Friday, March 2, 2018

USA Africa Dialogue Series - UT Africa Conference, 2018, March 30 to April 1

 

 

Conference Schedule at a Glance

Friday – March 30, 2018

Time

Activity

Venue

9:30 – 10:30am

Registration / Coffee

UTC 3.104

10:30am – 12noon

Panels A1 – A7

UTC 3.110; 3.122; 3.124; 3.134, 4.102; 4.104; 4.124; and 4.132

 

 

 

12noon – 1:30pm

Refreshment

UTC 3.104

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Panels B1 – B8

UTC 3.110; 3.122; 3.124; 3.134, 4.102; 4.104; 4.124; and 4.132

3:15pm – 4:45pm

Panels C1 – C7

UTC 3.110; 3.122; 3.124; 3.134, 4.102; 4.104; 4.124; and 4.132

4:45pm – 5:45pm

Keynote

UTC 2.102A 

6:00pm – 7:30pm

Conference Dinner

SZB 104 

 

Saturday – March 31, 2018

Time

Activity

Venue

9:00am – 10:00am

Opening/Breakfast

UTC 3.104

 

 

 

10:00am – 11:30am

Panels D1 – D7

UTC 3.110; 3.122; 3.124; 3.134, 4.102; 4.104; 4.124; and 4.132

11:45am – 1:15pm

Panels E1 – E7

UTC 3.110; 3.122; 3.124; 3.134, 4.102; 4.104; 4.124; and 4.132

1:30pm – 3:00pm

Lunch

 SZB 104

3:00pm – 4:30 pm

Panels F1 – F7

UTC 3.110; 3.122; 3.124; 3.134, 4.102; 4.104; 4.124; and 4.132

6:45 ---

Conference Banquet

Holiday Inn, Town Lake

 

Sunday – April 01, 2018

Time

Activity

Venue

9:00am – 10:00am

Recreation - Walk

Lady Bird Lake, Austin, TX

11:00am –

Tourism, visit to places of interest

 

 

 

7:00pm ----

Farewell Dinner

16931 Mouse Trap Drive, Round Rock, TX 78681

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: FRIDAY, MARCH 30

 

 

Panel Session A: 10:30am – 12 noon

 

 

 

A1: Institutions and Development UTC 3.110

Chair:  Delphine Fongang, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Traditional Institutions and Socio-economic Development in Nigeria: An Appraisal

Adetola Omitola, Redeemer's University

 

Dimensions and Developmental Implications of Politicisation of Religion

in the Contest for Power in Nigeria

Ogodo Cyril Abeye, Ambrose Alli University

 

Africa: Instrumental Leadership Problems

Ajoku Evans Okechukwu, Universty of Lagos

 

Responsible Leadership: A Must for Every African Societies

Alatise Folaranmi Israel, University of Lagos

 

Institutions of Socialization and Violence in Nigeria

Ajiji David Nyam, Federal University, Lafia

 

Nigeria and the Neocolonial Dilemma: Rethinking the Challenge of an Unfinished Business

Obinna Innocent Ihunna, Federal University of Technology, Owerri

 

A2: Contextualizing Leadership UTC 3.124

Chair: Tyler Fleming, University of Louisville

 

Fashioning Relevant Leadership Style for Africa

Ogunmuko Tomiwa Samuel, University of Lagos

 

Leadership and indigenous institution: an investigation on the historical paradigm of onyekomeli idigo as a natural leader in ancient Aguleri kingdom through the mediation of his ikolo sacred drum

Madukasi Francis Chuks, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University

 

The Making of a Leader in the Yoruba Traditional Society: A Panacea for the Contemporary Challenges of Leadership in Africa

Moses O. Aderibigbe, Federal University of Technology, Akure

 

Leadership Crisis in Africa

Adegbite Adewale Lukmon, University of Lagos

 

Leadership:  Africa and the Struggle for Survival 

Adamu Afodogie Emmanuel, University of Lagos

 

Failure of African Leadership Recruitment Process: A Clog in the Wheel of African Development

Chinyere Joy Ejike, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

 

 

A3: Democracy, Elections and Africa's Leadership UTC 3.134

Chair: Sanchez Danielle, Muhlenberg College

 

Civil Society and Democracy in Nigeria: A Historical view

Adeoye Abiodun Benjamin, Lagos State University

 

DAngling Democracy: Histories of progressivism and futures of integrated neoliberalism in South Africa's major opposition party

Keegan Medrano, San Francisco State University

 

Gender Parity in Parliament: A Panacea to the Promotion and Protection of Womens Rights in Nigeria

Eniola Bolanle Oluwakemi, Ekiti State University

 

From Traditional Dictators to Modern Autocrats in Africa: A Critical Perspective

Salami Saheed Olabode, University of Lagos

 

Imbecility in Governance: J.P. Clark's Ozidi as Paradigm

Adedeji Basirat Abolaji, University of Lagos

 

Leadership Issues: Moral and Social Decadence in Selected Plays of Esiaba Irobi

Bosede Funke Afolayan, University of Lagos

 

 

A4: Civil Society, Education and Development UTC 4.102

Chair: Moses Ochonu, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

 

Role of Emotional Intelligence and Self Efficacy in Predicting Senior Secondary School Students' Science Achievement in Ogun State, Nigeria.

Oladipupo Adekunle Bamiro, Tai Solarin University

 

Social Networking as a Strategic Management Tool 

Ojo Oyebowale Akinpelu, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

 

Strategies for Enhancing Nutrition Education among Rural Dwellers in Nigeria

Bridget Ebunoluwa Adeyanju, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo

 

The Role History Could Play in the Attainment of Nigeria's National Integration

Sifawa Attahiru Ahmad, Sokoto State University, Sokoto

 

Neo-Colonialism and Surrogate Leadership in Africa: An Exploration of Obafemi Awolowo's Botched Presidency in Nigeria

Sulaiman A. Osho, Robert Gordon University

 

Nigerian Education, Industry and Bureaucracy: The Counselor's Perspective

Ngozi Maduka, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri

 

A5: Culture and Religion in Modern Africa UTC 4.104

Chair: Rijasoa Andriamanana, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

 

 

Contested Spaces: Citizenship and Religious Conflicts in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

Ayiti Samuel Babatola, Ekiti State University

 

The Displacement of Traditional Authority: Ajumobi/Olubadan Power Tussle and Soyinka's Kongi's Harvest in Focus

Ismaila Rasheed Adedoyin, University of Lagos, Nigeria/University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

 

Leadership Advocacy and the Arts of Breaking Bad News Among the Yoruba of South-West Nigeria

Clinton Oluseye Adebiyi, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo

 

The Role of Monarchs and Traditional Rulers in Communication and Information Dissemination in the Pre-Colonial Era: A Study of the Ondo Yoruba People of South-West Nigeria

Solomon A. Fawehinmi, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo

 

Religion, Leadership and the Nigerian State: A Study of Boko Haram

Ogbeni Brancy Monday, University of Lagos

 

The place of Islam in secular West Africa: Senegal.

Moussa Seck, Northwestern University

 

 

A6: Historicizing Development: Traditional Institutions and their Aftermath UTC 4.124

Chair: Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, The University of Texas at Austin

 

A Reconsideration of Plato's Education, Training and Leadership in African Contemporary Polity

Adefarasin Victor Olusegun, Olabisi Onabanjo University

 

Harnessing Age Grades Leadership System in Pre-Colonial Igbo Society and its Colonial Innovations as Panacea for Leadership Crisis in Nigeria

Mmega Adaobi Rita, Chris Ajugwe & Associates, Onitsha

 

Culture and Cross-cultural Understanding: A Panacea for Peaceful Coexistence Among Ethnic Groups in Nigeria

Paul Olorunsola Folorunso, Ekiti State Unversity, Ado-Ekiti

 

The Nature and Role of Formal and Informal Institution: Ulli Beiers Influence on Art and Artists Through Workshops

Onobrakpeya Ufuoma, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos

 

The Institution of Masking, Wall and Body Painting In Traditional Igbo Society

Chinyere Ndubuisi, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos

 

The role of Ogisos, Obas, and Art Traditions of Benin Kingdom in Nigeria

Festus Osarumwense Uzzi, Olabisi Onabanjo University

 

LUNCH – 12noon – 1:30pm

(UTC 3.104)

 

 

Panel Session B: 1:30pm – 3:00pm

 

B1: Institutions and Africa's Development UTC 3.110

Chair: Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Rhodes College

 

Institutional Transformation as an Effective Tool for Reducing Corruption and Enhancing Economic Growth: A Panel Study of West African Countries

Edmund Ntom Udemba, Eastern Mediterranean University TRN Cyprus

Ifeoma  Onyenegecha, Cyprus International University TRN Cyprus

 

Comparative Study of the Nature and Role of Formal/Informal Institutions in Africa

Obumneke Stella Ejike, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

 

Leadership in Africa and the crises of Migration

Bolarinwa Kolapo, University of Ilorin

 

The role of the Church in the economic development of Africa. Case study (Ghana)

Amoah Joshua, Jianzhu University, Shenyang, China

 

In Nigeria My Country: A Historical (Re)Count of Leadership and Leadership Failures Since Independence

Ojuaanu Moyomade Subar, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Impact of Ten-year Development Program on Educational System of Mali

Dmitry Brilev, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

 

 

B2: Foreign Interventions in Africa UTC 3.122

Chair:  Bonny Ibhawoh, McMaster University

 

Social Insecurity: Portuguese Incursion into Zambia and the Fragility of Sovereign African Frontiers, 1966-72

Panzer Michael, Marist College

 

Art and Leadership Failure in Africa: The Role of Global Influences and the Way Forward

Onipede Akinwale Olasupo, University of Lagos

 

Kenya and Somalia: Realities and Spectrums of Foreign Aid and Inclusive Development for Africa

Oduwole Anuoluwapo Ebunajinde, St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

 

African American Evangelical Missions and Activism in the Congo: The Activism of Reverend William Henry Sheppard

Bamba Ndiaye, University of Louisville

 

Foreign Intervention Rationales: Nigeria and the ECOMOG Operations in Liberia

Emmanuel U. Osayande, University of Lagos

 

The World Bank and IMF in Africa: Impoverishing the African Economy

Akuoma Vivian Anasonye, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus

 

 

B3: New Media, Technology and Creativity in Africa UTC 3.124

Chair: Bamidélé ALY, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris

 

Information and Communication Technology in Africa's Electioneering Process

Modupe Christianah Olaojoyetan, Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic

 

Social Media as the tool for political advertising in Nigeria: Assessment of Ekiti 2018 gubernatorial aspirants

Ibitoye Pius Odunayo, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti

 

Social media and citizens' demand for leadership accountability

Bernard Oppong – Kumi, The Africa Consult Ltd

 

Snap and Scan: Internet and mobile phone telephony for healthcare inclusion and security

Bamidélé ALY, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris

 

Social Media and Citizens' Demand for Leadership Accountability

Anene Ikenna Elijah, Abia State University

 

The third sector in Africa: who knows them after all? 

Adeniranye Anthony, Adeyemi College of Education Ondo

 

 

B4: Encounters, Citizenship, and Social Activism UTC 3.134

Chair: Babatunde Sobanjo, Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Whose citizenship? An analysis of the representation of citizenship education in post-apartheid South African Social Science textbooks

Atanga Belmondo Achiri, University of KwaZulu-Natal

 

Amnesty programme and peacebuilding process in oil-bearing communities of Ondo state, Nigeria

Adesola Bukola Isijola, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti

 

Tropes of Citizenship, Leadership and Governance in Selected Plays of Akinwunmi Isola

Arinpe G. Adejumo, University of Ibadan

 

Law, Governance, and Development in Botswana and Zambia

Ghebremusse Sara, York University

 

Gender and Leadership: 'Herstory' and the Decolonisation Process in Africa, the Nigerian Example, 1900-1960.

Akeem A. Akinyemi, University of Ibadan

 

Political Philosophy and Political Action in Nigerian Democracy

Josephine Olatomi Soboyejo, Crowther Graduate Theological Seminary

 

 

 

B5: Gender, Arts and Culture in Contemporary Africa UTC 4.102

Chair: Abimbola Adelakun, The University of Texas at Austin

 

Folktales and Folksongs as Tools for Reconstructing the Human Mind: A Reading of Selected Tunde Kelani's Films

Niyi Adebanjo, Olabisi Onabanjo University

 

Art and Political Socialisation in Nigerian: The Role of Nigerian Diaspora Artists in Creativity Economics

Ogunfuwa Timothy Olusola, University of Lagos

 

Gender issues in Africa's Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post-Colonial Leadership and Institutions: A thematic Analysis of Akachi-Ezeigbo's Trilogy

Opeoluwa Olufemi Adenuga, Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic

 

A Depiction of the Evolution of Yoruba Marriage Culture from the Pre-colonial Era to the Present in Yoruba Drama Texts.

Moronmubo Martina Aderibigbe, Federal College Of Education, Osiele, Abeokuta

 

Art as a Weapon of Social Control and Stability Among the Yoruba

Festus Uzzi, Olabisi Onabanjo University

 

Relevance of Yoruba Pre-Colonial System in Contemporary Nigerian Democracy

Adeola Olufunmilola Adesina, Office of the Governor, Agodi, Ibadan

 

 

B6: Varieties of Political Resistance in Contemporary African Literature UTC 3.110

Chair:  Celine A. Jacquemin, St Mary's University

 

Underground, on the ground, and new ground: resisting colonial narratives in Gabriella Ghermandi's Regina di fiori e di perla/Queen of Flowers and Pearls.

Jeffrey Dodd, Gonzaga University

 

Creating an Identity in the Post-Colonial Era

Lydia Lopez, Gonzaga University

 

Search Sweet Country: The Liminal Space of Identity

Zachary Wall, Gonzaga University

 

 

 

Panel Session C: 3:15pm – 4:45pm

 

C1: Political Leadership in Africa's UTC 3.110

Chair: Augustine Ayuk, Clayton State University

 

The Nature of Political Leadership in Postcolonial Africa: The Role of Africa's Independence Leaders in Setting Leadership Standards

Annor Joseph Kwabena, Selwyn Nii Lante Boye, and Collins Adjei, Annor Welfare Ventures, Accra

 

Effects of Leadership Deficiencies on Development Project Execution/Implementations in Africa

Ogu Chidiebere, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

 

African Governments, Neocolonialism, and Food Insecurity: The Neglect of Traditional African Ways of Thinking

Leamon Bazil, Sam Houston State University

 

A Man in His City: Maurice Gueye of Rufisque, Senegal (1925-1935)

Benga Ndiouga, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar

 

Political Leadership, Migration and Security Challenges in Africa: Implications for the ECOWAS Sub – region

Olihe Adaeze Ononogbu, University of Nigeria

 

Nationalism, Socialism and Human Rights: Assessing the Leadership Politics of Kwame Nkrumah and Julius Nyerere

Bonny Ibhawoh, McMaster University

 

 

C2: Confronting Culture, Ethnicity and Religion UTC 3.122

Chair: Samuel Oloruntoba, University of South Africa

 

Portrayal of Ethnicity and Leadership in Selected Yorùbá Prose Narratives

Bolarinwa Abidemi Olusola, University of Ibadan

 

The LDS Church and Indirect Mission in Nigeria: Beyond Mainline and African Independent Churches

Hurlbut Dima, Boston University

 

Colonial Economic Models and Youth (Un)engagement in Africa: Making a Case for the Church

David C. Ononogbu, University of Nigeria

 

Give me the dirt and dignity every time: Reappraising tribe, citizenship and African political identity in colonial thought

Vikram Visana, Freie Universität Berlin

 

Issues of Cultural Identity in the Yoruba Liturgical Music of some Colonial Era Composers

Morohunfola Kayode, Bowen University, Iwo

 

Your Name Betrays You: Displacement of Ethnic Identity in the Kenyan Imagination

Mwangi Peter Njagi, The University of New Mexico

 

 

C3: Colonial Legacies, Leadership, and the Challenge of Development UTC 3.124

Chair:    Ojo S. Oj, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

Cameroon: The Legacy of Le Vieux Negre: Notes on the struggle of Survival in a neo-colonial biopolitical plantation experiment as a modern-nation-state

Olivier Tchouaffe, Austin, TX

 

Late Nineteenth-Century Colonial Hygiene Guides and the Circulation of Medical and Ecological Knowledge in French Equatorial Africa

Dylan Atchley Proctor, Georgetown University

 

Civic Education: a Panacea to the ills of Colonialism on the Current/post-Colonial African Leaders

Oluwaseun Adeola Anifowose, Olabisi Onabanjo University

 

Impacts and Effects of Church Leadership in Pre-Colonial Nigeria and Proliferation of Churches in Post-Colonial Nigeria

Atinuke Olubukola Okunade, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto/Ijanikin, Lagos

 

The Roles of Women Librarians and their Leadership Impacts in Selected Tertiary Institutions in Ogun State, Nigeria

Felicia Titilayo Olanrewaju, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta

 

Empowering pedagogy, democratic leadership, and critical consciousness in Madagascar: a school showcase of the 2017 plague epidemy

Rijasoa Andriamanana, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

 

C4: Innovations in Leadership UTC 3.134

Chair: Augustine Agwuele, Texas State University

 

The African Peer Review Mechanism: A Study of African Regional Integration Thought and Institutional Model

Lynda C. Iroulo, Free University of Berlin

 

Institutions and Social Change in Africa

Michael Tokunbo Bankole, Crowther Graduate Theological Seminary, Abeokuta

 

Effective Leadership and Management in Childhood Care and Education for Sustainable Development

Adedigba Olabisi, University of Ilorin

 

Development Communication as Strategy to Encourage Students' Interest in Sciences and Mathematics

Olaniran Taiwo, The Polytechnic, Ibadan

 

Wither the African Miracle"? Leadership meltdown and democratic deficit in Botswana.

Tebogo Sebeelo, University of Miami

 

Traditional Rulers and Challenges of Modern Religions and Democratic Governance in Yorubaland, South-western Nigeria in the 21st century

Omotoye Rotimi Williams, University of Ilorin

 

C5:  Gender, Social Action and National Development UTC 4.102

Chair: Keegan Medrano, San Francisco State University

 

The Rhetoric of Silence: Listening to Women's Nonverbal Activism in Anglophone Cameroon

Delphine Fongang, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

 

Development Journalism, Contentious Politics, and Youth in Ghana, c.1957-1966

Asiedu-Acquah Emmanuel, Sewanee: The University of the South

 

The Media, Male Hegemony and the Sexualisation of the Woman: A Study of Selected Newspaper Advertorials

Bandele Adeboye Sogbesan, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Social Security System as a Panacea for Socio-Economic Challenges in Post-Colonial Nigeria

Israel Abayomi Saibu, Anchor University, Ayobo-Ipaja, Lagos

 

Citizenship Participation in The Governance Process in Africa.

Olukayode Ibrahim Oladipo, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

#We no go 'gree: Social media and political power contestation

Ganiyu Jimoh, University of Lagos

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Keynote (4:45pm – 5:45pm)

UTC 2.102A (All are invited)

 

 

 

 

6:00pm – 7:30pm   Conference Dinner - SZB 104 (Registered participants only)

 

 

Saturday – March 31, 2018

 

Panel Session D 10:00am – 11:30am

 

D1: Critical Perspectives on Africa's Development Challenge UTC3.110

Chair:   Ebunoluwa Olufemi Oduwole, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye

 

Olu Obafemi: The Dramatist as the Conscience of the Nigerian State

Bosede Funke Afolayan, University of Lagos

 

Institutionalisation of toxicity: Failure of Leadership at Local Government Level in South Africa

Mohale David, Durban University of Technology

 

Theatre as Proponent for Justice: An Examination of Withered Thrust by Osita Ezenwanebe and Moruntodun by Femi Osofisan

Maureen Okwulogu, University of Lagos

 

Inherited Structures and Development in Nigeria

Oduwole Anuoluwapo Ebunajinde, St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

 

The role of African leaders in setting leadership standard for Africa's independence

Adetunmbi Moses Adebolu, Crowther Graduate Theological Seminary, Igbehin

 

The Role of the Church in Times of Global Economic Challenge: A Practical Theological Approach to the Nigerian Situation

Rev. Felix Abiodun Ogunbisi, Immanuel College of Theology, Ibadan

 

 

D2: Phases of Exploitations, Domination, and Predation UTC 3.122

Chair: Tyler Fleming, University of Louisville

 

Currency creations as a tool of identity and of war

Bamidélé ALY, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris

 

Fallouts of Gender Inequality in African Leadership

Adedamola H. Adeniranye, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko

 

Institutional Legacies of Exclusion: Citizenship and the Lebanese of British West Africa, Ghana, and Sierra Leone

Malki Isaac P. X., City University of New York

 

The Nigeria police force and maintenance of peace and public order in nigeria, 1960-2010.

Buhari Lateef Oluwafemi, Ekiti State University

 

A Dream Deferred: A Trajectory of Non-Inclusive Leadership and Institutions in Africa

Ojo S. Oj, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

 

At Ras Tafari Mäkonnen's court: the 1927 Italian diplomatic mission to Ethiopia and its colonial implications.

Alberto Cauli, University of Auckland, New Zealand

 

 

D3: Entrepreneurship and National Development UTC 3.124

Chair: Ben Lindfors, The University of Texas at Austin

 

Impact of the Agricultural and Trade Policies of the OECD countries on Africa

Alice Katherine Schmidt, University of Muenster, Germany

 

Literature Review of Public Private Partnerships in Africa's Healthcare

Johannes O. Bockmann, International School of Hamburg University

 

"Southerners" in a "Northern" Market: A Study of the Jos Potato Market Riot of 1945

Barira Mohammed, University of Johannesburg

 

Institutions and Industrial Development in Eastern Nigeria

Kenneth Kalu, Ryerson University, Toronto

 

The Role of Microfinance Institutions in the Economic Development of Ghana

Ntiamoah Nkansah Kwasi, Shenyang, Jianzhu, University, China

 

 

D4: Citizenship and Social Action UTC 3.134

Chair:  Moses Ochonu, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

 

Unpacking the 'contribution': The responsibility of consumers for conflicts in eastern DR Congo and southern Nigeria

Ilari Aula, London School of Economics and Political Science

 

The Not-A-Coup Coup Tweeted: Challenges to documenting events on Social Media

Chido Muchemwa, The University of Texas at Austin

 

The Struggle for Power in Post-Colonial Africa: Politics without Hegemony and the State

Mojibayo M. Fadakinte, University of Lagos

 

The Question of Enforcement: Kuchus, Police and Sodomy Legislation in Uganda

Rodriguez S. M, Hofstra University

 

Rethinking Military Leadership in African Politics: Gowon and Ojukwu in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967 – 1970

Fred Ekpe F. Ayokhai, Federal University, Lafia

 

Further Remarks on the Importance of Islamic Political System in the 21st Century Nigeria

Sirajo Muhammad Sokoto, Sokoto State University

 

 

D5: Technology, Social Progress, and Governance Reforms UTC 4.102

Chair: Dmitry Brilev, Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

 

Replacement or Reinforcement? Social Media and Culture Interplay in Africa

Tebogo Sebeelo, University of Miami

 

The power of Trade Union federations in a democratic context: a reflection and analyses of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in South Africa and National Union of Namibian workers (NUNW) in Namibia

Mathekga Jerry M, Human Science Research Council (HSRC), South Africa

 

The Comatose State of Nigerian Medium of Information

Toyosi Morgan, University of Lagos

 

Youth and Development in Egypt: Between Mubarak and Al-Sisi

Hala Thabet, Zayed University, UAE.

 

Gender and Power among the Yoruba: Analysis of Selected Drawings by Moyo Okediji

Adepegba Kehinde, Lagos state Polytechnic, Ikorodu

 

 

D6: Examining Historical and Contemporary Leaders UTC4.104

Chair: Samuel Oloruntoba, University of South Africa

 

The Black Internationalist Activism of Sylvanus Olympio

Marius A. Kothor, Yale University

 

Community, Freedom and Ethical Leadership Question in Africa

Modestus Nnamdi Onyeaghalaji, University of Lagos

 

Thomas Sankara, The Upright Man: From Transactional to Transformational Leadership

Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Rhodes College

 

The Complexity of Leadership: Examining the Legacy of Robert Mugabe

Nyasha M. Guramatunhu Cooper, Kennesaw State University

 

Optimizing leadership roles of elders in pre-colonial Yoruba/Igbo societies and positive impact of western education as 'open sesame' to crisis of leadership in Africa.

Christiana Kelechi Ajugwe, Larry Kings Communication Ltd

 

The Scourge of Personalization of Political Power in Africa: An Interrogation of the Jammeh Years

Odubajo Adetola, University of Lagos

 

 

Panel Session E 11:45am – 1:15pm

 

E1: Exploring Governance Reforms UTC 3.110

Chair: Hala Thabet, Zayed University, UAE.

 

Reforming Rwandan Institutions: The Road to Democratization   

Celine A. Jacquemin, St Mary's University

 

A Critique of Leadership and Institutions in the New-State

Shotunde Ayodele Olalekan, University of Lagos

 

System for Automated Feedback Generation for Programming Assignment in Open Distance Learning Environment

Bolanle Latifat Abimbola, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Effects of Audio-Lingual Instruction Workshop on Secondary School English Language Teachers' Knowlegde in Oral English in Ogun State, Nigeria

Simeon Olugbenga Odeniyi, University of Ibadan

 

Tenuous Diversity in Cameroon: The Anglophone Crisis and the Search for Lasting Solutions

Augustine E. Ayuk, Clayton State University

 

 

E2: Interrogating Institutional Failures in Africa UTC3.122

Chair: Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Rhodes College

 

Leadership and Institutional Decay in Africa: The Nigerian Health Sector in Perspective

Ojo P. O, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

 

Communication: A Bridge Between Leadership, Institutions and Followership in Africa

Ugonna Reginald Dike, University of Ibadan

 

Wrongful Convictions in Nigeria and Canada: A Comparative Analysis of two Styles of Leadership

Balogun Moyosore, University of Toronto

 

Political Accountability and Performance Assessment of Political Leaders in Nigeria

Ashogbon Faderera Oluwatoyin, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

The Repulsive, the Corrupt, and… the Good? The Nigerian Big Man in Tricia Adaobi Nwaubani's I Do Not Come to You by Chance."

Sarah Ngoh, University of Kansas

 

Leadership, State Institutions and Conflict Management in Africa, 1960-2010

Irene N. Osemeka, University of Lagos

 

 

E3: Education and Development UTC 3.124

Chair: Arinpe G. Adejumo, University of Ibadan

 

Perceived Ease of Use and Gender Differences as Factors Influencing Electronic Resources Use by University Students in Selected Private Universities in Nigeria

Adefunke Sarah Ebijiuwa, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

 

Laughter, Teaching and Learning: Integrating Humour Into the Classroom

Samuel Olugbenga Dare, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo

 

Roles of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Quality Assurance of Business Education in Tertiary Institution in Nigeria

Oluwalola Felicia K, University of Ilorin

 

Leadership Styles of Principals and Teachers' Job Satisfaction in Senior Secondary Schools in Ijebu Ode Metropolis, Ogun State, Nigeria

Bamiro Oladipupo Adekunle, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Triangulation Approach in the Management of School-Based Violence in South African Schools

Oyebowale Akinpelu Ojo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

 

The Changing Trend of Interaction among Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Nigeria: Its Impact on International students

Akinmusola Oluwaseun, University of Ibadan

 

 

 

E4: Confronting Developmental Challenges UTC 3.134

Chair: Tunji Olaopa, Ibadan School of Public Policy and Government 

 

Political Structures and The Funding of Higher Education in Nigeria And South Africa: Issues and Contentions

Buraimo Saheed Olaiya, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Political Institutions and Educational Attainment in Africa

Oyeniran Saheed, University of Ilorin

 

Corruption in Post-Independence Nigeria: Issues and Problems Between 1999-2015

Gaius Jatau, Kaduna State University

 

Citizenship and the construction of national identity in postcolonial-Nigeria

Martins A. Arogundade, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu

 

A Season of Hate: Indigenous People, Ethnic Nationalism and Self Determination in Nigeria

Adegboye Damola Ibukun, Osun State University

 

 

E5: Africa's Leadership Question UTC 4.102

Chair: Omotoye Rotimi Williams, University of Ilorin

 

'It's Truly Ghanaian!': The Accra Evening News and Ghana's "Benevolent Dictator," 1960-1964.

Nicholas C. McLeod and Tyler Fleming, University of Louisville

 

Patriarchy, Gender and Leadership in Nigeria: A reading of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and Arrow of God

Sogbesan Bandele Adeboye, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Religious Institutions, peace Building and the Yoruba Community in Jos: a study of First Baptist Church and Nurudeen Society 1911-2016 

David Nyam Ajiji, Federal University, Lafia

 

Awolowo as a Statesman in a Nation-Building

Sufianu  Afeez Ayinde, University of Lagos

 

French Colonial Legacies: Lessons for the Nigerian Nation

Akintunde Giwa, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Historicizing the effects of crude oil economy on cocoa farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria: 1960-1980

Peter Oluwaseun Oyewale, Ekiti State University, Ado – Ekiti

 

 

 

1:30pm – 3:00pm   LUNCH (GAR0.102)

Panel Session F 3:00pm – 4:30pm

 

F1: Institutions, Governance and Development UTC 3.110

Chair: Kenneth Kalu, Ryerson University, Toronto

 

Governance in Colonial African Institutions: Language, Culture and Semantics

Fawehinmi Taiwo A, and Fawehinmi Solomon A., Adeyemi College of Education Ondo Nigeria 

 

Leadership and Institutions in the Colonial Era: State Formation in Africa

Sekyere Bright Owusu and Aboagye Alfred, Ghana Education Service

 

Towards a Legal Framework for Community Policing in Nigeria

Okunowo Oladele Olaitan, Lagos State Polytechnic

 

Addressing Developmental Challenges and Institutional Transformation Through Local Government Joint Account in Nigeria: An Ethical Assessment of Facts and Realities of State

Nneka Ifeoma Okafor and Michael Ifeanyichukwu Abad, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

 

Attaining Institutional Transformation Through Power Sector and Service Delivery in Nigeria.

Nneka Ifeoma Okafor and Michael Ifeanyichukwu Abad, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

 

Truth Commissions and the Politics of National Reconciliation: Limits and Possibilities for Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Bonny Ibhawoh, McMaster University

 

 

F2: Social Movements, Innovations and New Forms UTC 3.122

Chair: Alberto Cauli, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Regional Governance of Trade and Structural Transformation in Africa: Exploring the challenges and prospects of the Continental Free Trade Area

Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, University of South Africa

 

Bar-Dancing, Palm Wine, and Letters: Alcohol Consumption, Social Life, and Entrepreneurialism in Free French Brazzaville, 1940-1943

Sanchez Danielle, Muhlenberg College

 

Urban Redevelopment as Metaphor for Gentrification in the Making of a Mega-City: Interrogating the Forced Displacement of Otodo Gbame/Ebute Ikate Community, Lagos State

Alabi Bamidele Olugbenga Omotunde, Indepenent Scholar

 

Patriarchic gender-based leadership versus Feminine Leadership: The debates continues

Ehirim Charlotte Chidera and Nwankpa Joshua Ifeanyi, Eastern Mediterranean university North Cyprus

 

Leadership and Institutions in Yorùbá Drama

Ogundeji Philip Adedotun, University of Ibadan

 

Colonialism and African symbolism: The influence of Hubert Ogunde on Contemporary Nigerian Theatre Scenery

Abiola Kashimawo Oshodi, University of Lagos

 

 

F3: Science and Innovation UTC 3.124

Chair: Bandele Adeboye Sogbesan, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Web-Based Crime Record Management Information System (Web-CRMIS): A Case Study of Igbeba Area Command, Ogun State, Nigeria

Usman, Opeyemi Lateef and Adedeji Oluwaseun Bukonla, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Impacts of ICT integration in Entrepreneurial Skill Management among Administrators of Selected Institutions in Abeokuta, Egun State, Nigeria.

Titilayo Joyce Fadoju, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta

 

Modelling a Secured Digital Image Cryptosystem Using the Traditional Moduli Set {2n-1, 2n, 2n+1}

Usman, Opeyemi Lateef and Adedeji Oluwaseun Bukonla, Tai Solarin University of Education

 

Yoruba Master Instruments and their Musical and Cultural Leadership Roles: Traditional Institutions Versus Contemporary Systems

Olupemi E. Oludare, University of Lagos

 

Age Grade System Among the Ìdó-Àní People of South-West Nigeria

Olaiya Oluwatoyin Mary, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti

 

 

F4: Modernity, Culture and Development UTC 3.134

Chair: Augustin Ayuk, Clayton State University

 

Historicizing Development in Africa: The Dilemma of Adopting Western Models in Nigeria's Development Plan

Cinderella Temitope Ochu, University of Lagos

 

Punishment and Public Administration in Pre-Colonial Yoruba Society: Some Lessons for African Leaders and Leadership Institutions in Africa

Ebunoluwa Olufemi Oduwole, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye

 

Surrogacy and Motherhood: an African Issue in Modern Era

Oluwaseun Adeola Anifowose, Olabisi Onabanjo University

 

Railway and the Transformation and Modernization Of Kafanchan, 1927-1993

Jatau Gaius, Kaduna State University

 

The Impact of Colonization on African Leadership and Education: A Panacea for Her Economy

Favour Chinenyenwa Nwokolo, El Gedida, Cairo Egypt

 

Accessing the Activities of NBC, NFVCB and COSON as Regulatory Agencies of Music in Nigeria

Oikelome Albert, University of Lagos

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Banquet 6:45pm

Holiday Inn at Town Lake

Registered Participants and Invited Guests Only

 

Presentation by: Neville Hoad, The University of Texas at Austin

 

Award Presenter:  Celine A. Jacquemin, St Mary's University, San Antonio, TX

 

 

Banquet Address

 

 

Sunday, April 1, 2018

 

 

 

 

7:00pm -       Farewell Dinner

(16931 Mouse Trap Drive, Round Rock. TX 78681)

 

                       

 

 

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://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue   

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