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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| 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)
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