Thursday, June 28, 2012

USA Africa Dialogue Series - FYI: TOFAC SCHEDULE AND UPDATE!

SECOND TOYIN FALOLA ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
(TOFAC 2012)




THEME
Cultures, Identities, Nationalities, and Modernities in Africa and the African Diaspora


HOST
Centre for Black Arts and African Cultures (CBAAC), Lagos

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
ALL CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS TO NOTE !!!Accreditation of Participants: From Sunday 1July on arrival - 8.00pm at the Conference Secretariat; and Monday 2 July on arrival at the Conference Venue.
The Venue for the Opening Ceremony; All Keynote Lectures &  Plenary is the Main Hall.
Three Parallel Sessions will hold each day. The venues are Seminar Rooms I - III 
TIME MANAGEMENT IS ESSENTIAL (Conference Participants are advised to strictly keep to time)
Duration of each Session is 120 minutes. 
Breakfast is from 7.00am Conference each day 
Tea/Coffee Break duration is 30 minutes. Lunch is 50 mins. 

DAY 1: MONDAY, JUNE 2
9.00am- CBAAC Director's Brief Welcome.
            -  Introduction & Citation on Keynote Speakers by
        Prof. Ayo Olukotun, Lead City University, Ibadan,
Nigeria.
9.25am - 10.10am Conference First Keynote by Prof. Michael Vickers, Emeritus Director , Parliamentary and Public Affairs, The Hillfield Agency, United Kingdom.
10.15am - 11.00am. Conference Second Keynote by Prof Timothy Stapleton, Department of History,  Trent University, Canada.
11.05am - 11.35 am. Tea/Coffee Break
11.40 am  -  12.25 pm. Conference Third Keynote by Prof. Barbara Harlow, Department of English, The University of Texas at Austin.

12.30 pm     -        Opening Ceremony:
                        -        The National Anthem
 -           Welcome Address by the  Convener, Coordinator, Ibadan Cultural StudiesGroup (ICSG), University of Ibadan, and Chairman, TOFAC Board –
Prof Ademola O. Dasylva.
 Welcome Address by the Chief Host of TOFAC 2012, Prof. Tunde Babawale, Director General, CBAAC, Lagos.
                        -   Introduction of Prof. Toyin Falola (Honoree 
                                 & Special Guest of TOFAC)
   Remarks/ Declares open TOFAC 2012 :
Hon. Minister, Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation (FMTC & NO) & Special Guest of Honour, High Chief Edem Duke.
-  Formal transfer of the TOFAC Plaque to CBAAC, current Host/Sponsors of TOFAC 2012 by the Hon. Minister.                                ICSG/TOFAC AWARDS
Citation on Recipients by Doyin Aguoru, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria.
1.40 pm - 2.10pm.     Group Photograph with the Hon, Minister/Tea-Coffee Break
2.15pm - 2.55pm.   Plenary Session Speaker/Chair:

Topic: "Enhancing Entrepreneurial Capacity and Sustainable Development Initiatives in Southwest, Nigeria:  A Pilot Study of Abeokuta (Ogun State) and Akure (Ondo State) in Nigeria."
By:   Prof. (Chief) Bessie House-Soremekun
Director, Africana Studies Program, Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies; Founding Executive Director,  Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
Introduction and Citation by Dr Taiwo Abioye, Head, Department of English, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. 
3.00pm. - 3.45pm. LUNCH

TOFAC PANELS SHORT LIST
DAY 1: EVENING SESSION
3.50pm - 5.50pm
Panel A.1.      ACCULTURATION/AFRO CENTRICITY/ GLOBAL AFRICANITY/ATLANTIC AFRICAVenue: Seminar RM 1;  Panel Chair: Prof. Segun Ogungbemi (Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Ondo State, Nigeria)
  1. Babalola O.E, Department of History, College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti. & Fasiku, M. ADepartment of Social Studies, College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti.
Topic: Acculturation and Its Effects on African Culture: Yoruba as a Case Study
ii. Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony Department of Philosophy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Topic: The Quest for an African Identity
  1. Ann Albuyeh, Ph.D. Universidad de Puerto Rico HC-02 787-559-9361
Topic: "Uncovering African Identities through Language and Culture in the Caribbean"
  1. Professor (MRS.) Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob Department of Philosophy University of Calabar, Nigeria. Topic: The Transatlantic Slave trade: Gainers and losers from the Perspective of Technology


  1. Cassandra R. Veney, Ph.D. Associate Professor 1 LMU Drive Department of Political ScienceLoyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California  
Topic: The African Diaspora in the United States and Its Response to the War on Terrorism

DAY 1: EVENING SESSION 3.50pm - 5.50pm
PANEL A2:  CITIZENSHIP/ CREOLIZATION/
MULTICULTURALISM
Venue: Seminar RM2; Panel Chair: Christina N. Bazzaroni (Florida International University)
i.  Dr Remy Oriaku Department of English University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria.
Topic: Between African Migrants in Search of Opportunities and Their Nervous European Hosts: Divergent Attitudes to Migrant Labour and International Prostitution in Selected African Novels.
ii.  Eteete Michael ADAM (LL.M, MIRSS, BL), Department of International Law and Diplomacy, School of Law and Security Studies, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Topic: Ethnic Nationalism, Statism, Citizenship and the Right to Non-Discrimination Under the Nigerian Constitution.
iii. Richard Agbor Ayukndang Enoh(Ph. D), Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Buea, South West Cameroon,  Topic: The Repatriates and Creolization Processes in West Africa: The Case of Victoria in British Southern Cameroons.
iv. Ademola Olayoku, IFRA-Nigeria Research Fellow, Peace & Conflict Studies Program  University of Ibadan,
Topic: Internal Diasporic Emergence in Nigeria: A Quest for the Resuscitation of Culture  and Identity.
v. Agbo Joshua,  Department of Languages and Linguistics, Benue State University, Makurdi,  Nigeria,  
Topic: Redefining Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in Cultural Studies.
vi. Osedebamen David Oamen, Ph.D 117 Igun Street, P. O. Box 4906, Benin City, Nigeria.Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.
Topic: Multiculturalism: Enriching cultural enterprises for national development

DAY 1: EVENING SESSION 3.50pm - 5.50pm
Panel A3: COMMODIFICATION OF CULTURE /CONTESTED IDENTITIES /MODERNITIES
Venue: Seminar RM 3; Panel Chair: Dr. Osezua O. Clementina (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)
  1. Ajani O.A. PhD Department of Sociology and Anthropology Obafe3mi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
Topic: Aso ebi : The Dynamics of Fashion Nationalism and Cultural Commoditization  in Nigeria
ii. Osezua, O. Clementina (PhD) Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Obafemi Awolowo University. Ile-Ife
Topic: Non- Economic Factors and the Phenomenon of Cross Border Sex Trade among the Benin Women of Southern Nigeria.
iii. Osedebamen David Oamen, Ph.D 117, Igun Street, P. O. Box 4906, Benin City, Nigeria. Department of Theatre and Media Arts Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.
Topic: Commodification of Culture: Marketing Ethno-national identities
iv. Ajayi Adewale The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro Ogun State
Topic: Performance, Identity and Fictionalit in Salman Rushdie's "The Enchantress of Florence"
v. Ibrahim Daniel Department of General Studies, Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Topic: Globalisation and Identity Contestation in Hausa Visual Literature


6.00 pm. -                   DINNER

DAY 2 (Tuesday 03/07/12)
MORNING SESSION
(9.00am - 11.00am)

PANEL B.1: CULTURAL PATRIMONY/ POWER/ PROPRIETY/CUSTOM AND THE CUSTOMARY/

POLITICS AND CULTURE

Venue: (Seminary RM 1); Chair: Prof. Tanyi-Tang Anne (University of Maroua, Cameroon)
i. Dr. Olubayo Oladimeji ADEKOLA Senior Research Fellow (Anthropology) Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; 
Topic:   Integration, Dis-Integration and Re-Integration of Yoruba Kinship Ties:  A Case Study of Ethnic Unions in Southwestern Nigeria
ii. Sandra Ochieng'-Springer, Jackman Road, Orange Hill, St. James, Barbados. BB24020. 1-246-432-9410. Department of Government, Sociology and Social Work, University of the West Indies, Cavehill Campus.
Topic: Accommodating ethnic interests in post-colonial societies: A comparative study of political development in Kenya and Trinidad and Tobago
iii.  Lawrence O. Bamikole (PHD) Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy, University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Jamaica.
Topic: David Hume's Notion of Personal Identity:  Implications For Identity Construction and Affective Communal Living In Africana Societies.

iv. Adetayo Alabi, Ph.D Department of English, University of Mississippi.
Topic:  Wole Soyinka, Autobiography, and the Nigerian Academy

v. Christina N. Bazzaroni Florida International University 1986 Biarritz Drive, #104 Miami Beach, FL USA 33141
Topic: Dangerous Zones of Intimacy: Transgressive White Female Desire, or Fetishization of the Black Male Body?


DAY 2: Tuesday (03/07/12) Morning Session
(9.00 am – 11:00 am)
PANEL B.2: DIASPORIC AFRICAN/ ETHNIC IDENTITIES
Venue: (Seminar RM. 2): Chair: Prof. Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob (University of Calabar, Nigeria)
i. Okpara, Chukwuemeka Vincent (Ph.D) Dept. of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Topic: Contemporary African and the Diaspora Art: The Contributions of El Anatsui and Yinka Shonibare to the Growth of African Art on the Global Stage.
ii. Sarah Anyang Agbor(PHD), Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Letters And Social Sciences (Falss), University of Yaounde 1, P.O. Box 755 Yaounde, Centre Region, Cameroon. 237-77223677,
Topic: Diaspora Encounters and Shifting Paradigms in Selected Works of Isidore Okpewho, Anita Desaiand,  Barack Obama.

iii. Kunirum Osia 11704 Hickory Drive Fort Washington, MD 20744301-292-6626 Department of Applied Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling Coppin State University 2500 West North Avenu Baltimore, MD 21216
Topic: The Contextuality of Ethnic Identity: The Anioma People of Nigeria
iv. Moses E. Ochonu, Ph.D Associate Professor of African History Department of History 2301 Vanderbilt Place Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37235-1802
Topic: Modernity and Racial Sensitivity in the Travel Narratives of Northern Nigeria's Political Elite, 1955-61  

DAY 2: Tuesday (03/07/12) Morning Session
(9.00 am – 11:00 am)
PANEL B. 3. GENDERED IDENTITIES
Venue: (Seminar RM3); Chair: Dr. Remy Oriaku (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
i. Dr (Mrs) Gloria Eme Worugji BA (Uniport), MPA, MA, Ph.D (Unical), Department of Theatre and Media Studies University of Calabar, Calabar                                                       
Topic: A Critical Analysis of Marriage and Female Oppression in Akachi Ezeigbo's Fiction
ii. Eunice E.OMONZEJIE, PhD Dept. of Modern Languages, Ambrose Alli University,  Ekpoma   
Topic: Interpretations of African Migrant Masculinities in Contemporary Francophone Prose Narrative

iii. Gee A. Yawson M.S. 4820 N. Miami Ave Miami, Florida33127             609 553 1267       Florida International University Department of Global and Socio cultural Studies
Topic: Que dança é essa?: Reflections of gendered power relations and socio cultural expressions of sexuality in agarrado dancing to Roots reggae in São Luis do Maranhão, Brazil.
iv. Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa Dept. of languages and literary studies, Babcock University Nigeria
Topic: African Women in Drumming: The Case of the Art and Performance of Ayanbinrin
v. Moshood Abdul-Wasi Babatunde Department of Political Science, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria.
Topic: Cultural Upturn and Women Involvement in Politics: An Appraisal

vi. Okafor Nneka (Mrs.) PhD Student. University of KwaZulu-Natal. Pietermaritzburg Campus. Republic of South Africa. Faculty: School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics (Ethics Dept.)
Topic: Feminist ethical investigation on the role of culture and gender with specific reference to their impact on development in post-colonial Igbo Nigerian Society.
vii. Omoregie Pat Iziengbe Department of History University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.   Ifra research fellow
Topic: Heroines in Pre-Colonial Benin: Their Lives, Activities and Transformations in the Kingdom

11.05am - 11.35am     TEA/COFFEE BREAK
DAY 2: Tuesday 03/07/12) Afternoon Session
(11:40 am - 1.40 pm)
PANEL C. 1:  ETHNO-NATIONALISM
Venue: (Seminar RM 1); Chair: Prof Gloria Chuku
(University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

  1. Abimbola O. Asojo, Ph.D, AIA. Department of Design, Housing and Apparel, College of      Design,        University of Minnesota.
Topic:  Fractal Geometry in Indigenous Yoruba and Benin, Nigerian Architecture
ii. Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, PhD. Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of  Ilorin,Ilorin, Nigeria. Topic: Ethnic Minority, Politics of Alienation and Political Instability In Nigeria.
iii. Israel Meriomame WEKPE Dept. of Theatre Arts & Mass Communication, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. & Ms. Owens Patricia ONI-EDIGIN Dept. of Theatre Arts & Mass Communication, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. Topic: Indigenous Names, Indigenous Acts and the Re-Construction of the Edo Identity: A Post-Colonial Discourse
iv. Maiyaki M. Mejida Department of History Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
Topic: Ethnic Identity and Nation-Building in Nigeria: A Case Study of the Bassa and their Neighbours in Toto Area
v. Timothy Aduojo Obaje & Prof. Okeke Uzodike, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Private BagX01 Scottsville, 3209,
Topic: Traditional Components of Conflict Transformation: An Appraisal of its Application in the Management of Ethno-Political Conflicts in Nigeria

DAY 2: Tuesday 03/07/12) Afternoon Session
(11:40 am - 1.40 pm)
PANEL C 2: INTERNAL  DISPLACEMENT/   ETHNO-RELIGIOUS/IDENTITY CONFLICTS/  MATERIAL CULTURE
Venue: (Seminar RM 2); Chair: Dr. Bola Sotunsa (Babcock University, Ilishan, Ogun State, Nigeria)
i. Awosika, B. I. (Mrs.), Department of Home Economics, Adeyemi College of Education P.M.B. 520, Ondo. Visiting Lecturer: Federal College of Education (Special), P.M.B. 1089, Oyo. Nigeria.
Topic: Relevance of Material Culture –Clothing and Foods in the Traditional Management of Family and Communal Disputes in Nigeria.

ii. Victor Iyanya, : viiyanya@yahoo.com
Topic: Rural Poverty in Nigeria
iii. Adé Egún Crispin Robinson, MMus (Distinction), Phd candidate (Ethnomusicology), Music Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 4 Wray Crescent, London N4 3LP.
Topic: Technicians of the Sacred: negotiating authenticity and maintaining identity in modern Cuban Batá drum culture
iv. Bashiru Akande LASISI (PhD) University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria Department of Theatre Arts University of Ibadan  
Topic: Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense: African Child, Motion Picture and Identity Crisis
v. Bojor Enamhe (PhD) Department of Visual Arts and Technology Cross River university of Technology Calabar, Cross river State, Nigeria.
Topic: Costumes and Apparels of popular Masquerades in Cross River State, Nigeria


DAY 2: Tuesday 03/07/12) Afternoon Session
(11:40 am - 1.40 pm)
PANEL C.3:  NEO-TRADITIONALISM/ INDIGENEITY/ TRADITIONAL MODERNITIES
Venue: (Seminar RM3); Chair: Donald O.Omagu, PhD College of Staten Island, City University of New York State Island
i. Nwaolikpe, Onyinyechi (Mrs.) Babcock University Academic Planning Unit, Babcock University Ilishan, Ogun State.
Topic: New Media and the Cultural Identity of Young Adults in Nigeria
ii. Michael Olusegun FAJUYIGBE Department of Fine & Applied Arts,  Obafemi Awolowo University,  Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Topic: Contemporary Paintings as Reflectors of (Yoruba) Cultural Values
iii. Ohwovoriole, Felicia. Ph.D Department of English University of Lagos Akoka-Lagos
Topic: The Bride in the Market Place: Performance in Ilugbedjo Bridal Chants
iv. John Okpako Department of Architecture, ObafemiAwolowo University, Ile-Ife
Topic: Impact of Technology on the Yoruba House: Focus on Osogbo

v. Yasu'o MIZOBE, PhD School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University
1-9-1 Eifuku, Suginami, Tokyo 1688555 JAPAN,
Topic: Japanese Newspaper Coverage of Africa (African soldiers) during World War II



1.45pm - 2.30pm LUNCH

DAY 2 (Tuesday 03/07/2012); Evening  Session. 2.35pm - 4.35pm

PANEL D.1: MIGRATION
Venue: (Seminar RM. 1); Chair: Dr. Adetayo Alabi
(University of Mississippi)

i. Aluko Odunayo Phd Economics Student of SMC University, Switzerland
Topic: Entrepreneurshipas A Pull Factor for Returnees in Nigeria
ii. Osezua, O. Clementina (PhD) Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Obafemi Awolowo University. Ile-Ife & Dupe Taiwo Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife
Topic: From Disempowerment to Empowerment? A Study on the Trajectory of Cross Border Sex Trade among Benin Women of Southern Nigerian.

iii. Odunayo Aluko Phd  Economic student of SMC University, Switzerland C/o Dr Bola Sotunsa, Babcock University, Ilisan OgunState
Topic: Returning as Entrepreneur
iv. Remy Oriaku Department of English University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Topic: Return to the Motherland and Coming to Terms with Exile: The Motif of Homecoming in Yema Lucilda Hunter's Road to Freedom and Isidore Okpewho's Call Me by My Rightful Name
v. Taiwo Adetunji Osinubi, Department of English, Université de Montréal,
Topic:  African Trans-worlds: Autobiography, Critique and Trans-national Kinship.

DAY 2 (Tuesday 03/07/2012); Evening  Session. 2.35pm - 4.35pm

PANEL D2:    NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS/PAN-
AFRICANISM
Venue: (Seminar RM. 2); Chair: Dr. Sarah Anyang Agbor (University of Yaounde, Cameroon)
i. Babalola Ademola Department of Sociology and Anthropology Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Topic: Reclaiming and Reinvigorating African Culture: How Appropriate?
ii.  Doyin Aguoru, Ph.d  English and Performing Arts Department, Olabisi Onabanjo  University, Ago-Iwoye.
Topic: Theatre and National Identity; The Tiv Example, The Tiv Success

iii. Halimat Somotan  Fairfield University Box 3146 1076 North Benson Road Fairfield, Connecticut 06824
Institutional Affiliation: Fairfield University.
Topic:  The Reassessment of Nigeria as a Territory Rather than a Nation-State iv.  Prof. Gloria Chuku. University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Topic: Nigerian Intellectuals, History, Ethnicity and Nationalism
v. Donald O.Omagu, PhD Department of History, College of Staten Island, City University of New York Staten Island New York
Topic: On 'Globalization and its victim': Marriage and Emerging trends among Bekwarra people.

DAY 2 (Tuesday 03/07/2012); Evening  Session. 2.35pm - 4.35pm
PANEL D 3.  POSTCOLONIAL DYSFUNCTION
Venue: (RM. 3); Chair: Prof. Cassandra R. Veney
(Loyola Marymount University, LA, California)  
i. Adedipe Adesoji, IFRA-Nigeria Research Fellow, M A. Peace and Conflict Studies, University      of Ibadan,
Topic: A holistic view of post-colonial dysfunction in Nigeria

ii. Idayat Hassan Centre for Democracy and Development in West Africa. E-mail:hidahassan@yahoo.com
Topic: Creation of a State-within- a State: Analysing the Boko-Haram Uprising in Nigeria. 
iii. Ijaola Samson Oluwatope, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Samuel Adegboyega University,  PMB.001 Ogwa Edo State.
Topic: From Colonialism to Neo-colonialism, Cultural Demythologization and Ecological Crises in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria.
iv. NNACHI, Joseph; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (M. A. Student) Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Topic:   Postcolonial Dysfunction and the Military Question: Interrogating Frank Mowah's Eating by the Flesh
v. Professor Tanyi-Tang Anne  (University of Maroua, Cameroon).
Topic:  The Endless Plight of African masses in the Twentieth First Century.



5.00PM: DINNER






DAY 3 (WEDNESDAY 04/07/2012)
MORNING  SESSION  9.00am - 11.00am
PANEL E. 1: SOCIOLINGUISTICS/SYMBOLISMVenue: (Seminar RM 1);  Chair: Dr. Lawrence O. Bamikole (University of West Indies, Jamaica)
i. Adetunji Adegoke & Esther Ajiboye, Department of Languages, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
Topic: Declarations as Markers: A Linguistic Investigation of Nigerian Pentecostal Discourse
ii. Busayo Ajayi (Miss) General Studies Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
Topic: The Role of Language in the Conflict among The Plateau People of Nigeria  An Abstract submitted to the Toyin Falola Annual International Conference

iii. Taiwo Abioye, PhD, Department of Languages, Covenant University.
Topic: Stylistic Peculiarities and Pragmatic Expression of Compliments in Nigerian Church Settings

iv. Donald O.Omagu, PhD Department of History, College of Staten Island, City University of New YorkStaten Island New York
Topic: "Throwing Out the Baby with the Bath Water"? :Globalization and Traditional Africa Family Patterns in Bekwarra.
v. Emmanuel Saboro PhD Candidate Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation University of Hull, UK
Topic: Memory Representations of Resistance to Slave Raiding in Northern Ghana and the (Re) Construction of a Cultural Identity.


DAY 3 (WEDNESDAY 04/07/2012); Morning  SESSION  9.00am - 11.00am
PANEL E. 2:    RELIGIOUS CULTURE
Venue: (Seminar RM. 2); Chair: Dr Ibigblade S. Aderibigbe (University of Georgia, Athens)
i. Aisha Balarabe Bawa Department of History Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Topic:  Culture, Islam and Women in Northern Nigeria: Some Historical Investigation
ii. Chika Okeke-Agulu (Princeton University) 305 McCormick Hall, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton, NJ08544;             609-258-7456      ;
Topic: Mbari International: Transacting modernism in post-Independence Nigeria
iii. Afolayan, Bosede Funke, Dept of English, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Topic:  Religious Complexities in Selected Plays of Ahmed Yerima

iv.  Lady Jane Acquah, University of Texas At Austin, Department of History The University of Texas at Austin,1 University Station B7000, Austin TX 78712-0220.
Topic:  Sweet Islam: The Case of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Movement in Ghana

DAY 3 (WEDNESDAY 04/07/2012); MORNING  SESSION  9.00am - 11.00amPANEL E. 3:  THE MODERN IN QUESTION/ POSTCOLONIALITY/PARALLEL MODERNITIES
Venue: (Seminar RM. 3); Chair: Dr. Olubayo Adekola (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
i. Professor Tanyi-Tang Anne  (University of Maroua, Cameroon).
Topic: Modernism and Its Impact in Contemporary Society in Anthony Akerman's  A Man Out of His Country (2000) and John Kani's Nothing But the Truth (2002).

ii. Dr Mike Adeyeye Department of Local Government Studies Faculty of Administration Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Topic: Africa's Decentralization Reforms: Context and Conditions
iii. Ogunnubi Olusola (Olusola.ogunnubi@yahoo.com)
School of Social Sciences; University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Topic: South Africa's Democratic Re-Enactment: From Post-Apartheid to Neo-Apartheid Construction
iv. Tunde Onikoyi, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria,
Topic: An Auteurist and Post-colonialist Reading of Tunde Kelani's Cinematography.
v. FASASI Rasheed Adekunle Department of Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan.
Topic: Yoruba Cultural Beliefs, Modern Science Beliefs and an Ethnoscientific   Beliefs Database- The Meeting Point.
11.30am - 12.00 NOON    TEA/COFFEE BREAK

DAY 3 (WEDNESDAY 04/07/2012); AFTERNOON  SESSION  12.05pm - 2.00pmPANEL F. 1: GLOBAL AFRICANITY
Venue: (Seminar RM. 1); Chair: Dr. Yasu'o Mizobe
(Meiji University, Japan)
i.  Segun Ogungbemi Department of Philosophy Faculty of Arts Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba PMB 01 Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State Nigeria. Topic: Global Cultural Consciousness, Social and Religious Transformation
ii.  Chijioke Odii Samuel Adegboyega University KM1, Ehor Rd, Ogwa, EdoState Phone: 08030880896,  divinechiji@yahoo.com : Topic: Implications of Quantitative and Qualitative Imbalances in Global News Flow on Pan-Africanism.
iii.  Donald O.Omagu, PhD Department of History, College of Staten Island, City University of New York Staten Island New York. Topic: On 'Globalization and its victim': Marriage and Emerging trends among Bekwarra people.

COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ON:  HOW FAR AND HOW FAIR, TOFAC 2012?


ANNOUNCEMENT OF TOFAC 2013 !!!

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Bio-Data
Professor Michael Vickers
Professor Michael Vickers - Taught Political Science at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) Nigeria; and has taught and conducted research at universities in America, Canada, and the United Kingdom.  Author (with Ken Post) of Structure and Conflict in Nigeria, 1960-65 (London & Madison, 1973), Ethnicity and Sub-Nationalism in Nigeria (Oxford, 2000), Odes of Forest and Town, (Sussex, 2002),Phantom Trail—Discovering Ancient America, (New York, 2005), A Nation Betrayed—Nigeria and the 1957 Minorities Commission (Trenton, NJ,  2010), and Phantom Ship (Trenton, NJ, Forthcoming); he holds a doctorate in Political Science and West African Studies from the University of Birmingham. He is Emeritus Director of Parliamentary and Public Affairs, The Hillfield Agency (UK).  
ii.  Barbara Harlow
Barbara Harlow is a Professor in the Department of English at The University of Texas at Austin and has also taught at the American University in Cairo (1977-83 and again in 2006-7 as Visiting Professor and Acting Chair of English and Comparative Literature), University College Galway (1992), University of Minnesota Twin Cities (1994), University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg (1998) and University of Natal in Durban (2002). She is the author of Resistance Literature (1986), Barred: Women, Writing, and Political Detention (1992), After Lives: Legacies of Revolutionary Writing (1996), and co-editor with Mia Carter ofImperialism and Orientalism: A Documentary Sourcebook (1999) and Archives of Empire: Vol 1: From the East India Company to the Suez Canal and Vol 11, The Scramble for Africa (2003). She is currently working on an intellectual bio-bibliography of the South African activist, Ruth First. Her teaching and research interests include "imperialism and orientalism" and "literature and human rights/social justice."


iii.  Timothy Stapleton
Timothy Stapleton is professor of History at Trent University in Canada, and has taught at Rhodes University and the University of Fort Hare in South Africa.  He has also been a research associate at the University of Zimbabwe and the University of Botswana.  His published books include Maqoma: Xhosa Resistance to Colonial Advance, 1798-1873 (1994); Faku: Rulership and Colonialism in the Mpondo Kingdom (c1780-1867) (2001); No Insignificant Part: The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War (2006); A Military History of South Africa: From the Dutch-Khoi Wars to the End of Apartheid (2010) and African Police and Soldiers in Colonial Zimbabwe (1923-80) (2011).
PLENARY SESSION SPEAKER & CHAIR
Topic: Enhancing Entrepreneurial Capacity and Sustainable Development Initiatives in Southwest, Nigeria:  A Pilot Study of Abeokuta (Ogun State) and Akure (Ondo State) in Nigeria .
Professor Bessie House Soremekun
Professor Bessie House Soremekun is the Director of the Africana Studies Program, the Public Scholar in African American Studies, Civic Engagement and Entrepreneurship, Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, and the Founding Executive Director of the Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. She is also an award-winning author, inventor and entrepreneur, as well as an internationally-recognized scholar, expert, and advocate on entrepreneurship and economic development.
She is the author/editor of 6 books including, Class Development and Gender Inequality in Kenya, 1963-1990; African Market Women and Economic Power: The Role of Women in African Economic Development; Confronting the Odds: African American Entrepreneurship in Cleveland, Ohio, 1st and 2nd editions; Gender, Sexuality and Mothering in Africa;and Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa.
She is currently working on developing partnerships between Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and two Nigerian Universities, which include the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta (Ogun State) and Adekunle Ajasin University (Ondo State) Nigeria.     
She has also received critical acclaim for her successful creation of 5 entrepreneurial centers over the past 15 years which include the Center for Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, the National Center for Entrepreneurship, Inc., the Center for the Study and Development of Minority Businesses at Kent State University, the Entrepreneurial Academy of the Cleveland Empowerment Zone, and the Entrepreneurial Academy of Youngstown, Ohio. These centers produced award-winning research, business training curriculums, and business training programs. Soremekun created the business training modules used in the centers. More than 400 individuals attended the business training classes offered in Ohio and more than 51 businesses were established to create new jobs and wealth for the economy. Through the years, she has written and received more than 20 grant awards totaling more than $1.3 million dollars from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Cleveland Foundation, the Ohio Urban University Program, the Ohio Board of Regents, the Shell Foundation, Kent State University, Indiana University, the Mahoning Youngstown Community Action  Partnership, and others.
She was the host of her own television show, "Let's Talk Business" and was featured on the cover of Northern Ohio Live Magazine and several Cleveland newspapers.  She has discussed her research findings on affiliate stations of ABC TV, Fox 8, NBC TV, Work and Money Program, Kaleidoscope, National Public Radio, and 107.9 FM.  She has three chieftaincy titles, including the title of Erelu Bada Asiwaju of Egbaland which was conferred on her by His Royal Majesty, Oba (King) Michael Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland. She is also the Iyalaje of Bakatari and the Erelu Mayeigun of Keesi.

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS/PARTICIPANTS
  1. Adetayo Alabi, Ph.D Department of English, University of Mississippi

  1. Abdul-Gafar 'Tobi' Oshodi, Department of Political Science, Lagos State University &Bukola Ajayi, Independent Researcher, China in Africa.

  1. Abimbola O. Asojo, Ph.D,AIA. Department of Design, Housing and Apparel, College of Design,  University of Minnesota

  1. Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, PhD. Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin,Ilorin, Nigeria. Email: bose_babatunde@yahoo.co.uk Phone:             +234 8085046103      

  1. Lady Jane Acquah, University of Texas At Austin, Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin,1 University Station B7000, Austin TX 78712-0220.

  1. ADAM, Ezinwanyi E, Departments of Languages and Literary Studies,ezinwanyimark@yahoo.com,             +234 8063533265       & Michael Adam E, DeptInternational Law and Diplomacy of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria,m_adam02@yahoo.com,              +234 8023106339      

  1. Adé Egún Crispin Robinson, MMus (Distinction), Phd candidate (Ethnomusicology), Music Department, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 4 Wray Crescent, London N4 3LP, UK, tel:             +44 7958000173      , email: cr32@soas.ac.uk

  1. ADEAGBO Oluwafemi Atanda, African Centre For Migration & Society, University of The      Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Email: Femiadex@Yahoo.Co.Uk  Cell:            +27785826991      

  1. AdedipeAdesoji, Ifra-Nigeria Research Fellow, M A.Peace and Conflict Studies, University      of Ibadan,              +234 806 8903 589      , Email:adesojiadedipe@yahoo.com

  1. Adegbola Gbeminiyi Mujaheed, Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan,       Ibadan, gbeminiyiadegbola@yahoo.com, 08055464779, 08189942932

  1. Adelowo Felix Adetunji, Ph.D.  and  Adefemi Samuel Adesina, Ph.D Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State.  08033705097 or 08066124904 e-mail address:  afadesta@yahoo.com   OR   asadesina@gmail.com delowodetunji@gmail.com;femiadesina@hotmail.com

  1. Ademola Olayoku, IFRA-Nigeria Research Fellow, Peace & Conflict Studies Program                        University of Ibadan,              +234 807 7242 363      ,  iyanda22000@yahoo.co.uk

  1. ADERIBIGBE M.O PhD, Federal University of Technology, General Studies Department  School of Sciences, P.M.B 704, Akure – Ondo State, Nigeria. Mobile Number-         2348035414235 Email- mosesaderibigbe@yahoo.com

  1. Adesote Samson Adesola, Department of History, University of Ibadan, Ibadan E-mail:solaade2007@ymail.com Tel: 08062293355 & 08056472224 & Ajishola Omojeje,Department of History, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo Tel:08182199377&08067653189E- mail:jejeojo@ymail.com

  1. Adetayo Alabi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Mississippi, MS 38677, Tel.:             662 915 6948      ,  <mailto:aalabi@olemiss.edu>aalabi@olemiss.edu

  1. Adetunji Adegoke & Esther Ajiboye, Department of Languages, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria

  1. Afolayan, Bosede Funke, Dept of English, University of Lagos, Lagos.bafolayan@unilag.edu.ng; afolayanbosede@gmail.com

  1. Agbo Joshua,  Department of Languages and Linguistics, Benue State University, Makurdi,  Nigeria,              +2347039009763       or             +2348151865901      ; joshua.agbo@yahoo.com

  1. Aisha Balarabe Bawa Department of History Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto NigeriaEmail:ayshabawa@gmail.com

  1. Ajani O.A. PhD Department of Sociology and Anthropology Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. 08052908232 oajani@oauife.edu.ng, delejani@yahoo.com

  1. Akande, Joshua Olusola, Ph.D. Department of Continuing Education Faculty of Education,Obafemi  Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

  1. AKUBOR Emmanuel Osewe  PhD Department of History and Diplomatic Studies College of Humanities, Samuel Adegboyega University, P.M.B. 001,  Ogwa, Edo State.akubor4ever@yahoo.com             +234-803-825-7384      ,             +234-802-373-8676      

  1. AKUBOR Emmanuel Osewe B.A, M.A, PhD (Zaria) Department of History and Diplomatic Studies College of Humanities, Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State.akubor4ever@yahoo.com             +234-803-8257-384      

  1. AKUBOR Emmanuel Osewe B.A, M.A, PhD (Zaria) Department of History and Diplomatic Studies College of Humanities, Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State.akubor4ever@yahoo.com             +234-803-8257-384      

  1. Ann Albuyeh, Ph.D. Universidad de Puerto Rico HC-02 Box 13459 Humacao, PR00791 USAann.albuyeh@gmail.com 787-559-9361

  1. Anthony C. Ajah Department of Philosophy University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria Mobile:            +234-8037371839       Email: anthonyajah@aol.com

  1. ANYADUBA, Chigbo Arthur Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (M. A. Student) Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 07065383510 E-mail:macabees24@yahoo.com

  1. Awosika, B. I. (Mrs.), Department of Home Economics, AdeyemiCollege of Education P.M.B. 520, Ondo. Visiting Lecturer: FederalCollege of Education (Special), P.M.B. 1089, Oyo. Nigeria. Phone:             +234-8034066306       E-mail: bridgetawosika@ymail.com

  1. AjayiAdewale The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro Ogun State deawale@yahoo.com 08056976180

  1. Babalola Ademola Department of Sociology and Anthropology Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

  1. Babalola O.E, Department of History, College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti.Tomide4christ@yahoo.com & Fasiku, M. A Department of Social Studies, College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti.

  1. Babayemi J. B. (MR) Department of Languages, College of Humanities, & Samuel Adegboyega University P.M.B. 001, Ogwa, Edo State, Nigeria.             +2348034834487      passoversch@yahoo.com, OR babayemicomfort@yahoo.com

  1. Abdul Karim Bangura

  1. Abdul Karim Bangura Howard University 7532 Eighth Street, NW Washington, DC 20012 USA E-mail (preferred)theai@earthlink.net (Preferred) theafricaninstitution@verizon.netakbangura@howard.edu (Preferred) Home:             202.882.8228       (Preferred) The African Institution:              202.829.6554       Howard University Office:              202.806.6720       or 9388 or 6850

  1. Bashiru Akande LASISI (PhD) University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria Department of Theatre Arts University of Ibadan 08033884648 E-mail:bashbalga@yahoo.com,bashbalga@gmail.com

  1. Bayo Amole Department of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

  1. BLAVO, E.B Department of Classics Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State. tundeblavo@yahoo.com,             +2348162746193      

  1. Bojor Enamhe (PhD) Department of Visual Arts and Technology Cross River university of Technology Calabar, Cross riverstate, Nigeria. Blossomenamhe@yahoo.com 08023020086

  1. Busayo Ajayi (Miss) General Studies Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. 0803 234 4965; bushine2004@yahoo.com

  1. Busuyi Mekusi (PhD) Department of English AdekunleAjasinUniversity, Akungba Akoko Ondo State, Nigeria Email: mekusotayo@yahoo.com

  1. Tushabe, Caroline Dr. Kansas State University, USA Email: tushabe@k-state.edu

  1. Cassandra R. Veney, Ph.D. Associate Professor 1 LMU Drive Department of Political Science Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California  90045 cveney@lmu.edu            (310) 258-5468      

  1. ChijiokeOdii Samuel Adegboyega University KM1, Ehor Rd, Ogwa, EdoState Phone: 08030880896 E-mail: divinechiji@yahoo.com

  1. ChikaOkeke-Agulu (Princeton University) 305 McCormick Hall, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton, NJ08544;             609-258-7456      ; Email: cokekeag@princeton.edu

  1. Chief Chris Akani, Political ScienceDepartment,
Ignatius Ajuru University of  Education, Rumuolumeni
  1. Christina N. Bazzaroni Florida International University 1986 Biarritz Drive, #104 Miami Beach, FL USA 33141 Cbazz001@fiu.edu             415.702.5099      

  1. Chuku Umezurike, PhD Department of Political Science University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
  1. Clement Etim Ekong Department of Fine and Industrial Arts University of Uyo, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Nigeria e-mail:  domosehekong@yahoo.com 08023928171; 08132216503

  1. Osedebamen David Oamen, Ph.D 117 Igun Street, P. O. Box 4906, Benin City, Nigeria 234-0827311048, 234-7065246454; Email forthspring@yahoo.com Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria.

  1. OsedebamenDavidOamen, Ph.D 117, Igun Street, P. O. Box 4906, Benin City, Nigeria 234-0827311048 234-7065246454 Email Address: forthspring@yahoo.com Department of Theatre and Media Arts Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria

  1. Donald O.Omagu, PhD Department of History, College of Staten Island, City University of New York Staten Island New York donomagu_01@yahoo.com             718-404-5786      ©

  1. OladotunAyobade 6010 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX. 78752             (512) 903-7590      dotunayobade@utexas.edu, dotunayobade@gmail.com The University of Texas at Austin

  1. Doyin Aguoru Ph.d  English and Performing Arts Department, Olabisi Onabanjo  University, Ago-Iwoye. :070525987937 & 07035047854  E- mail :doyinaguoru77@yahoo.com

  1. Dr (Mrs) Gloria Eme Worugji BA (UNIPORT), MPA, MA, Ph.D (UNICAL) Lecturer Department of Theatre and Media Studies University of Calabar, Calabar E-mail address: ajieleeme @ yahoo. Com Phone nos. 08035085285 / 08184432542

  1. Dr MikeAdeyeye Department of Local Government Studies Faculty of Administration Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Email: madeyeye2002@yahoo.com Cell:            +234(0)8037181009      

  1. Osezua, O. Clementina (PhD) Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Obafemi Awolowo University. Ile-Ife E-mail:  tinaosezua@yahoo.com             +234 8068709984       & Dupe Taiwo Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife E-Mail: dupe4yoth@yahoo.com             +234 8062234960      

  1. Dr Remy Oriaku Department of English University of Ibadan Ibadan, Nigeria Email:roriaku@yahoo.com&roriakudr@gmail.com             +234-8033237076      ; P.O. Box 19542, University of Ibadan Post Office, Ibadan, Nigeria

  1. Dr Taiwo Olunlade,  Department of African Languages Literatures and Communication Arts Lagos State University Ojo, Lagos Tel:08033724931 Email:drolunlade@yahoo.com

  1. Dr TOYI  MARIE- THÉRÈSE Lecturer I  in English Department Benson Idahosa UniversityUgbor Road Benin City, Edo State Nigeria;             (+234) 8101043579       E-MAIL:theresetoyi@yahoo.fr

  1. Dr. Anya U. Egwu  Department of Languages School of Human Development College of Developmental Studies Covenant University, Ota Nigeria Email: ikechi07@yahoo.co.ukMobile Phone: 08039172267

  1. Dr. BelkacemIratni Professor of Politics and International Relations Chairman of the Scientific Committee Faculty of Political Science and Information University of Algiers, Algeria Tel: +213 (0)556 35 12 75  kacemiratni@hotmail.com

  1. Dr. Emma Osonna Ugwulebo Lecturer - Department of Sociology Imo State University Owerri, Nigeria. Phone-             +2348034373984       E-mail: ugwuleboeo@yahoo.com

  1. Dr. Gloria Chuku University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland21250, USA chuku@umbc.edu

  1. Dr. Mojisola  Shodipe, Department of English, University of  Lagos.

  1. Dr. Osezua Ehiyamen Mediayanose Department of Political Sciences Osun State University Oshogbo. E-mail osezuaomo2002@yahoo.com             +2348060837266      

  1. EBAI FREDRICKBASIL Ebai Fredrickbasil, C/O Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Telephone No.:             +2348099216849      ,             +2348058018580      ;  E-Mail fred_basil2005@yahoo.comDepartment of Political Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  1. Ebhote Oseremen Department of Economics and Business studies Samuel Adegboyega University Ogwa, Edo State. Tel: 08037330582 E-mail: oseremenebhote@yahoo.com

  1. Emma Arogundade  Occasional Lecturer Department of Sociology University of Cape Town South Africa emmanence@gmail.com

  1. Emmanuel Saboro PhD Candidate Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation University of Hull, UK saborobest@yahoo.com E.Saboro@2011.hull.ac.uk            +44 07879967514      

  1. EteeteMichaelADAM (LL.M, MIRSS, BL)A lecturer in the Department of International Law and Diplomacy, School of Law and Security Studies, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria.

  1. Eunice E.OMONZEJIE, PhD Dept. of Modern Languages, Ambrose Alli University,  Ekpoma   Nigeriaeuniceomons@yahoo.co.uk

  1. F.A Olasupo Department of Local Government Studies Faculty of Administration; Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Osun-State. E-mail:faolasupo@yahoo.comGSM:            +2348034065576      

  1. Famakinwa Yemisi Department of English Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife. Nigeria

  1. FASASI Rasheed Adekunle rafasasi@yahoo.com Department of Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan

  1. Gee A.YawsonM.S. 4820 N. Miami Ave Miami, Florida33127             609 553 1267       Florida International University Department of Global and Socio cultural Studiesgyawson@gmail.com

  1. Halimat Somotan  Fairfield University Box 3146 1076 North Benson Road Fairfield, Connecticut 06824 Phone Number:             203-543-3141       Email Address:halimat.somotan@student.fairfield.edu Institutional Affiliation: Fairfield University.

  1. Ibrahim Daniel Department of General Studies, Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru ; Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.E-mail:danielc_ibrahim@yahoo.com Phone: 07084839881, 08155287849, 08103434180

  1. Idayat Hassan Centre for Democracy and Development in West Africahidahassan@yahoo.com

  1. Ijaola Samson Oluwatope, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Samuel Adegboyega University,  PMB.001 Ogwa Edo State.

  1. IROJU, Opeyemi Anthony Department of History Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

  1. Israel Meriomame WEKPE Dept. of Theatre Arts & Mass Communication, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. (israel.wekpe@gmail.com;easerel@hotmail.com ;            + 234-807-793-9525      ). & Ms. Owens Patricia ONI-EDIGIN Dept. of Theatre Arts & Mass Communication, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. (owens_pat@yahoo.com;            +234-805-538-3190      .

  1. Isreal Abayomi Saibu Dept of History & International Studies Lagos State University (spts external system) Ojo, Lagos. e-mail: adesaibu@yahoo.com Phone: 08029504334

  1. JAIYEOBA Babatunde PhD Department of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. tundejaiyeoba@yahoo.co.uk;ebjaiye@oau.edu.ng 234 8037880023

  1. JamesTar Tsaaior, PhD School of Media and Communication Pan-AfricanUniversity, LagosNIGERIA. E-mail: jtsaaior@smc.edu.ng Phone:             +234-802-371-1378      

  1. Joe E. Obi, Ph.D. (jobi@richmond.edu) Assoc. Professor of Sociology and International Studies Univ. of Richmond Richmond, VA 23173 USA

  1. John Okpako Department of Architecture, ObafemiAwolowo University, Ile-Ife Telephone: 08034716775 Email: jokpako@yahoo.com

  1. John Obafemi Sotunsa Babcock University Medical Centre,  Ilisan Remo Ogun State, Nigeria johnsotunsa@yahoo.com             +234 8036009740      

  1. Justina Sunday Nkanga Department of Theatre Arts University of Uyo, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Nigeria e-mail:  tinachrist01@yahoo.com

  1. Kanu Ikechukwu Anthony Department of Philosophy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Mobile:            +2348036345466      ; Email: ikee_mario@yahoo.com

  1. Kehinde Oluwole Ola Dept of Economic & Business Studies Samuel Adegbiyega University,Ogwa, Edo-State. Phone No: 08063177785 ko_ola@yahoo.com

  1. Kunirum Osia 11704 Hickory Drive Fort Washington, MD 20744301-292-6626osiadi@aol.com Department of Applied Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling Coppin State University 2500 West North Avenu Baltimore, MD 21216

  1. Larab, Tangshak Ayuba Department of History and International Studies University of JosP.M.B 2084, Jos – Nigeria 08023570-444, 08139794559

  1. Lawrence O. Bamikole (PHD) Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy,University of the West Indies, Mona campus, jamaica.

  1. Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi, Ph.D Department of Philosophy and Religions, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria Telephone:             +2347026349575      Email:ugwuanyiogbo37@yahoo.com University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

  1. Maiyaki M. Mejida Department of History Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria E-mail:maiyakiwinnie@yahoo.com Phone: 08065863850

  1. Mehdi Solhi Istanbul University Solhi.mehdi@gmail.com & Omid Shokri Kalehsar Yeditepe University ushukriki@gmail.com

  1. Michael Abiodun Oni and Abidemi Abiola Isola Department of Political Science and Public Administration Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State maabino@yahoo.com,jmineall@yahoo.com 08036147947, 08035804634

  1. Michael Olusegun FAJUYIGBE Department of Fine & Applied Arts,  Obafemi Awolowo University,  Ile-Ife, Nigeria michofajuyigbe@gmail.com 08033665333

  1. Michael Sharp, PhD HC-02 Box 13459 Humacao, PR 00791  USA Department of English College of Humanities Universidad de Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico  michael.sharp1@upr.edu Telephone: 787-559-9361

  1. Miss AbimbolaAdelakun Phone:             +15126579447       Address:African&African Diaspora Studies University of Texas, Austin USA.

  1. Mobolanle Ebunoluwa Sotunsa Dept. of languages and literary studies, Babcock University Nigeria             +234 8081644141       bolasotunsa@yahoo.com

  1. Moses E. Ochonu, Ph.D Associate Professor of African History Department of History 2301 Vanderbilt Place Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37235-1802 Tel:             614-322-3349      Moses.ochonu@vanderbilt.edu

  1. Moshood Abdul-Wasi Babatunde Department of Political Science, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos,  Nigeria. e.mail: Moshood_tunes@yahoo.com

  1. Professor (MRS.) Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob Department of Philosophy University of Calabar, Nigeria. Phone: 08034417696 EMAIL: doron32@yahoo.com

  1. Mrs.R.I. Ako-Nai (PhD) Department of International Relations, Faculty of Administration, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. E-mail: riakonai@yahoo.com

  1. NNACHI, Joseph; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (M. A. Student) Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 0806653475 mail: josnac20@yahoo.com

  1. Babayemi J. B. (MR) Department of Languages, College of Humanities, Samuel Adegboyega University, P.M.B. 001,Ogwa, Edo State, Nigeria.             +2348034834487      passoversch@yahoo.com, OR babayemicomfort@yahoo.com

  1. Nwaolikpe, Onyinyechi (Mrs.) Babcock University Academic Planning Unit, Babcock University Ilishan, Ogun State; 08033532794 Email: onyion@yahoo.com

  1. Odunayo Aluko PHd  Economic student of SMC University, Switzerland C/o DrBolaSotunsa, Babcock University, Ilisan OgunState Telephone: 07066561803 Email:ayolayo1@yahoo.co.uk

  1. Ogunfeyimi Adeleke, e-mail: yinkaleke2000@yahoo.com;              +2348033584926      Institution: Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo, Nigeria.

  1. Segun Ogungbemi Department of Philosophy Faculty of Arts Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba PMB 01 Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State Nigeria E-mail: seguno2001@yahoo,com; 08033041371 or 08024670952

  1. Ogunnubi Olusola (Olusola.ogunnubi@yahoo.com) School of Social Sciences; University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

  1. Ohwovoriole, Felicia. Ph.D Department of English University of Lagos Akoka-Lagoseruvwe2006@yahoo.com

  1. OJETOLA, Ayodeji Philip Graduate Student, Dept of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan ojetolaphilip@yahoo.com,             +234(0)80 6074 9066      

  1. Okafor Nneka (Mrs.) PhD Student. Email: nefo202 @yahoo.com. Telephone no:            + (27)738337941       University of KwaZulu-Natal. Pietermaritzburg Campus. Republic of South Africa. Faculty: School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics (Ethics Dept.)

  1. James Okolie-Osemene(IFRA Research Fellow) Peace and Conflict Studies Programme, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Email:donoykea@gmail.comPhone: 08063965278 &

  1. Udechukwuudeke(PhD) Department of History and International Studies, Imo State University  Owerri.  Email:udechukwudeke2011@gmail.com; 08033394104

  1. Okpara, Chukwuemeka Vincent (Ph.D) Lecturer in Painting, Drawing & Design Dept. of Fine & Applied Arts,University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Phone—            +234(0)8037312775      (emeka_okp@yahoo.co.uk)

  1. OKUNADE, Michael Adeyinka Department of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria omakid2002@yahoo.com   mokunade@oauife.edu.ng

  1. Okwechime E Okey Dept of English & Literature University of Benin , Benin-City Edo-State0803 7217824 oraclechime@yahoo.com

  1. Dr. Olubayo Oladimeji ADEKOLA Seminar Research Fellow (Anthropology) Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria;  08033766872 mail:  oadekola2001@yahoo.com

  1. Omoregie Pat Iziengbe Department of History University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.  Ifra research fellow Tel: +2348034144262Email: izwithchrist@yahoo.co.uk

  1. Omotayo Olatubosun Tope Email: temitemiaca@yahoo.com Phone no: 08060486167 Dept of Sociological Studies Taisolarin university of Education  P.M.B 2118  Ijebu –Odeogun state Nigeria

  1. Osezua, O. Clementina (PhD) Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Obafemi Awolowo University. Ile-Ife E-mail:  tinaosezua@yahoo.com             +234 8068709984      

  1. Oyebade Titilade Adefunke and Oludele Omobola Federal University of Technology, Akure. E-mail:titilade_oyebade@yahoo.com  omobolaoludele@yahoo.com08136351060 08050281183

  1. Peju Johson-Bashua PhD Department of Religions Lagos State University & Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe PhD Department of Religion / African Studies Institute The University of Georgia Email: iaderibi@uga.edu

  1. Prof. Handel Kashope Wright University of British Columbia, Centre for Culture, Identity and Education, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 Tel:             +604-822-2705       Email:handel.wright@ubc.ca Institution: University of British Columbia

  1. Professor Tanyi-Tang Anne  (University of Maroua, Cameroon).

  1. Professor Tanyi-Tang Anne  (University of Maroua, Cameroon).

  1. Remy Oriaku Department of English University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  1. Richard Agbor Ayukndang Enoh(Ph. D), Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Buea, South West Cameroon, Phone;            +237 77 89 51 93      , Email<agborera7@yahoo.com>

  1. Ruth Oluwakemi Oke, Department of Christian Religious Studies, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta, Nigeria.  ruthoke09@yahoo.com, Mobile number            +234 -805-512-6082      

  1. S.G Anaeto (PhD), and Patricia E. Chioma, Department of Mass Communication, Babcock University Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State.

  1. Sandra Ochieng'-Springer, Jackman Road, Orange Hill, St. James, Barbados. BB24020. 1-246-432-9410. Department of Government, Sociology and Social Work, University of the West Indies, Cavehill Campus. sandraochieng@hotmail.com

  1. Sarah Anyang Agbor(PHD), Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Letters And Social Sciences (Falss), University of Yaounde 1, P.O.Box 755 Yaounde, Centre Region, Cameroon.             237-77223677      , agborsarah@yahoo.com

  1. Sotunsa, Mobolanle Ebunoluwa (Phd), & Olu-Osayomi, Olusegun Department of Languages and Literary Studies, School of Education and Humanities, Babcock University, Ilisan- Remo, Ogun state, Nigeria. bolasotunsa@yahoo.com,             +234 8081644141      ;            +2348034550610      

  1. Surajudeen Oladosu Mudasiru, PhD, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lagos State University,  Ojo, PMB 0001 LASU Post Office, Badagry Expressway, Ojo, Lagos. Tel: 08033228322 or 08024587090

  1. Taiwo Abioye, PhD, Department of Languages, Covenant University.            +2348065503508       taiwo.abioye@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

  1. Taiwo Adetunji Osinubi, Department of English, Université de Montréal, Phone:            514-343-6755      , : tunjitunji@yahoo.com

  1. Timothy Aduojo Obaje & Prof. Okeke Uzodike, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Private BagX01 Scottsville, 3209,  taobaje@gmail.com, No: +27 78 839 8816 or             +27 76 546 7578      

  1. Tunde Onikoyi, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria,babsmickoy@yahoo.com and babatunde.onikoyi@gloworld.com 08055573969

  1. Victor Iyanya, : viiyanya@yahoo.com

  1. Vivian Valdivia, Graduate Student San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA urrently at the University of Ilorin, History Department, Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria,valdivia.vivian@gmail.com, phone: 08103950444

  1. Yasu'o MIZOBE, PhD School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University 1-9-1 Eifuku, Suginami, Tokyo 1688555 JAPAN, (mwizobe@meiji.ac.jp), Tel:             +81-3-5300-1009      

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