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Professor Hakeem O. Danmole, 1946-2026: A Historian Has Become History

Toyin Falola Life is transitional. A close look at human ...
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Chief Theophilus Akinyele: The Iroko and His Growing Branches

Toyin Falola The Late Bobajiro of IbadanlandA kì í gbàgbé ...
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Professor Femi Badejo: A Gemütlich Moment with A Pracademic

Toyin Falola It has often been a characteristic of studies ...
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Michael Oyedokun: The Democratization of Death and the Zoning of Corpses, Part 2

Toyin Falola We must now count the number of bodies ...
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Michael Oyedokun: The Cruciatus Curse and Our Collective Dolor, Part 1

Toyin Falola The heartless murderers slaughtered the innocent schoolteacher…They did, ...
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Dr. Segun Osoba: The Intellectual Who Kept the Faith

Toyin Falola On May 14, 2026, the academic world was ...
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Nimi Wariboko’s The Breath That Remains

Toyin Falola Nimi Wariboko’s book, The Breath That Remains shows ...
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Professor Nimi Wariboko On Kalabari Dignity

Toyin Falola The historic style of cultural distinction established in ...
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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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