Akin Mabogunje

Akinlawon Ladipo "Akin" Mabogunje (18 October 1931 – 4 August 2022) was a Nigerian geographer. He was the first African president of the International Geographical Union. In 1999, he was the first African to be elected as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences. 
In 2017, he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was born in Kano, Nigeria.