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The Toyin Falola Masterclass: Crisis and Crisis Management in Africa

Prof. Isaac Olawale AlbertInstitute for Peace and Strategic Studies& TETFUND ...
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Why I Write on Decolonization

Toyin Falola It is with pleasure that I lecture on ...
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Culture, Ethics, and the Struggle for Dignity in a Fractured World

Toyin Falola It is a great honor to have given ...
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Professor Nosiru Oyedele Ashiru: An Activist Scholar

Toyin Falola Every time I pen a portrait for an ...
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African Waterways and Waterbodies: A Research Agenda

Toyin Falola In listening to the papers presented at the ...
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African Historiography and Diaspora Studies: The Influence of Professor Julius Adekunle

Toyin Falola I am delighted to congratulate Professor Julius Adekunle ...
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Toyin Falola Launches Free Online Global Masterclass on Studies of Africa

Staff Writer Renowned African scholar, Professor Toyin Falola, has unveiled ...
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Professor Akwasi B. Assensoh is 80!

Toyin Falola With an unreserved enthusiasm and with profound respect ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Dr. Chido Onumah at 60

Toyin Falola He writes as if ink were conscience,as if ...
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African Waterways: Dignity and Reverence

Toyin Falola One takeaway from the ongoing conference on African ...
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Do Not Take Us, Keepers of the Deep

Toyin Falola O Mothers of the River, Osun, Yemoja, Oya, ...
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Flowing Together: African Rivers and Continental Connectivity

Toyin Falola I am grateful to Colloque Point Sud, IFAN, ...
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Sharpeville, 1960: The Echo That Refused Silence, Part 2

Toyin Falola They said the morning was ordinary—sun climbing gently ...
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The 25th Annual Africa Conference

Toyin Falola The forthcoming 25th Annual Africa Conference at the ...
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Thebe Ikalafeng becomes Chancellor of Sol Plaatje University

Toyin Falola On January 16th, 2026, Africa's foremost brand strategist, ...
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Chalk, Book, and Brilliance: A Tribute To Professor Julius O. Adekunle

Toyin Falola Dr. Julius O. Adekunle has retired as a ...
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Kofi Anyidoho: See What They’ve Done To Our Sunrise

Toyin Falola Poetry, for centuries, has served as a repository ...
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TF Interviews – Research, Innovation, and Development in Africa

Toyin Falola It is a pleasure to have hosted the ...
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