Wonderful initiative. May God continue to bless, protect, guide and gaurd the TFJF Scholarship sponsors. Osakue Omoera.
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Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com>: Jun 20 09:29PM
Dear Biko Agozino,
From my 'illiterate' standing, my innate intelligence tells me that whether it is declared a weapon of war or not, starvation is an inevitable consequence of war anywhere in the globe. No one has declared starvation as a weapon of war in the Northeast of Nigeria where hundreds of people are now reported dying daily of starvation. In Somalia and South Sudan, starvation is also reported to be taking many lives, most especially children and the old aged. While it is regrettable that many people starved to death inside Biafra, extreme caution must be observed in apportioning blame to Nigeria or the Federal Government. In declaring the sovereign state of Biafra, Ojukwu said that it was the only way to guarantee security of life for the Igbo. It was Ojukwu's responsibility to provide citizens under his government with food without which there could be no security of life. Had Gowon not declared 'No victor, No vanquished' Ojukwu and a host of his collaborators would have be tried for war crimes at the end of the war in 1970. Why?
By September of 1968, Ojukwu's Biafra had been reduced to a small enclave into which he had forcibly evacuated people from all the big towns liberated by the Federal forces after convincing them that they would be killed if they remained behind. Ojukwu could not even feed his soldiers not to talk of people in his refugee camps (p.210, Chinua Achebe's There was a country). When the news of starvation inside Biafra reached the outside world in the Autumn of 1968, General Gowon offered to open up land routes from Port Harcourt for internationally supervised transport of relief supplies to civilians in Biafra. Ojukwu's reaction was recorded by Chinua Achebe thus, "To the consternation of Gowon, Ojukwu opted out of land routes in favour of increased airlifts of food from São Tomé by international relief agencies p. 211)." Ojukwu's action in obstructing relief supplies to civilians through land corridors supervised by international agencies was a war crime. The so-called international relief agencies had no rights whatsoever to violate the airspace, and in fact the sovereignty, of Nigeria. However, Gowon's regime turned blind eyes to the violation of the Nigerian airspace until when Count Carl Gustav von Rosen, who had previously flown Scandinavian Churches' relief supplies into Biafra, flew MINICON planes to bomb Nigerian military positions in Port Harcourt, Benin, Enugu and Ughelli, in May 1969. Consequently, Nigeria issued order that all relief aircrafts flying into Biafra should first land for inspection in Port Harcourt before flying into Biafra. When that order was despised by a DC-7 marked Swedish Red Cross flying into Biafra on June 1, 1969, it was shot down and it was exposed of carrying arms and not relief supplies. If according to you, Biko, deaths by starvation is genocide, the person who caused starvation in Biafra was Ojukwu and his war cabinet. In fact, in the history of warfare, Nigeria is the only country in the world that has ever invited a team of international observers (from the UN, OAU, Sweden, Canada, Britain and Poland) to trail behind its forces at the war front and to report on their conducts. The international observers' reports exonerated Nigeria from genocidal crime in her prosecution of the civil war.
My dear brother, Biko Agozino, I do not need, in this regard, to read the book you referenced since I believed that you had no need to falsify the contents of what you have read and reproduced. This is what you wrote, "Here is some evidence of genocide by eye-witnesses based on the number of people that they were burying every day." Thereafter you reproduced a cable to the UN by WCC thus, "FOR SECRETARY GENERAL UN FROM WCC REFUGEE RELIEF BIAFRA. DEAR MR. THANT, ESTIMATED DEATH FROM STARVATION IN MONTH OF JULY 6,000 PER DAY, AUGUST 10, 000 PER DAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 000 PER DAY..." Only a literate oaf would convert the figures in the WCC's cable to evidence of genocide and eye-witnesses account on the number of people that they were burying everyday. An eye-witness to the number of people starved to death and buried everyday should reasonably not be estimating the number of people starved to death that he had really witnessed buried!! You can forecast/predict the future by guessing, estimating and approximating but you cannot do that with the past. An eye-witness to the rain that fell yesterday cannot say today, perhaps/probably rain fell yesterday.
The music of Biafra war stopped in 1970 but, unfortunately, some deaf persons have not stopped dancing to Biafra war music.
S.Kadiri
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Death by starvation is clearly the evil of war for which BOTH sides that chose to settle their differences through war must be held equally accountable.
However there were clearly instances of deliberate revenge murder of soldiers of Igbo origins as in Ilaro cantonment carried out by largely middle belt officers.
The circumstances surrounding the events in a situation where politicians and milititary officers of other parts of Nigeria were murdered by mainly Igbo officers are well understood.
I dont see why revisiting these events are helpful to the future of Nigeria. The other parts of Nigeria could lay claim that the Igbo's main goal was to commit genocide against the rest of Nigeria so only they could inherit the whole of Nigeria. Two can play that game!
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
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Dear Salimonu,
You must be literate. Why not read the book that I referenced before drawing a conclusion? The doctor sent the cable as the leader of a team of doctors and relief workers associated with the World Council of Churches. Estimates are always the forms that social statistics take because exactitude is almost impossible in the measurement of constantly changing figures. For instance, the national census is always an estimate and the GDP is always an estimate. Even in physics and mathematics, the calculation of the point of re-entry of a spacecraft is always an estimate just as laser-guided missiles are never exactly accurate but are based on estimates of coordinates. You seem surprised to learn that Yoruba and Middle Belt Christian officers and troops led the genocide against the predominantly Christian Igbo. What is the basis of your feigned ignorance?
Biko
On Monday, 19 June 2017, 19:51, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Biko Agozino,
On reading your evidence in support of your claim that not only Northerners, but Yoruba and Middle Belt military officers, committed genocide against the Igbo before, during and after the declaration of Biafra, I was forced to check the calendar to ensure that it was not first of April, a day for deceitful jokes.
So, your evidence for genocidal war against the Igbo is the compiled 'ESTIMATED DEATHS FROM STARVATION BY ONE DR. MIDDLECOOP.'
Here is some evidence of genocide 'BY EYE-WITNESSES' based on the number of people that they were burying everyday, you wrote. Your eye-witnesses turned out to be only one Dr. Middlecoop and I wonder why he was estimating when he should be giving the exact figure of corpses he was burying daily. Dr. Middlecoop failed to corroborate your statement that besides Northerners, Yoruba and Middle-belt military officers led genocide against the Igbo. Besides, he did not say that deaths from starvation was genocide and if it were he did not say who committed the genocide against the Igbo.
S. Kadiri
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Dear Salimonu,
Here is some evidence of genocide by eye-witnesses based on the number of people that they were burying every day:
"FOR SECRETARY GENERAL UN FROM WCC REFUGEE RELIEF BIAFRA. DEAR MR. THANT. ESTIMATED DEATH FROM STARVATION IN MONTH OF JULY 6000 PER DAY. AUGUST 10000 PER DAY. SEPTEMBER 12000 PER DAY. PRESENT SUTUATION HOLDING OR DECREASING SLIGHTLY WITH PRESENT LEVEL OF RELIEF FLIGHTS. HOWEVER UNLESS IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER COULD SEE DEATH RATE UNITS OF 25000 PER DAY. CARBOHYDRATES LIKELY TO BE EXHAUSTED IN NEXT SEVEN WEEKS. BIAFRA WILL BE COMPLETELY WITHOUT FOOD. ACUTE MASS STARVATION UNAVOIDABLE. ANSWER DOES NOT LIE WITH RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS. ANSWER LIES WITH END OF WAR."
Cable from Dr. Middlekoop to the UN SG who tried to suppress it even after it was leaked to NYT of Sunday Oct. 20 1968 after which Thant denied receiving the cable but still did nothing to send relief or to seek cease fire. Take any of those estimates and multiply by 20 months.
Quoted in The Brutality of Nations by Dan Jacobs, Executive Director of the Committee for Nigeria-Biafra Relief. It is pne of the sources cited by Achebe in TWAC. Only those suffering from what Fanon called cognitive dissonance would continue to deny that there was genocide against the Igbo in Biafra. If what was done to the Igbo was done to the Yoruba or to the Hausa, you will hear many Igbo intellectuals denouncing it and refusing to participate in it. Mr Kadiri will not lose anything by accepting that genocide was committed against his fellow Africans, it will not cost him anything to add his voice to the call for atonement the way Soyinka did.
Kadiri misunderstood my expression that the Igbo are dominant in many areas of life because he confused dominant performance with political domination. African Americans are undoubtedly dominant in sports but they do not dominate anyone in the US. Similarly, poor Igbo youth have figured out how to excel in academic achievement but they do not dominate anyone in a country where they will need to score over 300 points to be admitted while many Northern youth are privileged to be offered admission with only 2 points in the same examination. This is not evidence of Igbo domination over Hausa youth, quite the contrary. It is evidence of poor study skills among the otherwise brilliant youth across the country and it is a problem that can be solved within four years the way that Cuba did.
Biko
Happy Survival.
On Sunday, 18 June 2017, 10:36, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com> wrote:
Since the colonial era, a phobia has been haunting Nigeria: the phobia of Igbo domination - Biko Agozino.
Igbophobia is one side of the coin while the other side is extreme Igbophile. In recorded history of Nigeria, Nnamdi Azikiwe joined the Nigerian Youth Movement (NYM) in 1938 after the movement, for the first time since 1922, had won all the three seats to the Legislative Council in Lagos which until then had been won by the NNDP led by Herbert Macaulay. Nnamdi Azikiwe was welcomed into the NYM by Akinola Maja, Kofo Abayomi, Ernest Ikoli and others. The leadership role that Azikiwe wanted for himself, but which he could not achieve in the NYM, made him to scuttle the Movement which he left in 1942.
In 1943, Nnamdi Azikiwe formed the first tribal union in Nigeria called Ibo Federal Union and installed himself as its President. The name of the Union was later changed to Ibo state Union. In his Presidential address delivered at the Ibo State Assembly held at Aba on Saturday, June 25, 1949, Azikiwe said among other things, "... It would appear that the God of Africa has specially created the Ibo nation to lead the children of Africa from the bondage of ages.... The martial prowess of the Ibo nation at all stages of human history has enabled them NOT ONLY TO CONQUER OTHERS BUT ALSO TO ADAPT THEMSELVES TO THE ROLE OF PRESERVER." Earlier in 1948, a member of Ibo state Union and a member of the Legislative Council, Charles Onyeama, had declared that the DOMINATION OF NIGERIA BY THE IBOS IS A QUESTION OF TIME. That same 1948, EGBE OMO ODUDUWA, a Yoruba cultural organisation, and JAMIYYAR MUTANEN AREWA (Northern People's Congress) were formed to counter the chauvinistic and dominating political and economic ideology of the IBO STATE UNION. Earlier on in 1943, Eyo Ita had formed Ibibio Federal Union which was changed later to Ibibio State Union. For daring to emulate Azikwe in forming similar tribal union Azikiwe said, "It was not until twenty-five years later, when he came all out to advocate the cause of the CALABAR-OGOJA STATE MOVEMENT AND TO BEAT THE TOM-TOM DRUMS OF ALLEGED IBO DOMINATION THAT MR. ITA'S SECRET ANTAGONISM AGAINST CERTAIN TRIBES BECAME OBVIOUS (p. 307, ZIK : Selected Speeches of Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe)." Remarkably, it was after the civil war that the people of Southeast agreed that the alphabet 'G' was missing in the spelling of the name of their tribe which thenceforth transformed to IGBO instead of IBO.
In spite of the above facts, Biko Agozino distorted fact by asserting that Arewa Youths issued threats to the Igbo to quite the North or risk being ethnically cleansed by force and thereafter asked if the Arewa youths were not crying out for help? Due to incessant IPOB/MASSOB's cries of victimization, persecution, oppression and marginalization of the Igbo in Nigeria and their demand for an Igbo Republic called Biafra, the Arewa Youths had asked Igbo living in the North to return to their ancestral home within three months, while Hausa/Fulani living in the Southeast should return to the North within the same period. That is not a threat to the Igbo but a mutually agreed ethnic restructure to guarantee, in the first place none persecution, victimisation, oppression and marginalisation of the Igbo, at least, in the North. Reasonably, Arewa youths cannot be dismissed as Igbophobes for acceding to IPOB/MASSOB's incessant demand for a sovereign state of Biafra which no Igbo leader has ever condemned. Biko Agozino claimed further that the Arewa youths were raised with the supremacist ideology that the rest of Nigeria was conquered by their fathers for them to rule uninterrupted. He then concluded that Igbo is the only group that has challenged "this mythology of Arewa Supremacy." Yet, at no time in the chequered history of Nigeria has Northerners ruled Nigeria without the collaboration of Southerners and mostly, the Igbo. Supremacists should have ruled alone.
The Igbo are in every nook and cranny of the country helping to provide services that may be hard to access if they were to leave; Those that were defeated in a genocidal war appear to be DOMINANT IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE except the presidency of the country and the armed forces - Biko Agozino.
Admitting that the Igbo are everywhere in Nigeria and dominating in all aspects of life is a proof that the civil war was not genocidal and it was not a war against the Igbo as a people. Fighting to keep Nigeria one, has favoured the Igbo to leave and prosper anywhere in Nigeria. In fact, the demand and outcry for a sovereign state of Biafra is a misplaced priority, when we should be holding those who claim to dominate the economy of Nigeria accountable. Nigerians should be told who are the oil block owners and what qualifies them to be oil well owners when the constitution of Nigeria says that the natural resources of Nigeria belong to all Nigerians and that the Federal government is only empowered to manage them for the befit of all Nigerians. We want to know, who issued licenses for
Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com> : Jun 20 01:59PM -0700
Today is World Refugee Day : 65.5 million souls in our world have been
forcibly displaced
<https://www.thelocal.se/blogs/corneliushamelberg/?p= >25835
Thousands of economic migrants still drowning in the sea between Libya and
Italy
Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju <toyin.adepoju@gmail.com>: Jun 21 01:59AM +0800
Interesting theory, Olayinka:
"The country was on fire from a religiously inspired secessionist bid.
Jonathan could not be relied upon to bring the conflict to speedy
resolution because he was the general without soldiers. Field commanders
from the north had no faith in him and preferred to loot rather than serve
him because to them he symbolized the cultural conquest by the West which
they were in part up in arms against. Thats why the Nigerian hegemony (in
the Gramscian sense) chose Buhari to lead the war."
Why then, well after Buhari announced the "technical defeat of Boko Haram",
the terrorist group was able to launch, a few weeks ago, an attack on
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, a city with a large, established
military garrison, and were beaten back only with the aid of the air force
reinforcing the ground troops.
Why should Boko Haram be able to even get near Maidiguri, which they have
attacked a no of times during the GEJ era, control of which would do much
much to boost their caliphate plans,a realization that means the army
should have made such an approach impossible?
Has the Boko Haram war made any significant progress beyond the terrorists
being driven to the outskirts of Borno in GEJ's time, and even though
Sambisa might have been conquered, have they not found new territory in
which to regroup and launch that last bold attack?
Your theory could shed some light on what is going on, but I wonder if you
are not stretching it beyond the saboteurs who leaked information and
perhaps weapons to Boko Haram, rather than a tacit mutiny by Northern
commanders. If GEJ's Boko Haram war was ineffectual by the time he handed
over, Boko Haram would have still been bombing and machine gunning govt
establishments, military installations and churches in the North on a
practically weekly basis as they had been doing before the 2013 state of
emergency, in collaboration with the growing disenchantment of the Northern
Muslim poliuace and their alliance with the army represented particularly
by the civilian JTF drove them to the outskirts of Borno, where their most
spectacular attacks were in children's schools, horrible as those were,
and what I see as the Borno state governor Kassim Shettima aided Chibok
incident.
I realise its convenient for anti-GEJists to paint the war in that time as
largely ineffective and marked by corruption, but in the light of your
theory, what do you say to the renewed fightng strength, attack reach and
boldness of Boko Haram?
thanks
toyin
Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu >: Jun 20 01:00PM
The Toyin Falola Centre
hereby announces the
Toyin Falola and Joseph Friesen Scholarship
(TFJF Scholarship)
Objective of the Scholarship
Dr. Toyin Falola (Jr) and Joseph Friesen hereby institute a scholarship scheme to benefit indigent young people wishing to pursue university education in the fields of History and Biology at Nigeria universities. For the 2017-2018 competition, only students in Biology from Tai Solarin University, and from History, the University of Ibadan, will be considered.
Recognizing that many brilliant, hardworking, and deserving Nigerian young people are unable to enter or remain in university specifically due to the lack of funds to complete their studies, this scholarship award aims to help two young Nigerians over a three year period to achieve their dreams in order to make contributions to the development and progress of the Nigerian nation.
Award Amount
The award will be for a US$5,000 per candidate, divided up into annual instalments over three years total. There will be two scholarship winners per year. The goal will be to cover tuition, books, and other school-related expenses.
Administration of the Award
The process of advertisement, evaluation of applications, selection of candidates, verification of claims and documents, monitoring of progress, disbursement of award, and sundry other related tasks shall be undertaken by the Toyin Falola Centre on behalf of Dr. Toyin Falola and Joseph Friesen, the grantors.
Criteria for selection
The scholarship will be awarded to students who demonstrate excellence in academic achievement, promising leadership qualities, and outstanding character. Academic achievement is recognized as outstanding achievement in all of WAEC/SSCE, UTME and first year examinations already undertaken by the candidate. Consistent high achievement is important for selection and retention on the scholarship. Other abilities must be evidenced by candidate's prior record and attested to by relevant individuals in her/his community. The candidate must also clearly show evidence of indigence and inability to pay fees without the aid of the scholarship.
Note that:
· Candidates must have completed the first year of studies and fulfil all criteria as set by the Toyin Falola Centre.
· A candidate whose application is successful will have the distinction of being named a Toyin Falola and Joseph Friesen (TFJF) Scholar for the duration of the award.
Requirements/Conditions of the scholarship
If any of the following conditions are not met, subsequent installments of the scholarship will not be granted to the student:
The TFJF Scholar must maintain the academic distinction at the minimum grade level of Second Class Upper Division, and character qualities (clean university citizenship record) identified upon the award throughout her/his studentship;
A TFJF Scholar must remain at the institution/university approved for the scholarship; and,
A TFJF Scholar must complete annual reports to be sent to the Toyin Falola Centre about her/his progress, [and co-signed by the head of department for the course of study]
Candidates must ensure that their application documents are authentic and are a true reflection of the criteria of the award. Any fraud discovered in the Scholar's application documents or in her/his claims will lead to an immediate forfeiture of the scholarship (if already awarded), formal report to the university, a public disclaimer, and the re-payment of any part of the award already disbursed to the individual as at the time of the discovery.
Application dates
Applications may be submitted every year between May 1 and July 15. The selected candidate for each year will be announced by August 15 of that year.
Required application documents:
o A completed application form
o A letter of application (5300 character maximum), convincingly setting forth the need for the scholarship and demonstrating the candidate's goals in pursuing a university education
o Certified true copy of WAEC/NECO result, at one sitting only
o Certified true copy of Jamb result
o Certified true copy of university admission letter
o First year transcripts/results, sent directly from the University to the Centre
o Two recommendation letters attesting to the candidate's academic achievement and promise, leadership potentials and character
o Completed attestation form from the Dean of Faculty/School or DVC Academics
o Other (variable) evidence of leadership abilities and of character
Shortlisted candidates may be required to submit additional documents or verification.
Submission of documents
Candidates must ensure that all documents reach the Toyin Falola Centre in a single email as one attachment, or in a single packet by post, within the dates set forth above. Documents arriving late for any reason at all will not be considered.
Documents may be scanned and emailed to tfjfscholarship@gmail.com<mailto:tfjfscholarship@gmail. com >
Or mailed to the following address:
Toyin Falola Centre
8650 Spicewood Springs #145
Box 618
Austin, Tx 78759
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)
http://sites.utexas.edu/yoruba-studies-review/
http://www.toyinfalola.com
http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa
http://groups.google.com/group/yorubaaffairs
http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Aderemi Raji-Oyelade <remraj1@yahoo.com>: Jun 20 03:27PM +0200
This is a very wonderful initiative, not unusual of the spirit of human kindness and love that Professor Falola has become known worldwide. Kudos to the Toyin Falola Centre. The award is sure to inspire interests among its target and emulation among others who are blessed to do same.
Remi
Abdul Karim Bangura <theai@earthlink.net>: Jun 20 01:16PM -0400
That's whOt I'm talkin about!
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To: dialogue , Yoruba Affairs
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The Toyin Falola Centre
hereby announces the
Toyin Falola and Joseph Friesen Scholarship
(TFJF Scholarship)
Objective of the Scholarship
Dr. Toyin Falola (Jr) and Joseph Friesen hereby institute a scholarship scheme to benefit indigent young people wishing to pursue university education in the fields of History and Biology at Nigeria universities. For the 2017-2018 competition, only students in Biology from Tai Solarin University, and from History, the University of Ibadan, will be considered.
Recognizing that many brilliant, hardworking, and deserving Nigerian young people are unable to enter or remain in university specifically due to the lack of funds to complete their studies, this scholarship award aims to help two young Nigerians over a three year period to achieve their dreams in order to make contributions to the development and progress of the Nigerian nation.
Award Amount
The award will be for a US$5,000 per candidate, divided up into annual instalments over three years total. There will be two scholarship winners per year. The goal will be to cover tuition, books, and other school-related expenses.
Administration of the Award
The process of advertisement, evaluation of applications, selection of candidates, verification of claims and documents, monitoring of progress, disbursement of award, and sundry other related tasks shall be undertaken by the Toyin Falola Centre on behalf of Dr. Toyin Falola and Joseph Friesen, the grantors.
Criteria for selection
The scholarship will be awarded to students who demonstrate excellence in academic achievement, promising leadership qualities, and outstanding character. Academic achievement is recognized as outstanding achievement in all of WAEC/SSCE, UTME and first year examinations already undertaken by the candidate. Consistent high achievement is important for selection and retention on the scholarship. Other abilities must be evidenced by candidate's prior record and attested to by relevant individuals in her/his community. The candidate must also clearly show evidence of indigence and inability to pay fees without the aid of the scholarship.
Note that:
· Candidates must have completed the first year of studies and fulfil all criteria as set by the Toyin Falola Centre.
· A candidate whose application is successful will have the distinction of being named a Toyin Falola and Joseph Friesen (TFJF) Scholar for the duration of the award.
Requirements/Conditions of the scholarship
If any of the following conditions are not met, subsequent installments of the scholarship will not be granted to the student:
The TFJF Scholar must maintain the academic distinction at the minimum grade level of Second Class Upper Division, and character qualities (clean university citizenship record) identified upon the award throughout her/his studentship;
A TFJF Scholar must remain at the institution/university approved for the scholarship; and,
A TFJF Scholar must complete annual reports to be sent to the Toyin Falola Centre about her/his progress, [and co-signed by the head of department for the course of study]
Candidates must ensure that their application documents are authentic and are a true reflection of the criteria of the award. Any fraud discovered in the Scholar's application documents or in her/his claims will lead to an immediate forfeiture of the scholarship (if already awarded), formal report to the university, a public disclaimer, and the re-payment of any part of the award already disbursed to the individual as at the time of the discovery.
Application dates
Applications may be submitted every year between May 1 and July 15. The selected candidate for each year will be announced by August 15 of that year.
Required application documents:
o A completed application form
o A letter of application (5300 character maximum), convincingly setting forth the need for the scholarship and demonstrating the candidate's goals in pursuing a university education
o Certified true copy of WAEC/NECO result, at one sitting only
o Certified true copy of Jamb result
o Certified true copy of university admission letter
o First year transcripts/results, sent directly from the University to the Centre
o Two recommendation letters attesting to the candidate's academic achievement and promise, leadership potentials and character
o Completed attestation form from the Dean of Faculty/School or DVC Academics
o Other (variable) evidence of leadership abilities and of character
Shortlisted candidates may be required to submit additional documents or verification.
Submission of documents
Candidates must ensure that all documents reach the Toyin Falola Centre in a single email as one attachment, or in a single packet by post, within the dates set forth above. Documents arriving late for any reason at all will not be considered.
Documents may be scanned and emailed to tfjfscholarship@gmail.com
Or mailed to the following address:
Toyin Falola Centre
8650 Spicewood Springs #145
Box 618
Austin, Tx 78759
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)
http://sites.utexas.edu/yoruba-studies-review/
http://www.toyinfalola.com
http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa
http://groups.google.com/group/yorubaaffairs
http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Karim/.
My URL: http://theafricaninstitut.wixsite.com/abdulkarimbangura
Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju <toyin.adepoju@gmail.com>: Jun 21 01:33AM +0800
superb
great congrats on this initiative
On 20 June 2017 at 21:27, 'Aderemi Raji-Oyelade' via USA Africa Dialogue
Olatunji Oladejo <oladejo65@gmail.com>: Jun 20 02:50PM +0100
Olatunji Oladejo <oladejo65@gmail.com>: Jun 20 02:30PM +0100
"UI is an extraordinary University in Nigeria" - US ambassador
At a period the University of Ibadan is ranked as one of the most
prestigious universities in the world, the United States of America's
ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington, has also described the
institution as "an extraordinary University in Nigeria."
Mr. Symington made this assertion when he paid a courtesy call on the
vice-chancellor, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka in his office, on Monday, 16
June, 2017.
Bearing in mind the excellent academic pedigree of the institution, the
envoy said there are many strategic ways the University can collaborate
with his country for Nigeria's development in a statement by the
University's Director of Public Communication, Mr. Olatunji Oladejo.
Mr. Symington, who was accompanied on the visit by his son, expressed his
willingness to deliver a public lecture for selected staff and students on
capacity building and national development.
Responding, the vice-chancellor, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka said the
University is committed to training its students in such areas as critical
thinking, creativity and innovation, entrepreneurial skills and effective
relationship with people of other cultural background in order to
effectively function in any conceivable situation.
The VC further stated that the university plays a vital role on character
formation of students during their learning engagements, stressing that
"part of the mission of the University is to produce graduates who are
worthy in character and sound judgement."
PIX L-R: UI VC, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka, in a chat with the United States
of America's ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington during the
latter's visit to the VC in his office on Monday, 19 June, 2017.
Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu >: Jun 19 06:43PM
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From: TOFAC2017 TOFAC2017 <tofac2017@aceondo.edu.ng<mailto:tofac2017@aceondo.edu. ng >>
Date: June 19, 2017 at 1:22:29 PM CDT
To: toyinfalola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:toyinfalola@austin. utexas.edu >>
Subject: TOFAC Information - 3 (HOTELS PRICE LIST)
Dear intending Participant,
Kindly find attached the current price list for hotels in the neighbourhood.
You are free to select from the list.
Should you be interested in any and need to secure a booking, pls
kindly notify us for the LOC logistics and welfare to secure your
booking.
For further inquiries, kindly feel free to contact us by mail.
We look forward to welcoming you in our serene campus with a lot of
aesthetic values.
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TOYIN FALOLA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFRICA AND THE AFRICANS IN
DIASPORAS (TOFAC, 2017)
Secretariat; Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria.
Contacts: +2347033204788,+2348030624453, +2348036576466.
samkrose@yahoo.com<mailto:samkrose@yahoo.com >, tofac2017@aceondo.edu.ng<mailto:tofac2017@aceondo.edu. ng >
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Osakue S. Omoera, Ph.D, CIMIM, M.Sonta
Department of Theatre and Media Arts
Faculty of Arts, Ambrose Alli University
Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria
Editor, EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts
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Alternative emails: osakueomoera@gmail.com
Department of Theatre and Media Arts
Faculty of Arts, Ambrose Alli University
Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria
Editor, EJOTMAS: Ekpoma Journal of Theatre and Media Arts
Email:omoera@yahoo.com
Alternative emails: osakueomoera@gmail.com
osakue.omoera@aauekpoma.edu.ng
Mobile:+2348035714679, +2348059997573
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