Babatunde Lawal masanin tarihi ne kuma masani. Binciken nasa ya ta'allaka ne akan al'adun gani na Yarbawa da tasirinsu a cikin Amurka. A halin yanzu shi farfesa ne na Tarihin Tarihi a Jami'ar Commonwealth ta Virginia An haifi Lawal kuma ya girma a cikin Isale-Eko (Oju Olokun Street), wani gundumar Legas. Lawal ya yi aiki a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara a Dartmouth College, Columbia University, Harvard University, Williams College, da kuma State University of Bahia a Salvador-Brazil, da sauransu. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga manyan gidajen tarihi irin su British Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Newark Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Chrysler Museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Seattle Art Museum da Babban gidan kayan gargajiya. Lawal ya sami digirinsa na uku a digirin digirgir da MA a jami'ar Indiana da ke Bloomington, haka kuma ya sami digiri na BA a jami'ar Najeriya, Nsukka. https://arts.vcu.edu/community/vcuarts-faculty-and-staff/directory/babatunde-lawal/