TF @65 Conference Updates: Draft Program
Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso
THE TOYIN FALOLA @65 CONFERENCE
THEME: AFRICAN KNOWLEDGES AND ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA
29-31 JANUARY 2018
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
CONVENORS
The Toyin Falola @65 Conference Committee:
Dr Samuel Oloruntoba, Convenor-General
Dr Adeshina Afolayan, Chairman LoC
Mr Wale Ghazal, Director of Logistics
Dr Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Director of Administration
Support Personnel:
Graduate students of the Department of History, University of Ibadan
Graduate students of the Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan
Graduate students of the Department of Political Science, Babcock University
The Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP)
OUR DONORS
Engr. Eghe Adun
Professor Vik Bahl
Professor Oladele Balogun
Professor Mukhtar Umar Bunza
Professor Bola Dauda
Dr Olabisi Falola
Engr Gozie Ifesinachukwu
Professor dele jegede
Dr Kenneth Kalu
Professor Fallou Ngom
Mr Cherno Njie
Dr Diran Obadina
Dr Edwin Ogah
Dr Tunji Olaopa
Dr Bola Olusola
Mr Femi Owoseni
Pan African University Press
Mr Keith Sipe/Carolina Academic Press
Dr Babs Sobanjo
The University of Texas at Austin
Professor Michael Vickers
INSTITUTIONAL CO-HOSTS
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The Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria |
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Cátedra de Estudios de África ye le Caribe (CEAC), Universidade de Costa Rica |
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Lukenya University, Kenya |
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City University of New York, Staten Island, USA |
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Department of Africology, Temple University, USA |
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Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa |
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Lead City University, Nigeria |
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Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria |
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University of Texas at Austin, USA |
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Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, Nigeria |
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African Studies Institute, University of Georgia, Athens, USA |
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Carolina Academic Press, USA |
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Africa World Press, USA |
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Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Florida, USA |
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Pan-African University Press, USA |
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The Department of History, University of Nigeria, Nsukka |
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Gender and African Studies Group, Babcock University (BUGAS), Nigeria |
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The Tubman Institute, University of York, Canada |
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Department of History, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria |
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Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria |
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The Museum of Natural History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria |
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Caleb University, Nigeria |
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Núcleo de Apoio à Pesquisa Brasil-África, Universidade de São Paulo/Nucleus for the Support of Brazil-Africa Research, University of São Paulo, Brazil |
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Nucleo de Estudos Sobre E Africa Brasil (Nucleus of Studies on Africa and Brazil, NEAB), University of Pernambuco, Brazil |
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Postgraduate Studies in History Program (PPGH) Department of History, Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal da Bahia (Federal University of Bahia), Brazil |
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UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS DIRETORIA DE RELAÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS CENTRO DE ESTUDOS AFRICANOS (African Studies Center at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) |
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Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais - CEAO Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (Center for Afro-Oriental Studies (CEAO) of the School of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil) |
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Associacao Carnavalesca Bloco Afro Olodum (Olodum Cultural and Afro-Carnival Group), Brazil |
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LEÁFRICA (Laboratório de Estudos Africanos)/Laboratory of African Studies, Instituto de História, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria |
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Institute for African Studies, Carleton University, Canada |
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The Department of History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria |
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The Department of Public Administration, University of Ilorin, Nigeria |
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT A GLANCE
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DATE & TIME |
ACTIVITY |
VENUE |
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SUNDAY, 28 JANUARY 2018 |
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12.00 -6.00pm |
Arrival and Registration |
UI Conference Centre |
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DAY ONE: MONDAY, 29 JANUARY 2018 |
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7.00-8.30am |
Breakfast |
Hotels |
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8.30-5.30pm |
Registration |
UI Conference Centre |
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8.30-10.30am |
Session A |
UI Conference Centre |
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10.30-11.00am |
Tea-Break |
UI Conference Centre |
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11.00am-1.00pm |
Session B |
UI Conference Centre |
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1.00-2.00pm |
Lunch |
UI Senior Staff Club |
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2.00-5.30pm |
Opening Ceremony |
UI Conference Centre |
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5.30-6.30pm |
Leisure time |
Hotels |
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6.30-9.00pm |
Movie Presentation |
UI Conference Centre |
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DAY TWO: TUESDAY, 30 JANUARY 2018 |
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7.00-8.30am |
Breakfast |
Hotels |
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8.30-10.30am |
Session C |
UI Conference Centre |
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10.30-11.00am |
Tea Break |
UI Conference Centre |
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11.00am-1.00pm |
Session D |
UI Conference Centre |
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1.00-2.00pm |
Lunch |
UI Senior Staff Club |
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2.00-4.00pm |
Session E |
UI Conference Centre |
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4.00-5.30pm |
Session F |
UI Conference Centre |
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5.30-6.30pm |
Break |
UI Conference Centre |
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6.30pm-11.00pm |
Cocktails & Birthday Banquet |
International Conference Centre |
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DAY THREE: WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY 2018 |
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7.30AM |
Trip to Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State for the Conferment of an Honorary Doctorate on Professor Toyin Falola |
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye; logistics to be announced |
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THURSDAY, 01 February 2018 |
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Departure and Farewell |
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OPENING CEREMONY PROGRAMME
2.00 – 5. 30 PM, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
Master of Ceremony: Mr Edmund Obilo
2.00-2.10pm Arrival and Recognition of Dignitaries
2.10-2.15 pm National Anthem & University of Ibadan Anthem
2.15-2.25pm Welcome Addresses:
Conference Convenor-General, Dr Samuel Oloruntoba, Thabo
Mbeki African Leadership Institute, South Africa
Chief Host, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, Vice-Chancellor,
University of Ibadan
2.25-2.30pm Chairman’s Opening Remarks: Professor Jide Owoeye, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
2.30-2.35 Musical Interlude: Band
2.35-2.36 Introduction of First Keynote Speaker
2.36-3.06 First Keynote Address, “African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Legacy of Africa,” by Professor Gloria T. Emeagwali, Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University, USA
3.06-3.10 Interlude/ Performance: Standup Comedy by LaffUp
3.10-3.11 Introduction of Second Keynote Speaker
3.11-3.41 Second Keynote Address, “Academics and The Crisis of Knowledge Production and Dissemination in Africa,” by Professor CBN Ogbogbo, Head of Department of History, University of Ibadan, and President, Historical Society of Nigeria
3.41-3.50 Interlude/ Performance: Olaijo Dance Company
3.50-4.05 Citation of Honoree, Professor Toyin Falola, The Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, by Dr Doyin Aguoru, The Department of English, University of Ibadan
4.05-4.30 Royal Felicitations:
Royal Father of the Day, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi
Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo
The Olubadan of Ibadan
Other Royal Majesties Present
4.30-4.45 Grand Host’s Felicitations: His Excellency, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Nigeria
Fraternal Greetings by other Governors in attendance
4.45-4.55 Response by Honoree, Professor Toyin Falola
4.55-5.10 Book Presentation: The Toyin Falola Reader, by Kabiyesi Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo
5.10-5.15 Declaration of Conference Open by Grand Host, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the Executive Governor of Oyo State
5.15-5.20 Vote of Thanks & Announcements: Conference Convenor-General, Dr Samuel Oloruntoba, Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, The University of South Africa
5.20pm Opening Ceremony Closes
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
6.30-9.00pm, Movie Presentation: “Roti” (2017), a Kunle Afolayan Film
Entry is free to all conference participants only
Refreshments will be served
FIRST KEYNOTE ABSTRACT
African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Legacy of Africa
Professor Gloria Emeagwali, Professor of History, History Department,
Central Connecticut State University, USA
The legacy of Africa is multidisciplinary, multiregional and transcontinental. It spans from antiquity to the present and is embodied in the wide spectrum of African Knowledges. The legacy shows up in the first stone tool in the world, the earliest evidence of chemistry, the earliest evidence of hieroglyphics, early steel production, indigenous theologies about the spiritual and immaterial, musical and artistic expressions, and a wide range of complex ideas and philosophies about the world we live in. That legacy is a bequest from ancestral wisdom, inspiration, experience and scientific experimentation but it is a legacy that must be preserved, improved on, where relevant, and sustained in the context of institutional building and archival creation and preservation. Professor Toyin Falola is a role model in that regard, and we celebrate his work, his mission and his accomplishments through this conference. We hope that his model would be replicated transcontinentally, and that African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the legacy of Africa will be recognized, sustained and replicated in various formats, for posterity in the context of decolonization and the decentering of Eurocentric epistemology.
Profile of Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Professor Gloria Emeagwali taught for a decade at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of Ilorin, Kwara State. She also taught courses on the History of Science at the Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna. Dr. Emeagwali has been Professor of History and African Studies at Central Connecticut State University, USA since 1991. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine; the Center for Cross Cultural Research on Women, CCCRW, and St. Antony’s College, Oxford University UK. She has published about seventy scholarly articles and nine books. Professor Gloria Emeagwali has been a Reviewer for CHOICE, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries whose database now reach more than 18,000 librarians, faculty, and key decision makers in the US and elsewhere.
She is also the Chief Editor of Africa Update, a quarterly publication on African Studies that she founded in 1993. Africa Update is now in its 25th year and is about to publish its 100th issue. Africa Update has published over 250 articles by more than 150 scholars and has been nominated by EBSCO for inclusion in its Academic Search Research Database.
Prof. Emeagwali is also an amateur film maker and documentarian of African history. She is the videographer, interviewer and editor of about seventy video-film documentaries, filmed in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Egypt and Ethiopia. Some of these can be accessed at: www.gloriaemeagwali.com and https://vimeo.com/user5946750/videos.
SECOND KEYNOTE ABSTRACT
Academics and the Crisis of Knowledge Production and Dissemination in Africa
CBN OGBOGBO, FHSN, Department of History, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
In this piece, it is argued that knowledge production and dissemination in Africa in the 21st century are facing a fundamental crisis that has become the bane of development in the continent. Interrogating Africa’s epistemological traditions have become critical in seeking explanation to the major challenges confronting the African realities. How knowledge is produced, disseminated and consumed in Africa and for what purposes and reasons are central to the interrogation and explication of the state of hopelessness and loss of faith that pervade the African continent- a blossoming crisis that is best epitomised by the desperateness with which her youths journey through the Sahara desert to engage in a more pernicious round of slavery in the search for greener pastures. The paper further contends that these apparent manifestations are direct consequences of the failure of the academic in Africa, a group that has, as a consequence of the colonial experience, become the think-tank in the post-colonial state in Africa. Domiciled mainly in the universities, these egg heads have failed to provide the necessary ideas that will unshackle their peoples and societies from the persistent development crisis in the continent.
Profile of Prof CBN Ogbogbo
Christopher Bankole Ndubisi Ogbogbo, B.A. (Hons), M.A., LLB, LLM, Ph.D., B.L., lawyer, Professor & Head of Department of History, University of Ibadan; National President, Historical Society of Nigeria; Fellow, Historical Society of Nigeria and Fellow, Society for Peace Studies and Practice is from Delta State in Nigeria. Born in Lagos, had his teething years in Lagos and Port Harcourt. He read his History degrees at the University of Ibadan and law degrees at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Ogbogbo has lectured African History at Ibadan for the past 28 years. He has taught, researched and successfully supervised over 8 Ph.D. theses in African History and in Peace and Conflict Studies and over 60 Masters Degree dissertations. A senior member of the Nigerian Bar Association, he has also practiced law for close to two decades. He has been Public Relations Officer and Treasurer of the NBA Ibadan branch in the early 90s.
As a scholar, Ogbogbo is a widely travelled and published scholar, who has won several academic laurels and grants. In his kitty is the Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) grant 2005, MacArthur Foundation grant 2006, the University of Ibadan Senate Research grant 2007, and the Humanities Staff Development Grant 2015. He was a Visiting Scholar to Northwestern University Evanston, and Dartmouth College, (both in the USA), St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Mwanza and the University of Benin in Nigeria. He was appointed a Visiting Professor of African History in Kennesaw State University in Atlanta Georgia in 2014. He has published in reputable academic journals and books. He is the current Editor- in- Chief of the Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria and the Editor of Ibadan School of History Monograph Series. Ogbogbo has written copiously on the Niger Delta and the challenges of nation building in Nigeria.
He is a Consultant to several organizations such as the Federal Ministry of Education; Nigerian Education Research and Development Council; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and a member of several academic bodies prominent amongst which are Ethnic Studies Network, Ireland; American Studies Association; Member, African Studies Association, U.S.A.; Historical Society of Nigeria; Nigerian Bar Association and the Society for Peace Studies & Practice. His current passion is to midwife through the instrumentality of the Historical Society of Nigeria, the restoration of the teaching of History back to the school system in Nigeria. He is married with children.
FELICITATIONS
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018:
SPECIAL & REGULAR PANELS AND CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONY
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION A, PANEL 1: Strategic Reflections on Africa’s Developmental Dilemma, Lead City University (Co-Host Sponsored Panel)
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Professor Adigun A. B. Agbaje, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Pan-Africanism in the Age of Globalization
Tunde Oseni, PhD
Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
Co-operative Societies and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Viable Model in Human Development of Nigeria
Akanji, Ajibola Anthony
Lead City University, Ibadan
Technology Acquisition and National Development in Nigeria
Chukwuebuka Akuche
Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria
Nigeria and the Problem of Corruption: Exploring the Innovation of Reputational Sanctions
Olu Ojedokun
Lead City University, Ibadan&
Jamila Bisi Aduke Suleiman
Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria
Managing the Quest for Good Governance in Nigeria Post-1999; A Patent Illusion?
Babatunde Oyedeji
Lead City University, Ibadan
Between Capital Social Infrastructure and Recurrent Stomach Infrastructure: A Practical Philosophical Contribution to the Poverty Policy and Discourse in Nigeria
Dr. Badru, Ronald Olufemi
Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria & Institut Francais de Recherche en Afrique, IFRA-Nigeria
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION A, PANEL 2: Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism in Africa
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof Sati Fwatshak, University of Jos, Nigeria
Colonial Antecedents and its Continuing Impact: Nigeria in Perspective
Mustapha Sule Lamido & Abubakar Aliyu Rafindadi
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
The Impact of Pre-Colonial Political Institutions on the Yoruba Political Culture in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (1999-2015) Abubakar Aliyu Rafindadi; and Lawal Lateef
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Remembering The Past That Haunts The Present And The Future: Implications of The British Colonial Economic Policies On Nigeria’s Development
Dr. A. A. Adediran, Ogwu –Richard V. A.,
Federal College Of Education, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria; and
Dr. Adeyanju H. Idowu
Tai Solarin University Of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria
On The Causes of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A New Interpretation
Akpu, James Onochie
The Ultimate University of Science and Management Technology, Adjarra, Porto Novo, Republic of Benin
Atlantic Slavery and its Impression on the Afrocentric Identity Since the 19th Century
Udo Emem Michael
University of Uyo, Nigeria
Cassava and the Atlantic Slave Trade: A Critical Reflection
Saibu Israel Abayomi
Anchor University, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos &
Clement Cecilia Titilayo
Institute Of African Studies, University Of Ibadan
Slavery In kasar Kabi (Kabi Kingdom) From 1772 To Date
Mustapha Idris Sarka
G.G.A.I.S.S. Kangiwa, Kebbi State
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION A, PANEL 3: POLITICS, NATION BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof Ayo Olukotun, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria
Political Parties and Party Politics in Nigeria: a Dilemma of Democracy Abubakar Aliyu Rafindadi and Abdulfattah Yakubu Alhassan
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
Ethnicity, Fluid Identities and Nation Building in 19th Century Lagos Mary Aderonke Afolabi
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Tinubu, The Yoruba Nation And The Politics Of Statesmanship
Lawal Alabi Bamishigbin
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Identity Politics and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria
Alao, David Oladimeji Ph.D & Akhimien Davidson
Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Can Democracy help the Almajiri Child in Nigeria?
Charles, Alfred (PhD)
Research Fellow, Department of Democratic Studies, National Institute for Legislative Studies, National Assembly, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria; and
Osah, Goodnews (PhD)
Dept of Political Science and Public Administration, Babcock University, Ogun State
Domestic Slavery, Identity Crisis and Peace in Atani, Anambra Sate, Nigeria Ikenna Mike Alumona
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam; and
Jude Odigbo
Kwararafa University, Wukari-Nigeria
An Overview Of The Legal Regime Of Border Region Development In Nigeria
Eniola Bolanle Oluwakemi, PhD
Faculty of Law, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Mobility, Migration and its Discontent: Insights From Nigeria
Franca Attoh, PhD
University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Lagos
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION A, PANEL 4: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN AFRICA
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Professor Bola Dauda, Nigeria
African Leaders and Development- Retrospect, Prospect and Challenges: A Programmatic View
Aitufe Veronica Okpowunwa Ph.D
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
Seeking a More Effective Framework to Combat Africa’s Under Development
Ogechukwu Ojimaduekwu Ajoku Esq,
Senior lawyer and entrepreneur, formerly of Madonna University
Leadership, Governance Crisis and the Challenge of Grassroot Development in Nigeria: A Focus on Ijebu North-East Local Government Area, Ogun State, 2009-2016
J. O. Nkwede
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State
K. O. Dauda & A. O. Moliki
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State
O. A. Orija
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Africa’s Development Quagmire and the Imperative of Adopting Indigenous Direct Development Strategy for Economic Emancipation
Ini Etuk, Ph.D
University Of Uyo, Uyo
The Legislature, Corruption And The Quest For Good Governance In Nigeria: Can The Application Of The Indigenous Knowledge System Of Political Administration Provide a Succour?
Omololu Fagbadebo, PhD and Fayth Ruffin, PhD
School of Management, IT & Governance, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Nation Building Efforts in Nigeria: Repositioning N.Y.S.C For Better Service Delivery
Aborisade, Daniel Atilade
Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Efficiency and Development Theory in Local Government Financing in Nigeria: Empirical Evidence and Limitations of Theory
Gift Ntiwunka and Ayodele, Temitope Mary Babcock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION A, PANEL 5: GENDER, LANGUAGE AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION IN AFRICA
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof Mobolanle E. Sotunsa, Babcock University Gender and African Studies Group (BUGAS) Nigeria
Transnational Feminism and its Impact on Knowledge Production in Nigerian Universities: An Exploratory Study
Olutayo Molatokunbo
Abiola Seun; and
Yalley Abena Asefuaba
Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Exploring Patriarchal Visibility in Cisgender Literature and the Problematic of Feminist Subjectivity
Aule Moses
Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria
Images of Muslim Women in Nigerian Texts and its Implications in Development Studies: A Cross Subject Discourse
Israel Meriomame Wekpe
University of Benin, Nigeria
Rukayat N. Banjo
Bayero University, Kano
Conjugal Family: A Platform For Women Education And Political Leadership
Fasiku, Adesola Mercy Ph.D
College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti, Ekiti State
Feminism and the African Woman’s Quest for Happiness in Aidoo’s Changes and Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood
Bosede Funke Afolayan
University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos
The Language Game and the Inequality of Gender: Interrogating Feminist Postproverbials
Olayinka Oyeleye
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Gender Discourse, Gender Narrative and Gender Literature: a Continuation of Euro-American Knowledge Production in Africa.
Hashim Muhammad Suleiman Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION A, PANEL 6: Indigenous Knowledge Production and Socio-Economic Development
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Gloria Emeagwali, Central Connecticut State University, USA
Knowledge Production and Pedagogy among the Islamic Scholars in Kano: A Case-Study of Shaykh Tijani Usman Zangon Bare-Bari (1916-1970)
Sani Yakubu Adam
Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
Production of Nigerian History Texts in the Publishing Scene of the 1980s
Arogundade Abdullah Iyanda
University of Ibadan
Against Developmentality: Decolonizing Love and Well-Being in Hegemonic Psychological Science
Glenn Adams
Professor of Psychology, The University of Kansas
Indigenous Knowledge System
Bayo Asala
University of Lagos
African Knowledges and Alternative Futures: A Historical Discourse
Dr. Bello Bala Diggi
Federal University Birnin Kebbbi, Kebbi State – Nigeria
Thought Processes and Convictions on Poverty among the Yoruba
Tunde Decker
Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
African Indigenous Thoughts and Philosophy in the Service of History: Comparative Perspectives from J.F. Ade-Ajayi and Toyin Falola
Okunade, Seun Adedokun
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Intercultural Philosophy: An Ibuanyindandaist Critique
Nyok, Efio-Ita Effiom
University of Calabar, Nigeria
Osuala, Amaobi Nelson
University Of Ibadan, Oyo State
Alternative Futures through Entrepreneurial Revolution: the Panacea for Youth Empowerment and Sustainable Poverty Reduction
Awosika Bridget Itunu (Ph.D.)
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION A, PANEL 7: MIGRATION, GLOBALISATION AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr Franca Attoh, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Explaining Nigeria’s Diaspora Communities’ Transmogrification From State Partners to Challengers
Isiaka Abiodun Adams PhD,
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Development Of Ejigbo Town Through Ejigbo Migrants In Abidjan
Adebodun Olalekan Henry
University of Ibadan
The Impact of Migration on Crime and Socio-Economic Development in West Africa
Niyi Adegoke, Ph.D, LL.B
National Open University of Nigeria, University Village, Jabi, Abuja
Diaspora Remittances and Sustainable Development in Africa: Insight from Nigeria
Joseph Okwesili Nkwede,Ph.D,
Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki
Kazeem O. Dauda & Ahmed O. Moliki
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State
Atanda. A. Orija
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
External African Migration And Its Impacts on The Yoruba Identity And Culture Adeyemi Adebola Racheal
University Of Ibadan
Globalization and African Migration: A Case Study of African Immigration in Libya 1959-2017
William, Mary Aniefiok
University of Ibadan
The Trend of Labour Migration In Akokoland: A Neglected Aspect of Akokoland, Southwestern Nigeria’s Economic History, 1952-1980
Falowo, Ajagun Segun Ph.D
Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, Lagos, Nigeria
The Formation of Communities In Nigeria: A Study Of Arawa Migration From Arewa Ga Adar (Baibaye in Niger Republic) To Arewa Local Government Of Kebbi State
Mustapha Idris Sarka
G.G.A.I.S.S. Kangiwa, Kebbi State
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION A, PANEL 8: RELIGION, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr Helen Labeodan, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
The Influx of Nigerian Church Leaders In Politics: Christians Response To Poor Leadership
Ajani, T.O
Adeyemi College Of Education, Ondo; and
Benjamin Etiemana Warri
University Of Ibadan, Ibadan
Captain Abiodun Christiana Akinsonwon in Christian Religion and Politics
Elizabeth Adenike Ajayi, Dr. Olasunbo Omolara Loko, Mr. Yomi Odu
Seventh-day Adventist Church Contribution to National Development
Iheanacho Mendel Alala, Ph.D
Clifford University, Owerrinta, Abia State, Nigeria
Christianity and Economic Development in Nigeria: A Sociological Perspective
Azeez Oluwakemi H.
University Of Ibadan
Adeniyi Oluwabukola A.
University Of Ibadan
Proliferation of the Church In Nigeria: Women As Dynamists Ajani Tunde Olanrewaju
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo; and
Adeyemi Adebola Racheal
College Of Education Ikere, Ekiti State
Islam and the People of Eti-Osa in
Lagos State up to 2014: A General Historical Survey
Razaq
Ishola Haruna, NCE, B. A. (LASU), M. A. (Ibadan) Islamic Studies
The Modern Challenges Of Religion And Migration
Ogedegbe Bosede Gladys
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
The African Traditional Religion And Forest Preservation With Reference To Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove In Osogbo Southwestern Nigeria
Oludare, Olusegun Olurotimi Theophilus (PhD)
Federal College of Education, Abeokuta
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION A, PANEL 9: Nigerian Politics and Development Challenges
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Samuel Zalanga, Bethel University, USA
The Sociology of Security: An Explanation of Electoral Violence Network in Nigeria
Igwe, Dickson Ogbonnaya,
National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria; and
Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale, Ph.D.
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
The Military Factor in Development in Nigeria
Ihuoma Chinonso
University of Ibadan; and
Ekpo Mary Eta
Cross River State College of Education
Secessionist Movements in Nigeria And The Right To External Self Determination Under International Law
Kolawole Adeejat
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
Unfair Share: The Policies and Politics of Transformation Agenda on Education In Nigeria
Odujobi Kayode
Nigeria International School Cotonou, Republic of Benin
The Root of Ethnicity, Politics of Decolonisation and the Implications in the Nation-Building Process in Nigeria
Chukwuebuka Omeje
University Of Ibadan
Impact of Youth Corners and Knowledge About Human Sexuality Among Young Adults and Adolescents of Nigerian Population in the Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Ayodeji Faremi
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology &
Gabriel I. Oke Adolescent& Youth Friendly Center, Osun state, Nigeria
A History of Infant Mortality in Nigeria in an Era of Sustainable Development Agenda: The Case Study of Ibadan 1999-2017
Lawal Tomiloba
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION B, PANEL 1: African Knowledges, African Diasporas and African Futures (Special Panel)
TIME: 11.00-1.00pm
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof Ademola Dasylva, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Back to the Future: Rethinking African Knowledge and External Intervention in African Conflicts
Prof. Isaac Olawale Albert
Director, Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Pan-African Doctoral Schools and Knowledge Production in Africa: Experiences, Issues, and Testimonials of Participants
Dr Blessing Nonye Onyima
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Transnational Religious Movement and Knowledge Production in Africa and the African Diaspora: A Critical Appraisal
Samson O. Ijaola
Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State, Nigeria
African Evangelicals in the Diaspora and Transformations in American Religious Space
Professor Adebayo Oyebade
Tennessee State University, USA
Joseph Odùmósù’s Ìwé Ìwòsàn or Book of Healing: Its Content, Context, and Afterlives
Michael Oladejo Afoláyan, PhD, and Helen Tilley, PhD
Northwestern University, USA
Securitised Nationalism and Borders: Towards a Decolonisation of Borders in the SADC?
Dr Inocent Moyo
The University of Zululand, South Africa
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION B, PANEL 2: D.A. Obasa and Indigenous Knowledge Production in Colonial Nigeria, The University of Florida (Co-Host Sponsored Panel),
Section 1: Denrele Adetimikan Obasa, A Local Intellectual
TIME: 11.00-1.00pm
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Arinpe Adejumo, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Multiplicity of Identities of D.A. Ọbasá
Taiwo, Adekemi Agnes
Department of Linguistics& Nigerian Languages, Ekiti State University, Nigeria
Poetic Utterance and Socio-Political Commitment in Ọbasa’s Poems
Lérè Adéyẹmí
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
A Critical Appraisal of Ethics of Inter-Personal Relations in Ọbasá’s Poetry
Ayọ̀délé Solomon Oyewale
University of Lagos, Àkọkà, Lagos, Nigeria
Didacticism and Philosophical Tenets in Obasa’s Poetry
Arinpe G Adejumo
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION B, PANEL 3: Dimensions of Peace, Conflict and Security
Caleb University (Co-Host Sponsored Panel)
TIME: 11.00-1.00pm
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Toyin Vincent Adepoju, Nigeria
African Youths and the Indigenous Approaches to Resolving Conflicts in Africa
Dr. Joan Ugo Mbagwu,
Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Nigeria
Beyond Military Force As Strategy for Countering Terrorism in Nigeria: A Handbook
Dr. Joan Ugo Mbagwu
Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Nigeria
Managing Religious Propagation and Intolerance Among Students of University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Dr. Kayode George
Caleb University, Imota, Lagos
From Forced Migration to Forced Return: Policy and Humanitarian Implications in Nigeria
Mrs. Oluchi Enapeh
Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, Nigeria
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION B, PANEL 4: GENDER, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
TIME: 11.00-1.00pm
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr Sharon Omotoso, Women Documentation Centre, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Gender Politics and the Hope of the African Girl Child in Education
Adebile Ruth Foluke (Ph.D)
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
Women and Africa’s Quest for Development
Dr. Adefarasin Victor Olusegun
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
Politicising The Politics: The Discourse Of Nigerian Women Politicians Akinrinlewo, Adepeju Mariam
University of Ibadan
Gender Inequality and Women Participation in Politics: The Nigerian Experience
Alabede, Tunji Sope,
Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Ile-Ife, Osun State; and
Giwa, Saheed Adebowale
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State
The Exclusion of Women in Governance And Security Issues: Establishing The Cost And Role Of Women In Inequality
Amaka Theresa Oriaku Emordi PhD
Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Colonial African Historiography and Gender: Women in Science and Technology in Tarokland, 1900-1960
Rabi Nimlan and Clement Selbong
University of Jos, Nigeria
Trafficking in Persons and Commodification of the Girl-child in West Africa
Orogun F. Olanike
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago- Iwoye, Ogun State
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION B, PANEL 5: PEACE AND SECURITY GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA
TIME: 11.00-1.00pm
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Isaac Olawale Albert, Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Non-governmental organisations and protection of internally-displaced persons by pastoralist-farmer conflict in Benue state, Nigeria Adebajo Adeola Aderayo
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria
The Adjudication of Rape In Traditional Yoruba Society
Saidat Tobiloba Adetayo
University Of Ibadan, Nigeria
The Role of Women In The Prevention Of Human Trafficking In Edo State, Nigeria Anthonia Okonye
Empowerment, Reintegration and Re-trafficking of Victims of Human Trafficking in Nigeria: Critical Issues and Opportunities
Rachael Oluseye Iyanda, PhD
Nigeria
Transhumance, Small Arms Proliferation and Security Challenges in Igboland since 1970
Vincent-Anene, Prince Okwudili Mbalisi, Nnaemeka Chinedu PhD
Paul University, Awka
National Defence and Production of Mass Destruction: Option for Nigeria’s Participation and Relevance in Global Politics
Erinosho, T.O. PhD
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria
Peace and Security for Development in Africa: The Road Not Taken
Etuk, Akaninyene Ufot
University of Ibadan
ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement, Border Porosity and the Emerging Threats To Internal Security In North Central Nigeria: An Appraisal of The Influx Of Migrant Fulani Herders
Dare Leke Idowu & Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION B, PANEL 6: ARTS, CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA
TIME: 11.00-1.00pm
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Sola Olorunyomi, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
The Traditional Art And Culture Of Blacksmithing of Ogbomoso: Form, Style And Function
Adegboyega Oyelakin Stephen
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Popular Music Videos And The Expression Of National Culture In Nigeria Samuel Ayoola Adejube
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
Re-examining the Yoruba Civilisation through the Visual Arts Kehinde Adepegba
Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu; and
Tolulope O. Sobowale
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ibogun Campus, Ogun State
Why African Culture Is Unpopular? A Critique of Toyin Falola In The Revival Of African Culture
Sufianu Afeez Ayinde
University of Lagos
Demolishing the Europeans’ Misplaced Concept Of African Prints: A Stir At Work
Tunde M.Akinwumi
Professor of Art History (African Textiles and Clothing), Southwestern University, Okun Owa, Ijebu Nigeria
An Overview of the Challenges of Technology Integration In Art Pedagogy Within Africa
Ohambele James Chimezie
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Africanisms in Kaltume Bulama Gana’s Art
Muhammad, Aliyu (Ph.D)
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION B, PANEL 7: ARTS, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA
TIME: 11.00-1.00pm
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Ayo Ojebode, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Re-indigenising Nigerian Economy Through Indigenous Technology: A Clarion Call Towards Industrialization Kola-Aderoju and Sekinat Adejoke Ph.D
Women in Pre-Colonial Yoruba: A Study of the Documentation Values of Monumental Sculptures
Rod Adoh Emi, Ph.D and Sam K. Adekoya,
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria
Election, Technology and Political Sustainability
Irhue Young Kenneth (Ph.D)
Osun State, University, Okuku Campus, Osun State, Nigeria
New Englishes and Nigeria’s Linguistic Ecology: An Appraisal Of Nigerian News Casters’ Stress Patterns As Model For Standard Nigerian English
Akindele, Julianah A. PhD
Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
The Influence of the Kingship Institution on Olojo Festival in Ile-Ife: a Case Study of the Late Ooni Adesoji Aderemi
Akinyemi Yetunde Blessing
Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Roles of the Artist/Art scholar in Cultural
Policy and Cultural Aspect of National Policy on Education
Ademola Azeez, Ph.D
Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria
The Social-cultural Imperatives of Billboard Advertising in Southwest Nigeria
Feyisara Sunday Omolola
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
Toyin Falola: The Mother Drum (Iya-Ilu) of the Yoruba Dundun Ensemble
Oladipo Olufunmilola Temitayo
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018
SESSION B, PANEL 8: AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
TIME: 11.00-1.00pm
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Duro Adeleke, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
“Gbójú Nbè̩͎!”: Urban Slang As Sociolinguistic Expression In Selected Nollywood Films
Dr. Mojisola Shodipe
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Ise o kan Oriire: Yoruba Linguistic Conceptualization of Success Augustine Agwuele, Ph.D
Texas State University, USA
Yoruba Language and Cultural Continuities Ayanlowo, Oluwatosin Blessing, M.A, M.I.R & Bello , Alice Adejoke, M.Ed, M.PH & Adeoye, Ayodele M.Ed., PhD (Ogun)
Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Cultural Environmentalism in Osofisan’s Many Colours Make the Thunder-King and Ogunyemi’s Langbodo
Saeedat Bolajoko Aliyu
Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria
Determinism And Human Agency In Sholla Allyson Obaniyi’s Gbe Je Fori
Lawrence O. Bamikole
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica
An Arabistʼs Inventory of the Arabic Loan Words in Yoruba Language
Dr. Mikail Adebisi Folorunsho
Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
European Hegemony and the Nigeria National Language Question: Issues and Considerations
Oyedeji Gideon Abioye
Ibrahim Badamasi
Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State &
Akintade Samuel Adeoye
Federal Polytechnic Bida, Niger State
The Language Game and the Inequality of Gender: Interrogating Feminist Postproverbials
Olayinka Oyeleye
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018:
SPECIAL & REGULAR PANELS AND BIRTHDAY BANQUET
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION C, PANEL 1: Alternative Knowledges on Toyin Falola (Special Panel)
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR:
Rhizomatic and Arboreal Intelligence: In Search of Toyin Falola
Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
Compcros, Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems, Nigeria
Lessons from Toyin Falola’s Ways of Thinking
Bola Dauda
Nigeria
Metahistory: Toyin Falola and the Work of Yoruba Intellectualism
Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi
Missouri State University, USA
Oro: Concepts and Meaning in Yoruba Worldview
Ademola A. Dasylva
The University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Narrative—Convergence and Dispersion in the Writings of Falola
Michael Vickers
Emeritus Director of Parliamentary and Public Affairs,
The Hillfield Agency (UK)
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION C, PANEL 2: D.A. Obasa and Indigenous Knowledge Production in Colonial Nigeria, The University of Florida (Co-Host Sponsored Panel);
Section 2 - Obasa’s Yoruba Newspaper, the Yoruba News -1924-1945
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof Tunde Akinyemi, University of Florida, USA
The Form and Content of Ọbasá’s Weekly Newspaper: Yorùbá News
Clement Adeniyi Akangbe
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
A Critical Assessment of Editorial Opinions in Yoruba News
Taiwo Olunlade
Lagos State University, Nigeria
Yoruba News as Political Tool and Avenue for
Cultural Revival
Abidemi Bolarinwa
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Serialization of Ọbasa’s poems in the Yorùbá News newspaper
Tolulope Ibikunle
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
A Comparative Study of Yoruba News and Alaroye
Adefemi Akinseloyin
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION C, PANEL 3: PAN-AFRICANISM AND AFRICAN CITIZENSHIP
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Bode Ibironke, Rutgers University, USA
Decolonizing Development Through a Recovery of the "Dangerous" Development Ideas of Thomas Sankara
Amber Murrey-Ndewa
The American University in Cairo
An Evaluation of the Emergence and the Role of Africanist Historiography In The Reconstruction of African History
Akombo, Elijah Ityavkase, PhD.,
Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria
Ngah, Loui Njodzevan Wirnkar, MHSN
College of Education, Zing, Taraba State, Nigeria
Abdulsalami, Muyiudeen Deji, PhD
Taraba State University, Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria
Pan-Africanism and African Citizenship: The Way Forward
Gabriel Asuquo
Independent Researcher
Political Islam and State Reconstruction in Africa
‘Dele Ashiru, PhD
The University of Lagos, Nigeria
Interrogating Pan-Africanism and African Citizenship through the African Endogenous Theory of the State
Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi, Ph.D
Professor of African Philosophy and Thought University of Abuja, Abuja-Nigeria
Nnamdi Azikiwe and Obafemi Awolowo as Conditioners of Igbo-Yoruba Relations since the Twentieth Century
Alex Amaechi Ugwuja, PhD
Paul University, Awka, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION C, PANEL 4: INTELLECTUALISM AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Alinah Segobye, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia
New Trends In Intellectual Property: Trad-Technology Versus Bio-Technology In The Production Of Medicine In Nigeria
Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo
Babcock University & Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
African Knowledges and Alternative Futures: What Is And What Is Known
Adesanya Babajide
Freelance Writer & Alter Magazine Lagos
Intellectuals, Universities and Democratization in Nigeria
Antonia Taiye Simbine, PhD Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abuja &
Dhikru Adewale Yagboyaju, PhD University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Intellectuals and African Development
HRH Eze Egwuogu, Bonny Ikenna, PhD
Imo State University, Owerri
Intellectuals and Issues in African Development
Ekaette Umanah Ekong (PhD)
University of Uyo
Coloniality of Knowledge and the Contemporary World Order
Chidochashe Nyere
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa
Politicization of Intellectualism in Africa: The Nigerian Experience
Chidubem I. Obayi
University of Ibadan
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION C, PANEL 5: GENDER, SOCIAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN AFRICA
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr Chinyere Ukpokolo, University of Ibadan
Women and Knowledge Production in Africa: The Case of Indigenous Textile Entrepreneurs
Awosika Bridget Itunu (Ph.D.)
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria
Gender Inclusion and the Implementation of Fadama III in Gwagwalada Area Council, Abuja
Olusola E. Akintola
University of Abuja & Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Abuja; and
Philip Oyadiran, Ph.D
University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
Funding for Women’s Rights Advocacy and the Struggles for Affirmative Action in Nigeria
Okedele Adebusola Omotola
Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State, Nigeria
Women of Substance: The Contributions of Dora Nkem Akunyili and Obiageli Ezekwesili to Nigeria’s societal development
Ihuoma Chinonso
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
War Against Women In Africa: A Threat To Peace And Security
Preye Kuro Inokoba, Ph.D,
Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State; and
Abeki Sunny Okoro, Ph.D International Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
The UN Development Policies (MDGS/SDGs) on Women Empowerment: An African Critique
Halima Sa’adiyat Adamu Muhammed
Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Women as Custodian of Tradition and Family: Female Identity in Falola’s A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt
Aisha Umar M.
Federal University Birnin Kebbi
Taxation, Women and the Colonial State: Ijebu Women’s Agitations
Olalere, Titilope Olusegun
McPherson University, Seriki-Sotayo, Ogun State, Nigeria
The Life and Times of Efunsetan Aniwura and Osofisan’s Depiction of the Feminine Gender In Women Of Owu
Adeoti Oluwatomi
Gobir Mariam Titilope
Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION C, PANEL 6: THE YORUBA FROM THEIR ORIGINS TO THE PRESENT
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Adebayo Oyebade, Tennessee State University, USA
Oko Idogo: The Railway And The Economic Transformation Of Parts Of Egba And Egbado Area, South-Western Nigeria, 1930 – 2010
Yussuf, N. Babatunde,
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
Asuwada Principle And The Concept Of Omoluabi In Yoruba Ethico-Metaphysical Thought
Yunusa Kehinde Salami, PhD Professor Of Philosophy, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Digitizing, Preserving, and Presenting Yoruba Stories: A Visual Presentation for The Toyin Falola @65 Conference
'Segun Olude, CGD
The University of Manitoba, Canada
Contemporary Yoruba Heroes in Public Sculpture
Tolulope O. Sobowale
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ibogun Campus, Ogun State &
Kehinde Adepegba
Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu
Johnson O. Oladesu
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ibogun Campus, Ogun State
The tax riots of 1969 in Southern Western Nigeria
Bamidélé Aly
Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1)
A Historical Perspective Of Christian Missions In South –Western Nigeria (1483 – 1895)
Samson Kolawole Oyeku (Ph.D.)
U.M.C.A. Theological College, Ilorin, Kwara State
Rethinking Ikare Traditions of Origin
Afeez Tọ́pẹ́, RAJI (Graduate Student),
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State Nigeria
Knowledge Control and the Institutionalization of Patriarchy In Yorubaland Before the 14th Century
D.I. Jimoh
Al Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION C, PANEL 7: GLOBAL AND COLONIAL POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Gloria Emeagwali, Cntral Connecticut State University, USA
Deconstructing Imperialistic Knowledge about African
Scholarship: A Triangulative Analysis of Reverence Paid Sociologists of Africa
versus African Sociologists
Fatai A. Badru, Ph.D.
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Wisdom-Imbecility Paradoxical Value: Theorising Contemporary Political Communication Styles in Northern Nigeria
Sama'ila Shehu, PhD
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Rethinking Neo-Liberal Agenda: The Sokoto Caliphate Political Thought As An Alternative
Mohammed Shuaibu
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
The Politics of Labels: Imperial Categorizations and Indigenous African Medicine
Ogechukwu Ezekwem Williams
Creighton University, USA
An Appraisal of Colonial Ethnography in Nigeria
Musa Oluwaseyi Hambolu University of Jos, Nigeria
The Political Economy of Labour Strikes in Nigeria’s Second Republic, 1979-1983: A Historical Analysis
Bernard Steiner Ifekwe, Ph.D University Of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
Colonial Machinery of Criminal Justice in Ilesha, 1863-1915
Tolulope Ilesanmi
University of Lagos
Colonial Ideologies of Legitimization and Their Resilience in Post-colonial Africa
Funmilola Olorunfemi
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION C, PANEL 8: BUREAUCRACY, ETHICS AND DEVELOPMENT
TIME: 8.30-10.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr Tunji Olaopa, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP), Nigeria
State Bureaucracies and Development in Africa: Interrogating the Link
Maryam Omolara Quadri Ph.D & Amechi Vera University of Lagos
An Ethical Enquiry into the Subject of Migration and Its Effect in the Development of the Rural Communities in Nigeria: Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State as Case Study
Okafor Nneka Ifeoma PhD, Ifeanyichukwu Michael Abada PhD; and Ifeanyi Agbowo University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Comparative Ethics in Multi-Cultural Society: The Nigeria Experience
Lazarus Baribiae Saale, PhD
Niger Delta University, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State
Bureaucratic Ethos and Development in Africa: The Nigerian Experience
Abu Idris and Otinche Sunday Inyokwe (PhD)
IBB University, Lapai-Niger State
Corruption, the Bane of Good Governance: Nigeria’s Snack
Falilat Adenike Kelani
St. Theresa’s Catholic Nursery and Primary School, Marine Beach, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari's Whistle-blowing 2015 - Policy: The Moral Implication
Taiwo Olusegun Stephen
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo, Nigeria
Bureaucracy and Crisis of Development in Prismatic cum Post-Colonial African States
Ifeanyichukwu Michael Abada PhD, Okafor Nneka Ifeoma PhD, and Tr. Omeh Paul Hezekiah
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION D, PANEL 1: Toyin Falola, Feminist Knowledges and Nigerian Women’s History (Special Panel)
TIME: 11.00AM-1.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Aderonke Adesanya, James Madison University, USA
African Women in Politics: Past, Present and the Future
Damilola T. Agbalajobi
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Writing African Women from the Margins: Feminist Epistemologies, Women and Knowledge Production in Africa
Bridget A. Teboh
The University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, USA
Gender and Power Dynamics in Falola’s A Mouth Sweeter than Salt
Bola Sotunsa
Babcock University Gender and African Studies Group (BUGAS), Nigeria
Mediatizing and Gendering Pan-Africanism for ‘Glocal’ Impacts
Sharon Adetutu Omotoso
Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION D, PANEL 2: Contemporary Explorations of History and Society, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (Co-Host Sponsored Panel)
TIME: 11.00AM-1.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Henry Lovejoy, University of Colorado, USA
Religious NGOs and Grassroots Development in Nigeria: Some Selected Case Studies in the Northwest 1980s- to present
Professor Mukhtar Umar Bunza
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Women Academics and Historiography in the Nigerian University
Aisha Balarabe Bawa PhD
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
State, Economy and Religious Activism in Northern Nigeria: A Periscopic view on Maitatsine and Boko-Haram Uprisings
Abubakar Sama’ila, PhD
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto-Nigeria
An Overview of Nigeria’s Produce Inspection and Related Regulations in the Second Half of the Colonial Period
Aminu Umar Alkammawa
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
African Languages and Knowledge Systems: An Examination of Hausa Influence on Yoruba Vocabulary of Ara Ilorin
Z. S. Sambo
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
Fulani Traditional Knowledge System and the Economy of Farmer-Herder Conflicts In Contemporary Nigeria
Murtala Ahmed Rufa’i
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION D, PANEL 3: PAN AFRICANISM AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA
TIME: 11.00AM-1.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Matthew Heaton, Virginia Tech., USA
History, The Political Elite And The Struggle For Nigerian Unity, 1960 - 2010
Udida A. Undiyaundeye, Ph.D
University Of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria
Pan-Africanism and Regionalism in Africa: The Journey So Far
Ernest Toochi Aniche, PhD
Federal University Otuoke (FUO), Bayelsa State, Nigeria
An Age of Africanist Renaissance: The Transformation of the Historical Discipline in Nigeria, since 1956
Osayande Uyi Emmanuel
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Imperial Citizens Or Economic Nationalists?: Analysis Of A Colonially Restructured Northern Nigeria Economy In The 1940s
Stephen Yohanna
Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria
Resistance, Social Movements and the Failure of Development in Africa
Oluwatoyin O. Oluwaniyi
Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria
The Phenomenon of Suicide: History, Hysteria and Hope in a Multicultural Society
Abiodun Paul Afolabi
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria
Adebile Oluwaseyi Paul
University of Lagos, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION D, PANEL 4: Nollywood, Arts and Cultures in Africa
TIME: 11.00AM-1.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Hyginus Ekwazi, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
It’s Not Mud’s Fault: The Problematics of Using and not Using Mud in Contemporary ‘African’ Architecture
Oluwabunmi Fayiga
Princeton University, USA
‘Internationally Endeared, Locally Ensnared’: The Glory and Gory Days Of The Adire-Kampala Of Abeokuta, South Western Nigeria
Thompson, O.O, Nwaorgu, O.G.F, Onifade, C.A and Aduradola, R.R. Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria
Vessels unto Honour: African Potters and the Making of a New Identity
Stephen Yohanna
Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria
Nollywood and African Spirituality
Adeate Tosin & Bankole Olubukola
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
An Assessment of Kannywood Movies in the Promotion of the Hausa Cultural Values
Dr. Maryam Ibrahim and Kabiru Danladi Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria
Religion and Technological Innovations: Revitalizing African Indigenous Religion through Movies
Ogunbiyi, Olatunde Oyewole PhD
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
Waka Into Bondage: Ndidi Dike's Performance Installation And The Creative Reenactment Of Slave Trade
Kunle Filani (MFA,PhD)
Federal College of Education, (Technical), Akoka,Yaba,Lagos
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION D, PANEL 5: INDIGENOUS AND ISLAMIC KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND POLICIES
TIME: 11.00AM-1.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Mukhtar Bunza, Usmanu Danfodio University, Nigeria
Indigenous Technology as a Catalyst for National Development
Salami A T
Nigeria
An Appraisal of African Epistemology
Gabriel Oyevesho Akinlade-Daniel Independent Scholar
Marginalization and Social Dislocation in the Sokoto Caliphate and Dual Knowledge Production in Northern Nigeria
Umaru Tanko Abdullahi Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
A Historical Appraisal Of The Educational Policies Of Selected Civilian Administrations In Lagos State, 1979-2015
Boge, Faruq Idowu
Lagos State University Foundation Programme, Badagry, Lagos
The Obfuscates of Almajirai and the Rights to Secular Education in Northern Nigeria
Chukwunka, C.A.C.
National Open University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja
Straightening the Records: A Critique of Abdullahi Mahadi’s Narrative on “The Introduction of Shi’ism into Nigeria”
Sanusi Aminu Hayatu
Bayero University, Kano
British Colonial Administration and the Development Of Western Education In Ilorin Emirate, 1900 – 1960
Dr. Yahaya Eliasu
Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION D, PANEL 6: EDUCATION IN POST COLONIAL AFRICA
TIME: 11.00AM-1.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Michael Afolayan, M&P Educational Consulting International, USA
Effects of Indigenous Music on the Education of an African Child
Akande Sunday Olufemi
Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
The Post-Colonial Educational system of the 6-3-3-4 in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
S. Joseph Bankola Ola-Koyi
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
Imperatives for Christian Religious Education In Curbing Political Crisis In Nigeria
Odudele Rotimi
College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Nigerian 2015 Presidential Campaigns
Rita Bossan (Ph.D)
Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria
Perception of Tertiary institution Students’ Towards the Hidden Health Dangers of Mobile Devices and Internet Usage: Focus on Lagos State Tertiary Institutions, Nigeria
Dr. Oyeyemi, Sunday .O.
Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Lagos State, Nigeria
“Hey Mr. Teacher my child must pass this examination at all cost!”: On the Cheating Culture and Africa’s Post-Colonial Education
Irabor, Benson Peter
University of Lagos, Lagos
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION D, PANEL 7: WOMEN, POWER AND HISTORY
TIME: 11.00AM-1.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Nemata Blyden, George Washington University, USA
Women in African History and Politics: A Case of Women in Pre-Colonial Ekiti Society
Funmilayo Idowu Agbaje Ph.D
University of Ibadan
Politics of the Other Room: Dynamics of Female Power in Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
Ofure O. M. Aito, PhD.
Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State and
Omolola A. Ladele, PhD
Lagos State University, Ojoo, Lagos State
Women and Political Participation in Colonial Nigeria
Cinderella Temitope Ochu
University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State, Nigeria
Challenges of Females’ Participation in Nigerian Politics
Ebobo Urowoli Christiana
National Open University of Nigeria, Jabi, Abuja
African Women, Culture and the Struggle For Recognition
Adu, Modupe Olajumoke
University Of Ibadan
Examination of the Woman’s Resistance to Oppression in Selected Francophone Fictions
Dr. (Mrs) Temidayo Onojobi
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
Women Participation in Governance and Politics of the Eastern Niger Delta Area of Nigeria
Odeigah, Theresa Nfam, Ph.D
University of Ilorin
African Womanism in Selected Plays of Tess Onwueme and Irene Salami
Oguntoyinbo Deji
Faith Academy, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION D, PANEL 8: AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES
TIME: 11.00AM-1.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Segun Ogungbemi, Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria
An Examination of the Socio-Economic and Political Implications Of Ethnic Diversity on National Integration In Nigeria
Oyewale, Aderemi Oyetunde Ph.D
Emmanuel Alayande College Of Education, Oyo
Beyond The Failing Justice System: The Emerging Confluence Of Mob Justice And The Social Media In Nigeria
Bello Temitope Yetunde (Mrs)
Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, The University of Ibadan, Nigeria
The Indigenous Knowledge of Law in Pre-Colonial Akwa Ibom Area: A Comparative Study of the Similarities and Differences Between the English and African Legal Systems
Dr. Joseph R. Bassey
Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria
Africa in the Global Political-Economy: The Nigerian Experience, 1960-Date Adeniran, Enoch Oluwole and Oladipupo, Kolapo Abiobun
Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo
Protestantism, Democracy and Social Development in Nigeria: Reflections on Contemporary Nigerian Writings
Adegboyega Adeyemi Amos
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai
African Traditional Perspectives on Sentencing, Victim’s Rights and Recidivism
Oluwole Dasylva
National Defence College, Abuja
Challenging the Orthodoxy of the Africa Reparation Debate
Sameha Alghamdi
York University, Toronto, Canada
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION E, PANEL 1: Rethinking and Rewriting the City, the State and Nigerian History (Special Panel)
TIME: 2.00-4.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. CBN Ogbogbo, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
‘Ibadanpolis’: Visualizing and Rethinking the Metropolis on the Hill
Aderonke Adesola Adesanya
James Madison University, USA
Questioning the Modern Nation-State in Africa: Nigerian Restructuring Debates in Perspective
Sati U. Fwatshak
University of Jos, Nigeria
Nigeria since 2014: Restructuring or Dismemberment?
Egodi Uchendu (PhD) and Emmanuel T. Eyeh (PhD)
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Power, Politics, and Pilgrimage: The Hajj and Colonial Ideology in Nigeria, 1903-1927
Matthew Heaton
Virginia Tech, USA
The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth: Insights and Lessons for Contemporary Nigerian Society
Samuel Zalanga
Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN, USA
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION E, PANEL 2: African Knowledges, Epistemologies and Leadership, The Thabo Mbeki Africa Leadership Institute, (TMALI) University of South Africa (Co-Host Sponsored Panel)
TIME: 2.00-4.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Henry Lovejoy, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Pan-African Knowledge Production and the Imperative of Thought Liberation for Development in Africa
Samuel O Oloruntoba and Vusi Gumede
Thabo Mbeki Africa Leadership Institute, University of South Africa (UNISA)
Uncovering the Merits of African Justice with the Help of the Receptor Approach to Human Rights
Serges Djoyou Kamga
Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, UNISA; and
Tom Zwart
Professor of Cross Cultural Human Rights at the University of Utrecht
Towards an Afrodecolonial Curriculum at Universities: A South African Perspective
Edith Phaswana (PhD)
Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, UNISA
Extending the Ritual Archive: Mokhokha as an African Epistemology of the Body
Dikeledi A. Mokoena
Thabo Mbeki African Leadership institute, UNISA
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION E, PANEL 3: African History and Tradition
TIME: 2.00-4.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr Ayo Adeduntan, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Contemporary Yoruba Heroes in Public Sculpture
Tolulope O. Sobowale
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ibogun Campus, Ogun State
KehindeAdepegba
Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu
Johnson O. Oladesu
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ibogun Campus, Ogun State
Migration and Yoruba Identities: An Historical Account in Arabic Literature
Dr. Hashimi A.O.
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
Older Persons: Welfarism And Diplomacy within Indigenous African Society; Contextualization of Elechi Amadi’s The Great Ponds and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
Omotayo, Olatubosun Tope (Ph.D)
Tai-Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu –Ode, Ogun –State
A Re-interpretation of Euro-centric Discourse of the Understanding of African Religion: A Case Study of Yoruba Religion
Professor Rotimi Williams Omotoye
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Indirect Rule System in Aba Division
Ihuoma Chinonso
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Political Institutions of Ancient Oyo Empire: Lessons for Contemporary Africa’s Development
Oladipupo, Abiodun Kolapo & Adeniran Enoch Oluwole Emmanuel Alayande College of Education Oyo, Oyo State
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION E, PANEL 4: African History and Tradition 2
TIME: 2.00-4.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Ibigbolade Aderibigbe, University of Georgia, USA
Yorùbá Traditional and Contemporary Cultural Perspectives on Homosexuality: Questions of Human and Minority Rights
Ibigbolade Aderibigbe PhD
University of Georgia, Athens, USA; and
Adepeju Olufemi Johnson-Bashua PhD
Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
A Yoruba Postmodern Identity and an Ethico-Epistemological Critique of Cosmopolitanism
Leye Komolafe
University of Ibadan
The Changing Trend of Ethno-Medical Practice in Yoruba Nation
Nwachukwu Uzoamaka
University of Ibadan
Pre-Colonial Diplomacy in Igbo Land: Reasons, Means And Benefits
Francis C. Odeke Department of History and International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki
The influx of Igbo Migrants in Zaria, 1900-1965
Dr. V.S. Akran
Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and
Odoh Nathaniel John
Federal University, Kashere
Understanding Igede Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Future of Igede Cultural Heritage in Benue State, Nigeria
Mike Odey, PhD
Benue State University, Makurdi
Globalization of African Land Reform Schemes: The South African Experience Akinola, Adeoye O. (PhD)
University of Zululand, South Africa
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION E, PANEL 5: African History and Tradition 3
TIME: 2.00-4.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Professor Dele Layiwola, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Tangible and Intangible Walls Between Idiroko and Igolo Neighbouring Towns
Oladesu J. O. & Sobowale T. O.
Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye, Ibogun Campus, Ogun State
Yoruba Traditional Instrumental Ensemble and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Olupemi E. Oludare Ph.D.
University of Lagos
Social Movements in Africa: Pre-Independence Equatorial Guinea
P.F. Owojuyigbe
Adeyemi College of Education Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
Indigenous And Modern Day Child Raising Methods : A Nexus. A Critical Look Into The Yoruba Proverb ' Omo Ti A Ko Ko Lo Ngbe Ile Ti A Ko Ta'
Oloyede Elizabeth Moronkeji; Ojoko Bukola Anike; and Samuel, Bukola Anike
Adeyemi College Of Education Ondo State, Nigeria
The Resilience of Ondo Indigenous Adjudicatory Systems, 1915-1957
Omotayo K. Charles
University of Ilorin
Indigenous Knowledge Systems-Mediated Classroom: What Role can it play in Education?
Ojo, Christianah Oluyemi (Ph. D); Akinrotimi, Adenike Adeola Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria; and Famakinwa Adebayo
Obafemi Awolowo University of Education, Ile-Ife, Osun State
Torn Between Cultures: Igbo Indigenous Knowledge of Peace Building and Security Mechanisms in Post-Colonial Nigeria
Mbalisi, Chinedu N. PhD
Paul University, Awka; and
Okeke Chiemela Adaku
Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State
Deconstructionism as Illustrated in Ifá Divination
Ofuasia Emmanuel
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION E, PANEL 6: African Commerce and Economic Development
TIME: 2.00-4.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr Edith Phaswana, Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, South Africa
Hegemony and Dominance in and between African Social Space: The Arbitrary and artificial dichotomy between rurality and urbanity
Terwase T. Dzeka Benue State University, Makurdi
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Food Security in Hausaland: An Examination of Food Preservation and Storage Practices
Umar Muhammad Jabbi (PhD)
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
Traditional African Sculpture Style and its Development: Problems and Prospects
Kevin Samuel Damden
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
The Art of Cloth Weaving a Medium for Culture Preservation in Nigeria
Umar Yusuf Olayinka and Tisloh David Dung Federal University Lafia, Nasarawa State Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION E, PANEL 7: African Indigenous Knowledges and Epistemologies
TIME: 2.00-4.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr Rebecca Golden Timsar, Boston University, USA
Existence of Social equilibrium and its Conditions
Immanuel Nashivela Namibia University of Science and Technology
African Indigenous Knowledge: Expounding the Rationale to Move from Discourse to Provention
Peter Genger
Arthur Mauro Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
The Role of Information Technology in the Enhancement of African Knowledge Production
Okoh Nora Augusta Ozemoya, Felix Omoh Okokhere (PhD), and Ekpoma Okoh Vincent Ehimhen,
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
Exploring Indigenous Knowledge as Alternative Pathways to Nigeria’s Economic Development
Anthony C. Onwumah (Ph.D), Tayo O. George (Ph.D), Idowu A. Chiazor (Ph.D)
Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria
Ending White Supremacy in Education: Using the Funds of Knowledge (FKN) Strategy to De-Colonize Knowledge
Munjeera Jefford
York University, Toronto Canada
The Promise of Epistemic Contextualism in African Epistemology
Mikael Janvid
Stockholm University, Sweden
Interpreting the Urhobo indigenous knowledge system in the light of Western Education
Jibromah, Oghenekevwe K. (Mrs.)
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo
Recasting Historical Epistemology &
Scientific Discourse in Africa
Sesan
Michael Johnson
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria
Production of Knowledge and the Literary Tradition in Africa: Re-Reading Achebe and Ezeigbo
Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku, (Ph.D)
Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria
The Historiography of Knowledge Production in Africa
Stephen Okhonmina
University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION E, PANEL 8: African Arts, Culture and Spirituality
TIME: 2.00-4.00PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr. Samson Ijaola, Samuel Adegboyega University, Nigeria
The Dynamics of African Spirituality: A Study of Ijo Orunmila Adulawo
Mobolaji Olagbemi
Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria
The Palm Oil Baptises the Yam and the Hungry Rejoice: Food and Feasts in the African Novel
Kayode Kofoworola
University of Lagos Akoka, Yaba Lagos
Dominican Catholic Chapel Ibadan; Artist’s Hand in the Service of God
Kolade Ayeyemi
Federal College Of Education (Technical), Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Consciousness of Spirituality in Visual Art Practice: A Personal Encounter
Lasisi Lamidi
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Art of Pottery: Medium for Culture Identification in Africa
Obadofin Samuel Bamidele,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria;
Akan, Nicholas Behatan
Federal College of Education Obudu-Cross River State
Maxwell E. Roberts
Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, Nasarawa State
Towards an Endogenous Interpretation of Indigenous Yoruba Culture: A Critique of Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
Akin Olaniyi, Ph.D
The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria
The Influence of African Culture on Modern Music: A Global Dimension
Etuk, Akaninyene Ufot and Oliseh, Kadishi Ndudi
University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria
Assessing Indigenous Music Content in Colleges of Education Curriculum: Implications for Indigenous Musical Practices and National Identity in Nigeria
Ojelabi Cornelius Olufemi (PhD)
Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION F, PANEL 1: Toyin Falola, African History and Pan-Africanism
TIME: 4.00-5.30PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Malami Buba, Sokoto State University, Nigeria
The Role of Intellectuals and African Future: Exploration into the Contributions of Prof. Toyin Falola in Historical Scholarship
Mukhtar Umar Bunza
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Falolaist Cultural Brokerage and the Pan-African Agenda
Malami Buba
Sokoto State University, Nigeria & Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Korea
Liberated Africans from the Bight of Benin Hinterland
Henry B. Lovejoy
The University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Removing The Debris
Segun Ogungbemi
Nigeria
Falola and the Future of the Humanities in Africa
Olabode Ibironke
Rutgers University, USA
The African Past in the Future: Resource or Relic?
Alinah Segobye
Namibia Institute of Science and Technology
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION F, PANEL 2: D.A. Obasa and Indigenous Knowledge Production in Colonial Nigeria, The University of Florida (Co-Host Sponsored Panel);
Section 3 - Obasa’s Trilogy: Iwe ti Awon Akewi (Yoruba Philosophy)
TIME: 4.00-5.30PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof Duro Adeleke, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Poetic Exploration of Obasa’s Prolegomenous Poetry
Duro Adeleke
University of Ibadan, Ibadan
Representation of Women in Ọbasá’s Poetry
Ayọ̀ọlá Àránsí Ọládùnńkẹ́ and Hakeem Ọláwálé
Kwara State University, Màlété
The Yorùbá Social Values in Ọbasá’s Poetry
Saudat Adebisi, Olayide Hamzat and Hezekiah Olufemi Adeosun
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State
Portrayal of Social Vices in D.A. Obasa’s Poetry
Abiodun Oluwafemi
Obafemi Awolowo University
When Translation Fails, What Next? The Burden of Translating Obasa’s Poetry into English
Akintunde Akinyemi, University of Florida
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION F, PANEL 3: Democracy, Security and Development in Africa, The University of Ilorin (Co-Host Sponsored Panel)
TIME: 4.00-5.30PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Professor Serges Kamga, TMALI, South Africa
Human Security in Africa
Aluko Opeyemi Idowu
Kwara State University, Ilorin; and
Ishola Ajadi
University of Ilorin
Equating Gender Equality with Gender Security: A Democratic Gender Discourse
Osezua Ehiyamen, PhD., & Aluko Opeyemi Idowu
University of Ilorin;
Dr.Clementina Osezua
Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile –Ife;
Akindele Iyiola Ph.D
University of Ilorin
Freedom, Democracy and Security in Africa
Dr Samuel Oyedele, Bello Mohammed Lawan; and Abdulkareem Abdulrazaq Kayode
University of Ilorin
Development and Inclusion in Urban and Rural Areas
Dr Samuel Oyedele, Bello Mohammed Lawan, Abdulkareem Abdulrazaq Kayode; and
Umar Abubakar Yaru
University of Ilorin
Democratic Freedom and Security Challenges in Developing Democracies: The Nexus and Implications
Osezua Ehiyamen, Ph.D
University of Ilorin
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION F, PANEL 4: Citizenship, Identity and African Politics and Development
TIME: 4.00-5.30PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Bukola Oyeniyi, Missouri State University, USA
The Question of Citizenship and Indigeneity in Nigeria: A Critical Perspective
Babatunde O. Oyekanmi
University of Ibadan
On The Search for National Identity in African Architecture
E. Babatunde Jaiyeoba PhD
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Inertia Citizens in Africa: Taking Lessons from Confucianism and Ifa
Amuda Mosigbodi Bamidele
Nigeria
To Progress or to Perish? Africa in the 21st Century Global System
Felix Okokhere (PhD)
Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Edo State
Ethnic Conflicts and Nation-Building In Post-Colonial Africa: A Comparative Study Of Nigeria, Kenya And South Africa
Olugbodi Oladipupo Abiola
Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos
African Governance and Leadership Challenges and Prospects for Alternative Future
Bolaji Omitola, PhD,
Osun State University, Nigeria
Ethnicity, Citizenship Identity and Nation Building in Africa: The Nigeria Experience
Otinche Sunday Inyokwe, PhD
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION F, PANEL 5: Origins, Movements and Political Experiences of African Peoples
TIME: 4.00-5.30pm
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Innocent Moyo, University of Zululand, South Africa
Conflicts Emergence in West Africa within the Confines of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Ogunniyi, Olayemi Jacob,
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Willoughby Stella Ifeoma
The Ultimate University of Science & Management Technology, Porto-Novo, Benin Republic, and
Britto, Bonifacio Aderemi
Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
Agency vs Scapegoatism: The Jamaican Experience
Okechukwu Ezenne
Nigeria
Agricultural Policies of the Yoruba of Western Nigeria from the Earliest Times to 1900
Familugba Jonathan Oluropo (Ph.D)
College of Education, Ikere – Ekiti, Ekiti State,Nigeria
‘HAIL THE CENSUS NIGHT’: Trust and Political Imagination in the 1960 Population Census of Ghana
Gerardo Serra
Nantes Institute of Advanced Study
Repositioning the Question of Intermarriage in West Africa within the Context of Atlantic Slave Trade
Ilo Moses I. Olatunde
Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu Ijebu, Ogun State, Nigeria
An Examination of the Socio-Economics and Political Implications of Ethnic Diversity on National Integration in Nigeria
Oyewale, Aderemi Oyetunde Ph.D
Emmanuel Alayande College Of Education, Oyo
External African Migration and its Impacts on the Yoruba Identity and Culture Adeyemi Adebola Racheal
University Of Ibadan
Africans to HALFricans
Caroline Adebimpe,
Nigeria
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION F, PANEL 6: African Nations in the Global System
TIME: 4.00-5.30PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Olutayo Adesina, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Engaging the Dragon without Blindfolds: Reflections on the African University and the Ecologies of China in Africa
Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi
Lagos State University
The Use of Public Diplomacy by Non-State Actors in Africa
Dr. Olubukola Adesina University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Regional Cooperation for Development: The African Union Experience
Ishola Ebenezer Babajide
University of Lagos
Nigeria’s Development In The 21st Century: The Third World Option
Murtala Marafa
Sokoto State University, Sokoto
Globalisation and America’s Unipolarism: The Quandary of Africa Security
Oliseh, Kadishi, Ndudi
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Globalization: A Capitalist One Way Street
Jerry I. Odii
University of Ibadan
Building Capacities for Border Administrators along Nigeria’s International Boundaries
Martin T. Kpoghul, PhD
Benue State University, Makurdi
Soft Power: Nigeria’s Emerging Strategy in Africa’s Geopolitics
Olusola Ogunnubi Mangosuthu University of Technology, Umlazi, Durban, South Africa
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION F, PANEL 7: Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Strategies
TIME: 4.00-5.30PM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Dr Dhikru Yagboyaju, University of Ibadan
Transformations: The Life of the Modern Ijaw Warrior in the Niger Delta
Dr Rebecca Golden Timsar
The University of Houston, USA
The Nexus Between Ethnicity, Farmer-Herder Conflicts and Nation Building in Nigeria
Michael Ihuoma Ogu, PhD
Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria
Indigenous Strategies and Settings for Inculcating Peace Values in Yoruba Culture: From the Past to the Present
Musibau Olabamiji Oyebode, Ph.D
National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja
Towards an African Indigenous Peacemaking Pedagogy: Rediscovery, Recovery, Reclamation, and Application (RRRA)
Genger Peter & Mayanja Evelyn
Arthur Mauro Center for Peace and conflict Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
African Youths and Indigenous Approaches to Resolving Conflicts in Africa
Joan Ugo Mbagwu
Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State
Social Protection: A Policy and Approach to Sustainable Peace Building in Nigeria’s Fragile and Conflict Affected Situation
TF Ogharanduku
Nigeria
The Role of African Women in Conflict Transformation and Peace-Building
Ojo Olusola Matthew, PhD
National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja
DAY TWO, TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 2018
SESSION F, PANEL 8: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
TIME: 4.00-5.30AM
VENUE: UI Conference Centre
PANEL CHAIR: Prof. Francis Egbokhare, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Africa’s Indigenous Language as a Catalyst for Development: A Case Study of Some West African Indigenous Languages as Tools for Regional Development
Ajani, Akinwumi Lateef (Ph.D)
The Nigeria French Language Village, Ajara – Badagry, Lagos
Proverbs Speak Louder Than Actions: The Example of a Modern Yoruba Household
Oluwole Coker, Ph.D
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
‘Oju Ni Oro Wa’: A Model of Communication for Software Development in Digital Humanities
Akin-Otiko Akinmayowa PhD and Augustine Akintunde Farinola
Nigeria
Traditional Communication: A Catalyst for Bridging Class Gap Between The Rich and the Poor in Africa
Oguche Israel
University of Nigeria, Nsukka And
Amina Ahmad Aminu,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Traditional African Languages, Challenges and Prospects
Gabriel Kehinde Ojetayo, PhD
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo
The Said of Satan/Esu and the Unsaid of Elijah/Sango in Ajayi Crowther’s Translation of the Bible
’Leke Ogunfeyimi,
Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo, Nigeria
Beyond Western Medicine: Indigenous knowledge systems in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame and James Henshaw’s This is Our Chance
’Leke Ogunfeyimi
Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo, Nigeria
BIRTHDAY BANQUET
PROFESSOR TOYIN FALOLA @65
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 6.30-11.00pm
The International Conference Centre
PROGRAMME
Master of Ceremony: Segun Ogundipe aka LaffUp
Arrival of Guests
Musical Prelude by Band
Cocktail Reception
Seating of Guests and Dignitaries
Introductions
Chairman’s Remarks
Olubadan’s Remarks
Music/Performance by band
Banquet Speech
In Praise of Toyin Falola
Music/dance drama performance by Olaijo Dance Company
Tributes
Toast
Presentation of Gifts
Celebrant’s response
Grand Buffet
Dance, dance, dance!!!
DAY THREE, WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY 2018:
TRIP TO OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, AGO-IWOYE, OGUN STATE
FOR THE CONFERMENT OF AN HONORARY DOCTORATE ON PROFESSOR TOYIN FALOLA
DEPARTURE TIME: 7.30AM
THURSDAY, 1 February 2018
DEPARTURE AND FAREWELL