Born in 1972, Pius Adesanmi obtained a First Class Honours in French Studies from the University of Ilorin at the age of 20. He subsequently obtained a Masters degree in the same discipline from the University of Ibadan and has since pursued a career as a scholar of Francophone African and Caribbean literatures and cultures. He is a Fellow of the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) and has guest-lectured in Universities in South Africa and Lesotho. In 1998, he chaired one of the sessions of the prestigious annual African writers fiesta in Durban, South Africa. His collection ?A Fit Of Fury? got an honorary mentioning at ANA Kaduna 1996. He holds a Ph.D. in African Literature from the University of British Columbia. Adesanmi has held the Walter Koerner Fellowship and the Isaac Walton Killam Fellowship.