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Professor Akwasi B. Assensoh is 80!
Toyin Falola With an unreserved enthusiasm and with profound respect ...
Africana Studies Under Siege: A Meditation on Knowledge, Power, and the Burden of the Future
Toyin Falola I am full of gratitude to the Africana ...
Dr. Osmund Agbo: Honoring a Great Mind With The Thabo Mbeki Award for Scholarship and Service
Toyin Falola When the announcement of an extraordinary award was ...
African Waterways: Dignity and Reverence
Toyin Falola One takeaway from the ongoing conference on African ...
Do Not Take Us, Keepers of the Deep
Toyin Falola O Mothers of the River, Osun, Yemoja, Oya, ...
Flowing Together: African Rivers and Continental Connectivity
Toyin Falola I am grateful to Colloque Point Sud, IFAN, ...
Sharpeville, 1960: The Echo That Refused Silence, Part 2
Toyin Falola They said the morning was ordinary—sun climbing gently ...
The 25th Annual Africa Conference
Toyin Falola The forthcoming 25th Annual Africa Conference at the ...
Thebe Ikalafeng becomes Chancellor of Sol Plaatje University
Toyin Falola On January 16th, 2026, Africa's foremost brand strategist, ...
Chalk, Book, and Brilliance: A Tribute To Professor Julius O. Adekunle
Toyin Falola Dr. Julius O. Adekunle has retired as a ...
Kofi Anyidoho: See What They’ve Done To Our Sunrise
Toyin Falola Poetry, for centuries, has served as a repository ...
TF Interviews – Research, Innovation, and Development in Africa
Toyin Falola It is a pleasure to have hosted the ...
Power, Politics, and the Vice-Chancellor’s Office: Insights from Professor Olayemi Akinwumi’s Not a Walk in the Park
Toyin Falola Like the storytelling acumen of Achebe, which pats ...
Africa Between Giants: U.S.– China Rivalry
Toyin Falola The 2026 Africa Forum at the University of ...
TF Interviews – A Panel Discussion on Nigeria: Insecurity Problems, Part 1
Toyin Falola Addressing Insecurity in Nigeria The problem of insecurity ...
Between Creative Essence and Creative Expression: The Journey of Toyin Falola: Cultures of Creativity and the Polymathic Intelligence, Part 4
Oluwatoyin Vincent AdepojuCompcrosComparative Cognitive Processes and Systems Circles of Being ...
Biodun Jeyifo: The Giant Who Shaped How We Understand African Literature
Toyin Falola I read the news early morning of February ...
Pre TF Interviews – A Panel Discussion on the Use of Drugs in Africa
Toyin Falola Drug Use in Nigeria Drug use in Nigeria ...
Pre TF Interviews – A Panel Discussion on Nigeria in 2026: Citizenship And Policy Prescriptions
Toyin Falola A Panel Discussion on Nigeria in 2026 (This ...



















