Won ko gbongan isere yii pari ni odun  1976 fun ipalemo ayeye akojopo ile Adulawo Meri ti (FESTAC) Festival of Arts and Culture  ni odun 1977.. 
O tun je igba-keji ojogbon "professor of Global Black Literature" ni ile eko agba University of Wisconsin-Madison.eto eko re lasiko ti o n kẹkọọ lati gboye imo ijinle (Doctorate) ni ile eko agba Duke University, Edoro da iwe olosoose Brittle Paper kale.. 