Eldred durosinmi jones biography

Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones (6 January 1925 – 21 March 2020) was a Sierra Leonean academic and literary critic, known for his book Othello's Countrymen: A.
Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones was a Sierra Leonean academic and literary critic, known for his book Othello's Countrymen: A Study of Africa in the Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama.
Jones is a humanist who has always demonstrated the virtues ofpatriotism, altruism, refinement, humility and love oflearning.

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A tribute to the Late Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones

By Edward William Fashole-Luke11

In April 1993, at the memorial service of my late Father, the Rev Canon Professor Edward William Fashole-Luke1, Professor Eldred Jones said inter alia the following " I should not be giving this tribute to one of my star pupils. I would have expected Edward to be giving this tribute to his me his teacher who taught him firstly at the CMS Grammar School and then at Fourah Bay College."

Professor Eldred Jones was born on the 6th of January 1925. He passed away in his sleep in the early hours of Saturday 21st March 2020 aged 95 years.

He attended the famous CMS Grammar school, and then came to Fourah Bay College, then part of the University of Durham where he obtained a good Division 11 degree. After a stint teaching at the CMS Grammar school, he went to Christ Church College at the University of of Oxford where he distinguished himself with an upper Second class degree narrowly missing a First Class degree from that most venerable institution.

He later went on to attain his

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Fifty Years On: A Conversation with Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones, Founding Editor, African Literature Today

"Fifty Years On: A Conversation with Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones, Founding Editor, African Literature Today". ALT 37: African Literature Today, edited by Ernest N. Emenyonu, Akachi Ezeigbo, Alexander Opicho, Anya Ude Egwu, Chinasa Abonyi, Chioma Toni-Duruaku, Ernest N. Emenyonu, Hodabalou Anate, Iniobong I. Uko, James Currey, John Uwa, Kalapi Sen, Macpherson Nkem. Azuike, Maik Nwosu, Ng’ang’a Wahu-Muchiri, Norbert Oyibo Eze, Onyeukwu Ifunanya, Pauline Dodgson-Katiyo, Pede Hollist, Psalms E. Chinaka, Razinat Talatu Mohammed and Unionmwan Edebiri, Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer, 2019, pp. 172-180. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787446960-017

(2019). Fifty Years On: A Conversation with Professor Eldred Durosimi Jones, Founding Editor, African Literature Today. In E. Emenyonu, A. Ezeigbo, A. Opicho, A. Egwu, C. Abonyi, C. Toni-Duruaku, E. Emenyonu, H. Anate, I. Uko, J. Currey, J. Uwa, K. Sen, M. Azuike, M. Nwosu, N. Wahu-Muchiri, N. Eze, O. Ifunanya, P. Dodgson-K

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Remembering Eldred Durosimi Jones (6 January 1925–21 March 2020): Farewell, Othello’s Countryman

Osundar, Niyi. "Remembering Eldred Durosimi Jones (6 January 1925–21 March 2020): Farewell, Othello’s Countryman". ALT 39: Speculative & Science Fiction, edited by Ernest N. Emenyonu, Louisa Uchum Egbunike, Chimalum Nwankwo, Gabriel Bámgbóṣé, Kayode Odumboni, Ezeiyoke Chukwunonso, Jeffrey Dodd, Janelle Rodriques, James Orao, Edgar Fred Nabutanyi, Clara Ijeoma Osuji, Éric Tsimi, Eshitika L. Lutomia, Kadija George Sessay, A. Onipede Hollist, Reginald Chiedu Ofodile, Diana Abasi Iquo, Umar M. Aisha, Tijani Abdullahi Olaniyi, Ifeoma Okoye, Niyi Osundare, Elizabeth L.A Kamara, Austine Amanze Akpuda, Louisa Uchum Egbunike and Chimalum Nwankwo, Boydell and Brewer: Boydell and Brewer, 2021, pp. 209-213. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781800102897-023

Osundar, N. (2021). Remembering Eldred Durosimi Jones (6 January 1925–21 March 2020): Farewell, Othello’s Countryman. In E. Emenyonu, L. Egbunike, C. Nwankwo, G. Bámgbóṣé, K. Odumboni, E. Chukwunonso, J. Dodd, J. Rodriques, J. Orao, E. Nabutanyi, C.