Saturday, November 26, 2016

USA Africa Dialogue Series - Conference Announcement: Community, Trade and Religion in Coastal Yorubaland


The Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, in partnership with the University of Birmingham and the European Research Council, will hold  a 3-day international conference on Community, Trade and Religion in Coastal Yorubaland,    6th and 8th December, 2016.

 

 

Community, trade, and religion in coastal Yorubaland

Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria, 6-8 December 2016

http://www.knowingeachother.com/2016/02/18/community-trade-and-religion-in-coastal-yorubaland/

Day One: 06 December 2016

15.00 - Opening Ceremony

15.15-15.25 – Citation of Keynote speaker

15.25 - 16.15           Keynote - Professor Toyin Falola (University of Texas): Coastal Yorubaland: Habitability, Inhabitance, and Inheritances

– 4.40            Tea Break

16.40 -16.50 – Citation of Lead Paper Presenter

16.50-17.30 – Lead Paper - Professor Ayodeji Olukoju (University of Lagos): Economy and Intergroup relations in the Gulf of Guinea during the 18th and 19th centuries

5.30-6.00 – Discussion

Chairman/ Discussant: Professor Adebayo Lawal

19.00 - Conference Dinner

 

Conference Proceedings will be made available during the conference dinner.


 

Day Two: 07 December 2016

9:00-9:30 Lead paper - Prof O. O. OLUBOMEHIN (Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye): Trade on the north eastern bank of the Lagos Lagoon: A Focus on Ejinrin Lagoon Market, 1851 – 1939

9:30-11:00 Panel 1: History, religion, and community formation (1)

Chair: Prof O. O. OLUBOMEHIN

·      Dr ADEYEMI-SUENU, Adebowale (Lagos State University): Trade, Violence and Diplomacy on the Coast of Ikorodu: The Resistance of Balogun Jaiyesimi

·      BALOGUN, Adeyemi (University of Bayreuth): Religion in the Political Economy of Ikorodu

·      OMOTAYO, Charles (Osun State University): Individual Agency and the Diversity of Traditional Practice: The Iji Nla Association of Ijede

11.00-11:30 Discussion and Working Tea Break

11:30-13:30 Panel 2: History, religion, and community formation (2)

Chair: tba

·      MUDASIRU, Moruff (University of Ibadan): Who owns the central mosque? Ethnic identity and the struggle for spiritual space in Epe, southwest Nigeria

·      Dr ADEBUA, Babatunde (Babcock University): Celebrating a Heterogeneous Community: Ebibi in (Ijebu) Epe

·      ADEWUSI, Bayo (Osun State University): Ghanaian Settlers in Orimedu: Oju Ota, Gender, and Christianity in a Coastal Fishing Community

13:00-13:30 Discussion

13:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-16:30 Panel 3: Trade, Mobility and Dissent in the eastern Lagoon and Delta

Chair: tba

·      OLUPAYIMO, Dolapo Z. (Adeyemi College of Education): The Illegal Production and Consumption of Ogogoro in Coastal Yorubaland and the Niger Delta

·      Dr IKUEJUBE, Gbade and O. A. FUNMILAYO (Adeyemi College of Education): Oil Exploration and Exploitation in Ugbo (Ilaje) communities of coastal Yorubaland

·      ONIPEDE, Kayode Joseph (Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomosho): By Canoe and Speedboat: The Recent Expansion of Ilaje Trade

16:00-16:30 Discussion

16:30-17:00 Tea break

17:00-18:30 Panel 4: Moral Traditions of the Coast: Malokun and Ayelala

Chair: Professor Olukoya OGEN (Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo)

·      AJISHOLA, Omojeje and Raliat Olusola ADU-PETERS (Adeyemi College of Education): Malokun festival and practices in Mahin on the Ilaje coast

·      RASHEED, Oluwafunminiyi and Mike FAMIYESIN (Adeyemi College of Education Ondo): Controlling the boundaries of morality: The history and powers of Ayelala deity

·      IGBOIN, Benson Ohihon (Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko): The Metaphysics of Justice: Ayelala's Rise to Popularity in Edo State and Benin

18:00-18:30 Discussion

19:00 Dinner


 

Day Three: 08 December 2016

9:00-9:30 Lead paper - Prof Michael M. OGBEIDI (University of Lagos):
A Reconsideration of Religion as Aid to trade among the Coastal Yoruba

9:30-11:30 Panel 5: Christianity and Community in Ikale and Ilaje

Chair: Prof OGBEIDI

·      OLOLAJULO, Babajide O. (University of Ibadan): The Political Economy of Village Level Theocracies in the Ilaje Coastline, Southwest Nigeria: babjid74@yahoo.com

·      AYODOKUN Joseph (University of Ibadan): The Importance of Trade for Reverend E. M. Lijadu and the Evangelist Band Mission

·      ADEFI, Adegbola (Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife): Coastal Christian Communities: From the Evangelist Band Mission to the Zion and Holy Apostles Communities

10:30-11:00 Discussion

11.30-12:00 Tea break

12:00-13:30 Panel 6: Religion, Trade and Identity in the Western Delta: Itsekiri and Urhobo

Chair: Dr Insa NOLTE

·      BINTER, Julia (University of Oxford): Transatlantic Trade, Religious Contact and the Politicisation of Heritage - Contested Identities in the Western Niger Delta

·      AFATAKPA Fortune (University of Ibadan): The Socio-Economic Festivals: A Case Study of Ore-Isi Festival in Igbe Religion

13.30 Take-Away Lunch

Delegates' Reimbursements and Departure

 

Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
104 Inner Campus Drive
Austin, TX 78712-0220
USA
512 475 7224
512 475 7222 (fax)

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