Nothing is more pleasing than to find that there are those who are out to disprove the saying that a teacher's reward is in you-know-where. I have no doubt that essential and even helpful as the 1.5 million naira that came with the acknowledgment is, the very process—the distinctiveness of the award, and the example that it sets for others—are more valuable. Here's one good example of a historian who, quietly but certainly assiduously, has inscribed himself into contemporary narratives of scholarship, teaching, an service to humanity. Talk of a historian making history!
I know that you don't sleep much. Perhaps I can prevail upon you to break that habit just this once, if only to humor people like me.
Congratulations to the one with a stupendous capacity for work.
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On 10/21/10 8:31 AM, "Bisola F" <bisolafalola@gmail.com> wrote:
President Bill Powers of the University of Texas Presented the 2010 Career Research Award to Professor Toyin Falola, the first Black scholar to win this award in the history of the University.
The award is given to a faculty "who has maintained superior research programs over many years" A most coveted award, it carries a check in the amount of $10,000 along with other privileges. A citation acknowledges the contributions of his over a hundred books, his influence on the discipline, and his indefatigable energy and prolific output in the last three decades.
Congrats!
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