Thanks, Dr. Tijani, for the information. Dr. Agiri was a kind and gentle soul, an inspiring mentor and a committed scholar. His valuable contributions to Ogbomoso, Lagos, and Yoruba history would ensure that he would continue to be remembered for a long time to come. Those of us close to him will miss him most dearly. May his lovely and generous soul rest in perfect peace.
Best wishes. Funso.
Funso S. Afolayan
Department of History,
Horton Social Science Center
Department of History,
Horton Social Science Center
University of New Hampshire
20 Academic Way
Durham, NH 03824
20 Academic Way
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: (603)862-3026
Fax: (603)862-1502
Email: :fsa@christa.unh.edu
Fax: (603)862-1502
Email: :fsa@christa.unh.edu
From: Dr. Tijani <profoye@yahoo.com>
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 10:34:32 AM
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Adieu Professor Babatunde Adisa Agiri
It is with deepest sorrow but gratitude to the Lord Almighty that I announce the death of a great scholar of African history, Professor Babatunde Agiri. I received the sad news through Professor Adebayo Lawal this weekend and had confirmed with Professors Ayodeji Olukoju and Olakunle Lawal, and Dr. Michael Ogbedi.
Professor Agiri helped shaped the career of many of us, and collaborated with many great historians such as Professors Kristin Mann, Pauline Baker, Nina Mba, Ogundeji Ogunremi, Sandra Barnes, Akinjide Osuntokun, Paul Lovejoy, Ade Adefuye, Aderibigbe, to mention a few. He was a kind teacher-scholar in all ramifications. I always said that I would have completed my doctoral degree in 1993 had I listened to Baba who wanted me to continue working on Mushin. He was always there for all of us, grooming us as a teacher-scholar, not just as a researcher. His seminar course about modern Britain, slavery in Yorubaland, and Lagos was always stimulating. At the University of Lagos where he spent most of his distinguished career, he was one of the few who saw to the completion of doctoral theses in a timely manner.
Baba Agiri, as we fondly call him, was the chair of history department at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria. He also served as a professor of African history at Kalamazoo College and Norfolk State University before his call by the Lord this past weeks.
Below is the information from Professor Adebayo Lawal about his burial. Please pray for the family and Baba Agiri as he continued his sojourn in the world unknown to any of us.
He died on Tuesday 28 Sept. 2010 at 10.42pm local time after a kidney failure. Burial service is at UNILAG Chapel after the lying -in state at the Faculty of Education Auditorium, while Atan Cemetery is the final resting place- all on October 14, 2010.
Adebayo A. Lawal (PhD)
Professor of History
Department of History and Strategic Studies
University of Lagos
Akoka, Lagos
Nigeria
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Professor Agiri helped shaped the career of many of us, and collaborated with many great historians such as Professors Kristin Mann, Pauline Baker, Nina Mba, Ogundeji Ogunremi, Sandra Barnes, Akinjide Osuntokun, Paul Lovejoy, Ade Adefuye, Aderibigbe, to mention a few. He was a kind teacher-scholar in all ramifications. I always said that I would have completed my doctoral degree in 1993 had I listened to Baba who wanted me to continue working on Mushin. He was always there for all of us, grooming us as a teacher-scholar, not just as a researcher. His seminar course about modern Britain, slavery in Yorubaland, and Lagos was always stimulating. At the University of Lagos where he spent most of his distinguished career, he was one of the few who saw to the completion of doctoral theses in a timely manner.
Baba Agiri, as we fondly call him, was the chair of history department at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria. He also served as a professor of African history at Kalamazoo College and Norfolk State University before his call by the Lord this past weeks.
Below is the information from Professor Adebayo Lawal about his burial. Please pray for the family and Baba Agiri as he continued his sojourn in the world unknown to any of us.
He died on Tuesday 28 Sept. 2010 at 10.42pm local time after a kidney failure. Burial service is at UNILAG Chapel after the lying -in state at the Faculty of Education Auditorium, while Atan Cemetery is the final resting place- all on October 14, 2010.
Adebayo A. Lawal (PhD)
Professor of History
Department of History and Strategic Studies
University of Lagos
Akoka, Lagos
Nigeria
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Dr. Ibikunle H. Tijani (TJ)
Associate Professor & Director
Baylor in Senegal & South Africa
Department of History
Baylor University
Tidwell Bible Hall
Waco, TX 76798
Office: 254/710-1380
http://homepages.baylor.edu/hakeem_tijani/
Dr. Ibikunle H. Tijani (TJ)
Associate Professor & Director
Baylor in Senegal & South Africa
Department of History
Baylor University
Tidwell Bible Hall
Waco, TX 76798
Office: 254/710-1380
http://homepages.baylor.edu/hakeem_tijani/
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