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Professor Kokunre A. Agbontaen-Eghafona, appointed by Pope Francis as an Ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on Friday, July 10, 2020.

Pope Francis Appoints Nigerian Professor of Cultural Anthropology to Pontifical Academy

Jul 10, 2020

A Nigerian Professor of Cultural Anthropology with research interests in oral literature and ethnography as well as peoples and cultures in her native country of Nigeria and Africa in general among other specific areas of study has been appointed as an Ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

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