I am happy to be part of the conference organized by the University of Ibadan on the Humanities and Development in Africa. Very well attended, the engagements were scholarly, intense, productive; and the social interactions very cordial. The faces of a new generation were appealing to me. I admire the team from Ghana, driving over eleven hours from Accra; those from Southern Africa were ebullient. How can I forget my own people, an emerging group of new Nigerian scholars. Forgive me, as I hail thee.
Professor Chris Ogbogbo, our leader, has a midas touch—whatever he does, he does well; whatever he touches becomes gold. He is a leader whose style, polish, calmness, poise, dignity and professionalism should be studied, emulated, reproduced, and put to good use. Thank you, great Chris. We cannot thank you enough.
Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
104 Inner Campus Drive
Austin, TX 78712-0220
USA
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512 475 7222 (fax)
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