Jacob K. Olupona
Jacob K. Olupona | |
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| Born | Jacob Kehinde Olupona 5 February 1951 Ondo State, Nigeria |
| Education | B.A. Religious Studies University of Nigeria, 1975
M.A. History of Religions, Boston University, Boston (1981), PhD, History of Religions, Boston University, Boston (1983). |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, writer, scholar |
| Notable work | African Spirituality: Forms, Meanings and Expressions. City of 201 Gods: Ilé-Ifè in Time, Space, and the Imagination (University of California Press 2011) |
Jacob Kehinde Olupona (born 1951) is a Nigerian-born American professor, writer, and scholar of religious studies. He is a professor of African Religious Traditions at the Harvard Divinity School with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Olupona was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in April 2023.