Femi Falana

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Femi Falana
SAN
Femi Falana.jpg
Born (1958-05-20) 20 May 1958 (age 66)
Nationality Nigerian
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • activist
Spouse Funmi Falana
Children3, including Falz
Website falanafalana.com.ng

Femi Falana, SAN (born 20 May 1958) [1] [2] is a Nigerian lawyer and human right activist. [3] [4] He is the father of a Nigerian rapper Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz. [5]

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Falana is a well-known activist for human rights, always trying to show empathy to people who are oppressed. [6] He is well known for opposing oppression, from successive military authorities. [7]

Early life and education

Femi Falana was born in Ilawe-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. He completed his primary education at St. Michael’s School and later attended Sacred Heart Catholic Seminary from 1971 to 1975. [8] He obtained his law degree from Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife) in 1981 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1982,After finishing his law practice in 2012, Femi Falana became a Senior Advocate in Nigeria. [9]

He is a Principal Partner at Falana and Falana Chambers which he runs with his wife, Funmi Falana. He contested and lost the governorship election of Ekiti State in 2007 on the platform of the National Conscience Party, a party he served as National Chairman in 2011. [10]

He is the father of Falz, a popular Nigerian rapper, singer, online comedian and actor [11] and husband to Nigerian women's rights activist Funmi Falana. [12] He belongs to many professional bodies: West African Bar Association, Member, Nigerian Bar Association and Member, Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb), West African Bar Association, Member, Pan African Lawyers Union and Member, International Bar Association. [13] [14] [15]

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Publications

He has written a lot of publications including Governance in Post Military Nigeria Fundamental Rights Enforcement, Legaltext Publishing Company 2005.

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