Folake Onayemi

Folake Onayemi
Born	(1964-10-04)4 October 1964 Ijebu-Jesa, Nigeria
Died	14 February 2024(2024-02-14) (aged 59)
Nationality	Nigerian
Title	Professor of Classics
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Ibadan (BA, MA, MPhil, PhD)
Thesis	Fear of Women's Beauty in Classical and African/Yoruba Literature (2001)
Academic work
Discipline	Classicist
Sub-discipline	Comparative Greco-Roman and West African studies
Institutions	University of Ibadan

Folake Oritsegbubemi Onayemi (4 October 1964 – 14 February 2024) was a Nigerian literary scholar. She was Professor of Classics and served as Head of the Department of Classics at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. She was the first woman to be awarded a PhD in Classics in Nigeria and the first black woman to become a Professor of Classics in sub-Saharan Africa. She was an expert on comparative Greco-Roman and Nigerian literature, cultures, and mythology, particularly relating to the roles and representations of women.