Olufunmilayo Arewa, PhD.





Olufunmilayo (Funmi) Arewa is a legal scholar whose research focuses on music, business, technology, copyright, and Africana studies. Before becoming a law professor, she practiced law for nearly a decade in Silicon Valley and New York, specializing in startups and venture capital. She previously served as a Foreign Service Officer and taught at the University of Michigan.

Her work includes consulting on education, technology, and economic development in Africa, serving as Vice Chair of the Nigeria Copyright Expert Working Group, and receiving a DAAD research grant for a study on jazz in Germany. She has been a fellow at the University of Bonn, researching digital colonialism and commercial law in Africa.

She is currently writing books on African American music and technology disruption in Africa. She holds degrees from Harvard, the University of Michigan, and UC Berkeley and has studied classical voice for many years.





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