Ademodi
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About the author
Olugbenga Ademodi has an LL.B, 1997 from Obafemi Awolowo University; B.L, 1999, Nigerian Law School; LL.M., cum laude, 2004, Master of Laws in Intercultural Human Rights, St. Thomas University, M.L.S., 2009, Texas Woman’s University; and J.S.D (Candidate, St. Thomas University School of Law). He worked as a Public Services Researcher at St. Thomas University School of Law Library in Miami, Florida from 2005 to April 2010. He is currently working on his J.S.D. in Intercultural Human Rights at St. Thomas University School of Law, through which he is exploring the status and rights of indigenous peoples in Nigeria. Olugbenga has participated in conferences and workshops in both Nigeria and the United States. He belongs to organizations such as AALL and SEAALL. In 2008, his article entitled “The Open Source Road to Web 2.0 for Nigeria: A View of Two Worlds from the Outside” was published in the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.