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Professor Olutayo Adesina (Coordinator at the University of Ibadan) Olutayo Charles Adesina is the current Head, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Between 2015 and 2018, he was Director, Centre for General Studies, University of Ibadan.Prof. Adesina is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (FNAL), the apex organisation of humanistic scholars in Nigeria. He has been a recipient of several other distinguished visiting Fellowship Awards, including the Fellowship of Salzburg Seminar, Austria; Atlantic History Seminar, Charles Warren Center, Harvard University; the African Visiting Fellow, Rhodes Chair of Race Relations, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, U.K.; and, Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA. His publications include: “A Terrain…Angels Would Fear to Tread”: Biographies and History in Nigeria, Southern Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 45 No. 1, June 2020; and Oyo: History, Tradition and Royalty. Essays in Honour of His Imperial Majesty the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba (Dr.) Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III. Ibadan, Ibadan University Press, 2021. 201pp (edited with Siyan Oyeweso). Prof. Adesina is the current Editor of Africa Review; an interdisciplinary academic journal now being published by Brill. He is currently completing a book manuscript on the Ibadan School of History. Within AFRAB, Professor Adesina oversees and coordinates the research activities of his team in various regions of Nigeria. |
Dr Monsuru Muritala Monsuru Muritala, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. He was a Cadbury visiting fellow of the Department of History and Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (2015); British Academy visiting fellow of the School of History, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (2018); AHP fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS); and Post-Doctoral Fellow, African Centre for Career Enhancement and Skills Support (ACCESS), University of Leipzig, Germany (2020). He specializes in Nigerian, Economic and Urban History. He is the author of “Livelihood in Colonial Lagos”. He is currently a member of the Nigerian AFRAB Research team covering south - west and overseeing the rest of the regions in Nigeria. |
Oluwafisayo Olorunfemi Oluwafisayo Olorunfemi is a social development practitioner and African research enthusiast with over five years’ experience in social development. She serves as program officer with AID Foundation. She believes in Africa's development and is interested in grooming youths who will become Africa's Change Agents through their involvement in community development. Her research interests include; Global Development and Policy Making, Peace building, Conflict Resolution and Strategic Development. She is currently an AFRAB Research Associate and in this role, she focuses on the Northern Nigeria region. |
Nwachukwu Uzoamaka Nwachukwu Uzoamaka is a Doctoral candidate in the Department of History, University of Ibadan. She obtained her B.A and M.A History in 2014 and 2018 from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Uzoamaka research focus is on social and economic History. She is currently a member of the Nigerian AFRAB Research team covering south-east and south-south regions. |
