The 9th Toyin Falola Annual International Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora (TOFAC 2019)
https://babcock.edu.ng/tofac/index.php
Theme: RELIGION, THE STATE AND GLOBAL POLITICS
Venue: Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Date: July 1-3, 2019 (arrival, June 30; departure, July 4th)
Conference Information Update No. 3
TOFAC 2019 Roundtables
Roundtable 1
Book Discussion: Abdul Karim Bangura, Falolaism: The Epistemologies and Methodologies of Africana Knowledge (Carolina Academic Press, 2019)
Convenor: TOFAC 2019 Local Organizing Committee
This revolutionary book teaches Professor Toyin Falola's ideas as an academic subject and instructs researchers on how to utilize African-centric methodologies to systematically investigate African phenomena while employing Professor Falola's epistemological treatises in showing the way.
Chair/Moderator: Professor Ayandiji Daniel Aina, Babcock University
Discussants:
Professor Olukoya Ogen, Osun State University
Dr Doyin Aguoru, University of Ibadan
Mr Toyin Adepoju, Independent
Professor Tunji Olaopa, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy
Professor Femi Mimiko, Obafemi Awolowo University
Dr Nathaniel Danjibo, University of Ibadan
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Roundtable 2
Faith-Based Institutions and Holistic Education in Nigeria: The Babcock Experience
Conveners: TOFAC 2019 LoC & Department of Religious Studies, Babcock University
In this 60th anniversary of Babcock University's existence as a tertiary institution in Nigeria, and its 20th year as a chartered private university, scholars take the unique opportunity of TOFAC 2019, with the theme of Religion, the State and Global Politics, to interrogate the contributions, shortcomings and promise of Babcock University and other faith-based institutions in providing a distinctive brand of educational experience.
Chair/Moderator: Dr Theodore Dickson, Babcock University
Discussants:
Dr Josiah Uche-Awaji, Religious Studies, Babcock University
Professor Felix Adetunji, Religious Studies, Babcock University
Dr Abiodun Adesegun, Education and Humanities, Babcock University
Dr Dorcas Odunnaike, Law and Security Studies, Babcock University
Mrs Olayimika Adebola, Research, Innovation and International Cooperation, Babcock University
Dr Evans Nwaomah, Religious Studies, Babcock University
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Roundtable 3
Adebayo Faleti & Akinwumi Isola: Cultural Icons & Comperes
Convenor: Professor Pamela Olubunmi Smith, University of Nebraska, Omaha
The loss of Baba Adebayo Faleti and Alagba Akinwumi Isola, two of the three contemporary icons of Yoruba culture and letters barely six months apart from each other (and more recently Alagba Oladejo Okediji a few months ago), calls for multiple remembrances. We are heirs to the cultural legacy they left us individually and collectively. Such remembrances will necessarily be celebratory as well as analytic as we delve into the multi-genre treasure trove they left behind.
Chair/Moderator: Professor Pamela Olubunmi Smith, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Discussants:
Michael Oladejo Afolayan, M&P Educational Consulting International
Tunji Olaopa, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy
Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan
Toluwanimi Ibikunle, University of Ibadan
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Roundtable 4
Book Discussion: Ayisha Osori, Love Does Not Win Elections (Lagos: Narrative Landscape Press, 2017)
Conveners: Dr Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Babcock University & Dr Abimbola Adelakun, The University of Texas at Austin
Love Does Not Win Elections chronicles the personal experience of Ms Ayisha Osori in contesting for the nomination of her political party in the lead-up to the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. The book is an excellent portrayal of the morass and minefields, power play and power-rot that Nigerian politics is, and indeed wider social configurations too are, at the soft and gross underbelly. It calls into question the prospects for democracy, good governance and development in Nigeria, and elsewhere.
Chair/Moderator: Dr Abimbola Adelakun, The University of Texas at Austin
Discussants:
Ms Ayisha Osori, Author, Open Society Initiative for West Africa
Dr Ngozi Nwogwugwu, Babcock University
Dr Damilola Agbalajobi, Obafemi Awolowo University
Dr Adebusola Okedele, Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu
Dr Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Babcock University
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Roundtable 5
Book Discussion: Bola Dauda, Life Begins at 70: A Godfather's Confessional Memoir (Pan-African University Press, 2019)
Convenor: Professor Michael Oladejo Afolayan, M & P Educational Consulting International
In this memoir, unique in context, content and style of delivery, Bola Dauda marshals his years of experience as a godfather, father, grandfather, counsellor and certified life coach, to expound on the weightiest issues of life and living in our times. This roundtable features pluridisciplinary explorations of the book – from the philosophical, stylistic, psychological, medico-social work to the spiritual and G.R.A.C.E. perspectives.
Chair/Moderator: Professor Michael Oladejo Afolayan, M & P Educational Consulting International
Discussants:
Dr Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan
Dr Precious O. Afolayan, M & P Educational Consulting International
Dr Itunu Awosika, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo
Dr Jane Adebusuyi, Babcock University
Dr Samson Ijaola, Samuel Adegboyega University
Professor Bola Dauda, Author, Independent
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Roundtable 6
Toyin Falola and Christianity in Africa
Convenor: Dr Samson O. Ijaola, Samuel Adegboyega University
Toyin Falola's contributions to the advancement of global epistemic horizon in the Humanities, through his exceptional cerebral prowess and profundity in interdisciplinary studies is indisputable. This roundtable on "Toyin Falola and Christianity in Africa" is to further bring to the fore some of his ingenious scholarly ideas to advance Christianity both as a living faith and as an academic discipline. The trajectory of Christianity from Western to African religious spaces, and its conceptualizations in pre-modern, modern and postmodern societies, has unremittingly elicited scholarly posers over the years. Noting the intellectual attention of Toyin Falola, whose interest in African Studies cuts across the entire epistemic sphere of African religions, the roundtable will critically appraise his two recent works which are germane to Christianity in Africa, with the aim to expound their scholarly debates.
Chair/Moderator: Dr Samson O. Ijaola, Samuel Adegboyega University
Discussants:
Dr. Benson O. Igboin, Adekunle Ajasin University
Dr. Austin O. Omomia, MacPherson University
Dr. Josiah Uche-Awaji, Babcock University
Dr. Samson O. Ijaola, Samuel Adegboyega University
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Conference Website: Please visit the conference website for regular updates and information, at: https://babcock.edu.ng/tofac/index.php.
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Reach us by email at tofac2019@babcock.edu.ng or tofac2019@gmail.com, and by phone at the numbers below.
For TOFAC 2019 LoC:
Convener: Dr Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, tofac2019@babcock.edu.ng or jumoyin@gmail.com
Co-Convener: Professor Mobolanle E. Sotunsa, bolasotunsa@yahoo.com
LoC Chair: Dr Jane Adebusuyi, adebusuyij@babcock.edu.ng (+234-803-326-6754)
LoC Secretary: Dr Uduak Edy-Ewoh, tofac2019@babcock.edu.ng or tofac2019@gmail.com, (+234-812-908-9044)
LoC Program Director: Dr Foluke Akoja, akojam@babcock.edu.ng (+234-803-831-3899)
LoC Logistics Director: Dr Victor Adesiyan, avictoy@gmail.com, (+234-806-091-6448)
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