Tejumola Olaniyan (Eprel 3, 1959 - Nọvemba 30, 2019) bụ onye ejiri agụmakwụkwọ ndị ọkachamara wee mara n'obodo Naijiria. Ọ bụ Louise Durham Mead Prọfesọ nke English na African Cultural Studies, na Wole Soyinka Prọfesọ nke Humanities na Mahadum Wisconsin – Madison . Olaniyan nwere ihe dị ka ọrụ 35 n'ime akwụkwọ 100, na ha niile n'otu asụsụ. Ọ nwụrụ na Nọvemba 30, 2019. Olaniyan nwetara nzere bachelọ na mahadum Ife dị na Naịjirịa n'afọ 1982. Afọ atọ ka e mesịrị, ọ nwetara nzere Master of Arts n'ebe ahụ. Olaniyan gara Mahadum Cornell ebe ọ nwetara MA (1989) na PhD (1991). Sandra Smith Isidore, onye bụbu onye òtù Black Panther Party, ghọrọ onye ndụmọdụ Olaniyan ma mee ka ọ mara akụkọ ihe mere eme, echiche, na àgwà nke Civil Rights Movement . Ihe kacha amasị Olaniyan bụ: Africa na ndị ọbịa ya ; African-American, Caribbean, na African akwụkwọ ; nkatọ, ọmụmụ ihe gbasara omenala, akụkọ ihe mere eme, tiori na sociology nke ihe nkiri ; na omenala pop (nkà, egwu, na ije).