi Soyinka died on 14 June 2022 in his home Kukumada Village, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, at the age of 85.^[3]