Kola Abimbola studied the Ifa Literary Corpus as an apprentice under Wande Abimbola from 1969 to 2000 and Babalola Adeboye Ifatoogun from 1982 to 2000. He undertook his PhD in Philosophy of Science under John Worrall at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a second PhD in the Law of Evidence and Criminal Justice under C. John Miller at the University of Birmingham. He has taught at Seattle University, Haverford College, Temple University, and the University of Leicester School of Law. Kola is the Editor of the Journal of Forensic Research and Criminology. He was President of the International Society for African Philosophy and Studies from 2006 to 2010 and a British Council Commonwealth Academic Scholar from 1989 to 1992. Kola is President of the Ifá University, Washington DC, and a full Professor of Philosophy at Howard University, Washington DC.
