Biodun Jeyifo, a Nigerian literary critic and scholar, died on February 11, 2026, at the age of 80.
He was a Nigerian academic, critic, public intellectual and cultural theorist who specialized in world Anglophone literature and culture. Born in Ibadan on January 5, 1946, he attained prominence in African intellectual circles and academic networks for his analyses of capitalist modernity and its social and cultural crises.
He was also widely regarded as a leading scholarly authority on the works and career of Wole Soyinka.
Biodun Jeyifo (5 January 1946 – 11 February 2026) was a Nigerian academic, critic, public intellectual, cultural theorist and a specialist in world Anglophone literature and culture.