USA Africa Dialogue Series - PROGRAM: SECOND TOYIN FALOLA ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (TOFAC 2012)

 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 Studies Group (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 AFRICA

Venue: Seminar RM 1;  Panel Chair: Prof. Segun Ogungbemi (Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Ondo State, Nigeria)

i.           Babalola O.E, Department of History, College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti. & Fasiku, M. A Department 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

 

iii.        Ann Albuyeh, Ph.D. Universidad de Puerto Rico HC-02 787-559-9361

Topic: "Uncovering African Identities through Language and Culture in the Caribbean"

 

iv.        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

 

 

v.         Cassandra R. Veney, Ph.D. Associate Professor 1 LMU Drive Department of Political Science Loyola 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.

i.         

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)

 

i.           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)

 

 

i.           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/SYMBOLISM

Venue: (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 York Staten 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 - 11.00am

PANEL 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 - 2.00pm

PANEL 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 of Imperialism 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, 1^st and 2^nd 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

5.     Lady Janeacquah, University of Texas At Austin, Department of History The University of Texas at Austin,1 University Station B7000, Austin TX 78712-0220, ljane26@gmail.com

 

6.     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

 

7.     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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

11.  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

 

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

 

13.  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

 

14.  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

 

15.  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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

19.  Aisha Balarabe Bawa Department of History Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Nigeria Email:ayshabawa@gmail.com

 

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

 

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

 

22.  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

 

23.  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

 

24.  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

 

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

 

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

 

27.  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

 

28.  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

 

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

 

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

 

31.  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.

 

32.  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

 

33.  Abdul Karim Bangura

 

34.  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

 

35.  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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

42.  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

 

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

 

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

 

45.  Chief Chris Akani, Political ScienceDepartment,

Ignatius Ajuru University of  Education, Rumuolumeni

iafn@yahoo.com

 

46.  Christina N. Bazzaroni Florida International University 1986 Biarritz Drive, #104 Miami Beach, FL USA 33141 Cbazz001@fiu.edu 415.702.5099

 

47.  Chuku Umezurike, PhD Department of Political Science University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

 +234 (0)703 3676 350 chuku.umezurike@unn.edu.ng or chukuumezurike@yahoo.com

 

48.  Clement Etim Ekong Department of Fine and Industrial Arts University of Uyo, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Nigeria e-mail:  domosehekong@yahoo.com 08023928171; 08132216503

 

49.  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.

 

50.  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

 

51.  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©

 

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

 

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

 

54.  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

 

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

 

56.  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

 

57.  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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

61.  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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

69.  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

 

70.  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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

76.  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.

 

77.  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

 

78.  Idayat Hassan Centre for Democracy and Development in West Africa hidahassan@yahoo.com

 

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

 

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

 

81.  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.

 

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

 

83.  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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

94.  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

 

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

 

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

 

97.  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

 

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

 

99.  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

 

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

 

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

 

102.                 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

107.                 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

111.                 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

 

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

 

113.                 Ohwovoriole, Felicia. Ph.D Department of English University of Lagos Akoka-Lagos eruvwe2006@yahoo.com

 

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

 

115.                 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.)

 

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

 

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

 

118.                 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)

 

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

 

120.                 Okwechime E Okey Dept of English & Literature University of Benin , Benin-City Edo-State 0803 7217824 oraclechime@yahoo.com

 

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

 

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

 

123.                 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

 

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

 

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

 

126.                 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

 

127.                 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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

131.                 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>

 

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

 

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

 

134.                 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

 

135.                 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

 

136.                 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

 

137.                 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

 

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

 

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

 

140.                 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

 

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

 

142.                 Victor Iyanya, : viiyanya@yahoo.com

 

143.                 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

 

144.                 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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