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Mary Ebun Modupe Kolawole was a foremost scholar, a distinguished professor of English and literary studies as well as gender studies. She was a feminist, an ideology, which is reflected in her publications.

Early Life and Education
Mary was born on March 10th 1949, to Mr. Amos Odeyiola and Mrs. Deborah Adewoye, in Lagos Island (Isale Eko). She attended primary school in Iludun Oro, Kwara state and had her secondary school education at St. Faith Girls School, Kaduna, after which she obtained a B.A. in English from the Ahmadu Bellow University, Zaria.

She met the love of her life, Deboye Kolawole, during her undergraduate degree in Zaria and they got married in Ile-Ife, where her husband secured appointment after his M.Sc. from Zaria. In 1973, Mary and Deboye had their first child, Folake, in Birmingham, UK.

Religion
Modupe Kolawole was a Christian during her life-time and she practice the religion alongside her husband. They became involved with the All Souls Chapel in OAU, as well as several house fellowships on campus. They also became very active with the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship (FGBMFI).

Career Development
They returned to Nigeria on completion of Deboye’s doctorate, and settled in Ilorin, where they both worked at the Kwara State College of Technology ( Now renamed Kwara state polytechnic). Kwara State Polytechnic).

In 1980, the family moved back to Ile-Ife, and initially worked at OSCAS (the Oyo State College of Arts & Science), before Deboye rejoined the then University of Ife, which later became the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU. This was also before Osun State was carved out of Oyo State.

Mary obtained her MA from the University of Ife, before joining as faculty

Mary authored several books during her career, most notably these 2:

•Womanism And African Consciousness (still Available on Amazon).

•Gender Perceptions And Development In Africa.

Mary and Deboye retired from Ile-Ife to their dream home  in Ilorin, in their home state of Kwara.

Professional Profile
Mary was notably the recipient of a Rockefeller fellowship at the Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, as well as the Commonwealth fellowship at the University of Canterbury, Kent. She also received other similar fellowships all over the world.

They then took on contract jobs at KWASU (Kwara State University) for a few more years, during which they stayed active in their respective professions, imparting more generations to come as well as attending international and national conferences. It was important to them to pass on as much of their knowledge aspossible, to those comments after them. They alsoboth took on administrative roles in the university, and Mary was Dean of Post-Graduate School, just prior to finally bowing out, and deciding to stay retired in 2017. Mary passed on to glory on February 16th, 2021, just a few weeks shy of her 72nd birthday, after dealing with a sudden worsening of some health challenges she had dealt with for a few years.

She is survived by her husband, children, grandchild, brothers, sisters, step-mom, nephews, nieces, and many that she adopted into these roles.