Final Program of the 5th Virtual Lagos Studies Association Conference
(June 22-26. Lagos/West-Central Africa Time)
Preconference Seminars and Workshops:
June 22 and 23
Conference: June 24-26
Keynote Lecture: Shrugging Off the Postcolonial Shackles: A Lagos Story
Keynote Lecturer: Aduke Gomez (Independent Scholar/Lawyer/Poet)
Theme: Postcolonial African Cities at 60:
Continuities and Discontinuities
Day 1 of Preconference (June 22)
Session 1 (June 22)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Publish That Book:
A Roundtable of Series and Acquisition Editors
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85053684854
This roundtable is on the nitty gritty of academic book publishing. It complements our usual sessions on “From Dissertation to Book Manuscript” and “Journal Article Publishing.” We are excited that acquisition and series editors from four leading international presses, whose books we are also presenting at the conference, have agreed to participate in this session. They will answer the big question: What do editors look for in a book manuscript? This session serves as a bridge between book writing process, which we regularly teach at the preconference and the final product that we celebrate at the book panels. The roundtable promises to attract early career scholars who are revising their doctoral dissertations into publishable book manuscripts, among other categories of academics looking for credible outlets for their rigorously-researched works.
Panelists
Chair: Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́ (Ohio State University) adeeko.1@osu.edu
Discussants
Elizabeth Ault (Acquisition Editor, Duke University Press) elizabeth.ault@dukeupress.edu
Atifa Jiwa (Acquisition Editor, Cambridge University Press) ajiwa@cambridge.org
Ola Uduku and Taibat Lawanson (Co-editors, James Currey Series “Making and Remaking the African City: Studies in Urban Africa”) o.uduku@mmu.ac.uk, tolawanson@gmail.com
Derek Peterson (Co-editor, Ohio University Press Series “New African Histories”) drpeters@umich.edu
Session 2 (June 22)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Pre-doctoral/Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85325241737
LSA predoctoral fellowship workshop continues the tradition of exposing Africa-based graduate students to scholarship and fellowship opportunities for completing their MA and PhD on the continent. Featuring previous winners of notable predoctoral fellowships and scholarships, the workshop promises to demystify application process to make applicants more competitive.
Topics for discussion include but not limited to the following:
- How did you know about the opportunity?
- Sourcing information on fellowship
- Writing proposal
- Networking and professional development
- Letter of recommendation and application requirement
- Financial and professional reward of fellowship
- Overall benefit of fellowship to professional development
Chair: Akeem Akinwale (University of Lagos) aakinwale@unilag.edu.ng
Discussants
Adejoke Adetoro (Doctoral Fellow in the Remoboko Research Group at Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin/University of Ibadan) adejokeiyabadan@gmail.com
Fisayo Ajala (SSRC Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship/Stellenbosch University) ajalatemitopeolufisayo@gmail.com
Folaranmi Olorunnibe (African Multiple Cluster of Excellence Scholarship/Rhodes University) olorunnibefflourish@gmail.com
Oriade Temitayo Omigbule (Erasmus Mundus Scholarship/Obafemi Awolowo University) oriadetemitayo1@gmail.com
Oluwatosin Samuel Orimolade (SSRC Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship/Makarere University) samdpotentiary@gmail.com
Session 3 (June 22)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Meet the Money Bag:
A Roundtable of Research and Fellowship Grantors
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88006573903
This roundtable features representatives from research and fellowship grantors. Access to money for research is fundamental for professional development. As fellowship opportunities decline, the competitiveness of the few ones has increased. We hope that this roundtable would provide core information about expectations for research grants and other opportunities.
Panelists
Chair: Laurent Fourchard (Sciences Po) laurent.fourchard@sciencespo.fr
Discussants
Tade Aina (Head of Research, Mastercard Foundation) omotadeakinaina@gmail.com
Vincent Hiribarren (Director, The French Institute for Research in Africa) vincent.hiribarren@kcl.ac.uk
Cyril Obi (Program Director, The Africa Initiatives, Social Science Research Council) obi@ssrc.org
Session 4 (June 22)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Graduate School Application and Experience in North America:
Perspectives from Graduate Faculty
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89115373563
Every year, the LSA organizes a session on graduate school application process featuring graduate school faculty in North American universities. As always, the session promises to demystify application process to make applicants more competitive.
Topics for discussion include but not limited to the following:
• Things to consider when picking graduate program
- Contacting prospective supervisors: Dos and Don’ts
- What admission committees look for in application dossier
- Writing your statement of purpose and choosing writing samples
- Funding for graduate education
- Comprehensive examination and dissertation committee
- Conducting fieldwork and sourcing for external funding
• Writing your dissertation and preparing for the job market
Panelists
Chair: Susan Rosenfeld (University of California-Los Angeles) susanrosenfeld@g.ucla.edu
Discussants
Tyler Fleming (University of Louisville) tyler.fleming@louisville.edu
Nduka Otiono (Carleton University) nduka_otiono@carleton.ca
Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory University) nathan.e.suhr-sytsma@emory.edu
Stacey Vanderhurst (University of Kansas) vanderhurst@ku.edu
Session 5 (June 22)
5:00PM – 6:30PM
Gender and the Academy
(Organized by the LSA Mentoring Program for Women Graduate Students in Nigeria)
Part I
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86742355561
Launched in 2019, the LSA mentoring program is one step towards creating opportunity for women graduate students to work with established scholars in the humanities and the social sciences. Through regular conversation about professional development opportunities, the mentoring program equips women graduate students with the confidence and skill to develop as strong intellectuals. The senior scholars in the program serve as role model for the graduate students as they develop competent skills for a sustainable productive academic life. In addition to meeting with individual mentees, the mentors had two successful interactive sessions with Nigeria-based women scholars at LSA 2019 and organized two well-attended webinars on sexual harassment in higher education in October 2020.
Panelists
Chair:
Louisa Egbunike (Durham University) louisa.egbunike@durham.ac.uk
Discussants
Belinda Achibong (Barnard College- Columbia University) ba2207@columbia.edu
Judith Byfield (Cornell University) jab632@cornell.edu
Abosede George (Barnard College-Columbia University) ageorge@barnard.edu
Taibat Lawanson (University of Lagos) tolawanson@gmail.com
Peju Layiwola (University of Lagos) pejulayiwola1967@gmail.com
Session 6 (June 22)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Postdoctoral Fellowship Application and Experience
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84784641717
At every LSA Conference, we organize a pre-conference session on postdoctoral fellowship application, featuring Nigeria-based academics who have won residency awards across the world. Panelists will share their experience of writing proposal, applying for fellowship, conducting research, and publishing. This session promises to demystify postdoctoral fellowship application.
Topics for discussion include but not limited to the following:
- How did you know about the opportunity?
- Sourcing information on fellowship
- Writing proposal
- Networking and professional development
- Letter of recommendation and application requirement
- Financial and professional reward of fellowship
- Overall benefit of fellowship to professional development
Panelists
Chair: Ọláyínká Àkànle (Postdoctoral Fellow, SARChl Chair in Social Policy, University of South Africa/Research Associate, University of Johannesburg/University of Ibadan) yakanle@yahoo.com
Discussants
Adeyemi Ademowo (African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Societies Fellow/Afe Babalola University) yemijohnson@gmail.com
Morenikeji Asaaju (Leventis Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London/Obafemi Awolowo University) morenikeji_asaaju@yahoo.com
Eniola Boluwaduro (AfOx-TORCH Fellow, University of Oxford/Redeemer’s University) adedoyine@gmail.com
Babajide Ololajulo (African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Societies Fellow/Leventis Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London/University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar/University of Ibadan) babjid74@yahoo.com
Samaila Suleiman (Social Sciences Research Council Fellow, New York/African Humanities Program of the American Council of Learned Societies Fellow/Bayero University) smlsuleiman@gmail.com
Session 7 (June 22)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Film Screening
Trouble Sleep: A Film by Alain Kassanda apkass2@gmail.com
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81352949431
Chair: Femi Odugbemi (Filmmaker) femiodugbemi@gmail.com
Fred, unemployed graduate like many young Nigerians, is starting a new job as a taxi driver. As for Akin, he taxes commercial vehicles for the national transport union. They both operate in the rich urban landscape of Ibadan, in which Alain Kassanda’s camera choreographs the multiplicity and perpetual power relations at play.
Bio of Filmmaker Alain Kassanda
Born in Kinshasa, Alain Kassanda moved to France at the age of 11. After studying communication, he began to show his films at various Parisian theaters since 2003, and several film festivals such as “Ghett’Out Film Festival” at the Brattle Theatre in Boston and BAM in New York. Alain has also been the film programmer for the movie-theater Les 39 marches in Sevran, near Paris, for five years. Trouble Sleep is his first film, shot in Ibadan (Nigeria) where he lived from 2015 to 2019.
Session 8 (June 22)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Graduate School Application and Experience in Europe:
Perspectives from Graduate Students
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81299373064
Every year, the LSA organizes a session on graduate school application and experience featuring Nigerian graduate students studying in Europe. As always, the session promises to demystify application process to make applicants more competitive. Topics for discussion include but not limited to:
Topics for discussion include but not limited to the following:
• Things to consider when picking graduate program
• Contacting prospective supervisors: Dos and Don’ts
• What admission committees look for in application dossier
• Writing competitive PhD proposal
• Funding for graduate education
Panelists
Chair: Adeyemi Balogun (University of Bayreuth) adeyemi_balogun@yahoo.com
Discussants
Immaculata Abba (Oxford University) immaculata.na@gmail.com
Vivian Chiamaka Ejezie (The Graduate Institute, Geneva) vivian.ejezie@graduateinstitute.ch
Augustin Farinola (University of Birmingham) austineaf@gmail.com
Ayotunde Ojo (University of York) aio507@york.ac.uk
Simeon Meshack Imologie (University of Bayreuth) s.imologie@futminna.edu.ng
Michaels Iziegbe Omwanhiaokpa (University of Bologna) michael.omwanhiaokpa@studio.unibo.it
Day 2 of Pre-conference
Session 9 (June 23)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Publish that Article:
A Roundtable of Journal Editors
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88306966320
One of the biggest debates in African knowledge production is what constitutes a good journal manuscript. The debate is exacerbated by the expanding gap in resources and professional development opportunities for scholars, especially Africa-based junior academics. This roundtable is designed to help prospective authors with core information about quality research and writing, determining where to send manuscript, and the entire peer-review process.
Panelists
Chair: Carli Coetzee (Editor, Journal of African Cultural Studies)
Discussants
Nwando Achebe (Editor-in-Chief, Journal of West African History) achebe@msu.edu
Remi Adekoya (Editor, Review of African Political Economy) remi.adekoya@york.ac.uk
Stephanie Kitchen (Editorial Manager, Africa: The Journal of International African Institute) sk111@soas.ac.uk
Naluwembe Binaisa (Associate Editor, Irinkerindo: Journal of African Migration) inbinaisa@gmail.com
Kayode Samuel (Editor, African Notes) symphonykay@gmail.com
Session 10 (June 23)
10:00AM– 4:00PM
Early Career Researchers Symposium on International Studies
***Open Only to Selected Participants***
This symposium on International Studies is jointly hosted by Millennium: Journal of International Studies and the Lagos Studies Association (LSA). The Symposium will provide the opportunity for up to 8 early-career researchers in International Relations, Political Science, Sociology, and related fields attending the LSA 2021 Conference to discuss their work in progress (e.g., a working paper or thesis chapter) and receive feedback from senior discussants as well as from the editors of Millennium. The workshop will be followed by an open discussion (open to all LSA Conference participants) with the editors of Millennium. This will provide participants with the opportunity to ask the editors questions about the submission and reviewing process, to prepare for submitting a manuscript at Millennium or elsewhere.
Session 11 (June 23)
2:45PM – 4:15PM
Pedagogy of Teaching
(Co-hosted with the Center for Migration and Global Studies, National Open University of Nigeria)
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://noun.zoom.us/j/6084704611
Meeting ID: 608 470 4611
There is no gainsaying the fact that the art of teaching is rarely offered as part of curriculum and professional development in many institutions. Yet, colleges and universities expect new and established instructors to “grow on the job,” while providing little to no resources to aid quality teaching. Expanding teaching load, poor resources for effective teaching, and disconnection between research interest and teaching concentration all have a negative impact on quality knowledge dissemination. Many instructors struggle to teach effectively as they grapple with conflicting expectations of how best to impart knowledge. Yet, every component of teaching pedagogy is teachable to both new and established instructors.
Topics for discussion include but not limited to the following:
- Developing a teaching philosophy
- Designing a syllabus: Course objectives and goals
- Reading list and access to teaching materials
- Beyond the Classroom: Designing a travel abroad course
- Virtual teaching and technology
- Classroom management
- Teaching to strengths
- Developing field trip and travel courses
Chair: Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani (National Open University of Nigeria) profoye@gmail.com
Discussants
Kolawole Adekola (University of Ibadan) “Experiential Teaching: Fieldwork Education.” kolawole.adekola@gmail.com
Adeyemi Ademowo (Afe Babalola University) “Not a Rocket Science: Virtual Teaching and Technology.” yemijohnson@gmail.com
Kwame Essien (Lehigh University) “Beyond the Classroom: Designing a Travel Abroad Course.” kwe212@lehigh.edu
Ivy Mills (University of California-Berkeley) “Designing a Syllabus: Course Objectives and Goals.” ivymills@berkeley.edu
John Thabiti Willis (Carleton College) “Developing a Teaching Philosophy.” jcwillis@carleton.edu
Session 12 (June 23)
2:45PM – 4:15PM
Graduate School Application and Experience in Europe:
Perspectives from Graduate Faculty
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82382439360
Every year, the LSA organizes a session on graduate school application process featuring graduate school faculty in European universities. As always, the session promises to demystify application process to make applicants more competitive.
Topics for discussion include but not limited to the following:
- Things to consider when picking graduate program
- Contacting prospective supervisors: Dos and Don’ts
- What admission committees look for in application dossier
- Writing competitive PhD proposal
- Funding for graduate education
Panelists
Chair: Simon Heap (Oxford Brookes University) effaheap@aol.com
Discussants
Wale Adebanwi (University of Oxford) wale.adebanwi@africa.ox.ac.uk
Ayokunu Adedokun (Leiden University) a.b.adedokun@luc.leidenuniv.nl
Davide Casciano (University of Bologna) davide@casciano.info
Elizabeth Cobbett (University of East Anglia) e.cobbett@uea.ac.uk
Christine Scherer (University of Bayreuth) christine.scherer@uni-bayreuth.de
Session 13 (June 23)
4:30PM – 6:00PM
Doing Research in Nigeria:
Reflections on Archival and Fieldwork Experience
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85641859513
Nigeria is one of the most studied countries in Africa. The dense trove of sources on the country continued to motivate scholars to conduct research across multiple disciplinary confines. This roundtable seeks to reflect on the changing landscape of research in Nigeria from scholars at different stages of their career. Panelists will reflect on how they conduct research in Nigeria, their experience on the field and in the archive, how they navigate the cultural and linguistic landscape of their research area, and their relationship with Nigerian academics on the ground. We anticipate discussion about new frontiers in Nigerian studies, how new theoretical perspectives shape data collection and interpretation, and some ethical issues relating to human subject research.
Panelists
Chair: Lynn Schler (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) lynnschler@me.com
Discussants
Kudus Adebayo (University of Ibadan)/Sociology/African Diaspora/Migration oluwatoyinkudus@gmail.com
Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin (Queen’s University)/ Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies/Urban Studies/Black Futurity grace.adeniyiogunyankin@queensu.ca
Abidemi Babatunde Babalola (University of Cambridge)/ Archeology/Museum Studies Culture/Comparative Civilization abidemibabalola@yahoo.com
Maria Martin (University of California- Merced)/ Women and Gender/History/ Black World Feminist Theory mmartin360@ucmerced.edu
Tara Reyelts (University of Texas at San Antonio)/History/Women’s and Gender Studies tarareyelts@gmail.com
Portia Roelofs (St Anne’s College, University of Oxford)/African Politics/Development Studies/Political Theory portia.roelofs@st-annes.ox.ac.uk
Session 14 (June 23)
6:15PM– 7:45PM
Gender and the Academy
(Organized by the LSA Mentoring Program for Women Graduate Students in Nigeria)
Part II
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84460492928
Launched in 2019, the LSA mentoring program is one step towards creating opportunity for women graduate students to work with established scholars in the humanities and the social sciences. Through regular conversation about professional development opportunities, the mentoring program equips women graduate students with the confidence and skill to develop as strong intellectuals. The senior scholars in the program serve as role model for the graduate students as they develop competent skills for a sustainable productive academic life. In addition to meeting with individual mentees, the mentors had two successful interactive sessions with Nigeria-based women scholars at LSA 2019 and organized two well-attended webinars on sexual harassment in higher education in October 2020.
Panelists
Chair: Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome (Brooklyn College, CUNY) mojubaolu@gmail.com
Discussants
Lisa Lindsay (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) lalindsa@email.unc.edu
Oyeronke Oyewumi (Stony Brook University) Oyeronke.Oyewumi@stonybrook.edu
Lynn Schler (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) lynnschler@me.com
Ola Uduku (Manchester School of Architecture) o.uduku@mmu.ac.uk
Bamidele Wale-Oshinowo (University of Lagos) bwale-oshinowo@unilag.edu.ng
Yetunde Zaid (University of Lagos) yetundezaid@gmail.com
Session 15 (June 23)
8:00PM – 9: 30PM
From Thesis to Book:
A Roundtable of First Book Authors
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81746081374
Revising a doctoral thesis into a book is one of the greatest feats that any scholar (especially in North America) can achieve. This process takes an average of six years and requires a lot of mentoring. This interactive session with scholars who have successfully revised their doctoral dissertation into a book promises to unmask the myth and realities of first book publishing.
Chair: Moses Ochonu (Vanderbilt University) moses.ochonu@Vanderbilt.Edu
Discussants
Shola Adenekan (University of Amsterdam), author of African Literature in the Digital Age, sholaadenekan@gmail.com
Oluwakemi Balogun (University of Oregon), author of Beauty Diplomacy kbalogun@uoregon.edu
Robin P. Chapdelaine (Duquesne University), author of The Persistence of Slavery chapdelainer@duq.edu
Sam Daly (Duke University), author of A History of the Republic of Biafra, samuel.furychilds.daly@duke.edu
Simidele Dosekun (London School of Economics and Political Science), author of Fashioning Postfeminism S.O.Dosekun@lse.ac.uk
Ndubueze L. Mbah (University at Buffalo), author of Emergent Masculinities
ndubueze@buffalo.edu
Session 16 (June 23)
8:00PM – 9: 30PM
Graduate School Application and Experience in North America: Perspectives from Graduate Students
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81319785072
Every year, the LSA organizes a session on graduate school application and experience featuring Nigerian graduate students studying in North America. As always, the session promises to demystify application process to make applicants more competitive. Topics for discussion include but not limited to:
- Preparing for the Graduate Record Examination
• Taking the Test of English as Foreign Language/Navigating waiver
• Choosing graduate program, writing Statement of Purpose, and application fee waiver - What is a good writing sample?
• Coursework, qualifying exam, and reading concentration
• Adjusting to a new academic culture
• Conducting fieldwork and sourcing for external funding
• Writing your dissertation and preparing for the job market
Panelists
Chair: Chijioke Azuawusiefe (University of Pennsylvania) chiaz@sas.upenn.edu
Discussants
Adebisi Alade (McMaster University) aladea@mcmaster.ca
Waliu Ismaila (West Virginia University) wai0003@mix.wvu.edu
Diekara Oloruntoba-Oju (Harvard University) doloruntobaoju@fas.harvard.edu
Chijioke Kizito Onah (Cornell University) Cko34@cornell.edu
Titilope Salami (University of British Columbia) titilope.salami@alumni.ubc.ca
Day 1 of Conference (June 24)
Opening Ceremony (June 24)
1:00 – 2:30
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87267338139
SESSION 1 (3:00-4:30)
Session 1A (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Histories of Dirt:
Media and Urban Life in Colonial and Postcolonial Lagos by Stephanie Newell (Duke University Press, 2020)
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87388705854
Chair and Organizer: Cajetan Iheka (Yale University) cajetan.iheka@yale.edu
Discussants
Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies) cc76@soas.ac.uk
Rotimi Fasan (Osun State University) rotimi.fasan@uniosun.edu.ng
Jonathan Haynes (Long Island University) Jonathan.Haynes@liu.edu
Sara Katz (Loyola University New Orleans) sakatz@loyno.edu
Senayon Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan) samsenayon@gmail.com
Respondents
Stephanie Newell/Author (Yale University) stephanie.newell@yale.edu
Patrick Oloko (University of Lagos) p_oloko@yahoo.com
John Uwa (University of Lagos) uwa.jmo@gmail.com
For more information on the book, see this link: https://www.dukeupress.edu/histories-of-dirt
Session 1B (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Art, Visuality, and Iconographies
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86320643731
Chair: Olubukola Gbadegesin (Saint Louis University) olubukola.gbadegesin@slu.edu
Nigeria: A Cultural Portrait by Akinsola Adejuwon (Obafemi Awolowo University) irorun09@gmail.com
Communicating Social Identity through Clothing: The Aso-ebi Culture in Yorubaland by Morolake Dairo (Pan-Atlantic University) morolakedairo@gmail.com
Integrative Road Transportation and Visual Branding in Lagos Metropolis by Afeez Siyanbola (Ahmadu Bello University) afeezsegun@yahoo.com
Session 1C (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Niyi Osundare and the African Postcolonial Discourse
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88967597471
Chair and Organizer: Tosin Gbogi (Marquette University) tosingbogi@gmail.com
Discussants
Gabriel Bamgbose (Rutgers University) gabrielbamgbose@gmail.com
Mathew Brown (University of Wisconsin-Madison) matthew.h.brown@wisc.edu
Oyeniyi Okunoye (Obafemi Awolowo University) ookunoye@yahoo.com
Omotayo Oloruntoba-Oju (Adekunle Ajasin University) ttayooju@gmail.com
Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory University) nathan.e.suhr-sytsma@emory.edu
Respondent
Niyi Osundare (University of New Orleans) oosunda1@uno.edu
Session 1D (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Nigerian Comparative Urbanism:
Historical Perspectives
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87852456517
Chair: Jonathan Reynolds (Northern Kentucky University) ReynolJo@nku.edu
Evangelical Urbanism: The Role of the Christian Missionary Society in the Development of Onitsha by Mathias Chukwudi Isiani (University of Nigeria) mathias.isiani@unn.edu.ng
A City of Many Burdens: Enugu on the Eve of the Nigerian Civil War by Patrick Chukwudike Okpalaeke (University of Uyo) pcokpalaeke.pgs@uniuyo.edu.ng
Urbanity, Race, and Class in African Medical Discourse: Example of the European/Nasarawa Hospital in Kano, 1916-1997 by Muhammed Wada (Bayero University) mwada.his@buk.edu.ng
Growth and Development of Post-Colonial Katsina City, 1960 – 2015 by Samuel Wycliff (Ahmadu Bello University) samwycliff@gmail.com
Session 1E (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Excavating the City:
Urban Archaeology and the Reconstruction of Nigeria’s Past
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87330874886
Chair: Abidemi Babatunde Babalola (University of Cambridge) tundebabalola@googlemail.com
Crafting Knowledge: Indigenous Salt Production in Lagos, 16th-18th centuries AD by Raphael A. Alabi (University of Ibadan) raphael_alabi@yahoo.com
Forgotten Monuments: Archaeology and the Imprints of Early Catholicism in Topo Island, Badagry by Abiola Ibirogba (Pennsylvania State University) aji5208@psu.edu
Ijebu Cultural Astronomy: New Lights on the Architecture of Ritual on the Landscape of Valor by Olanrewaju Lasisi (College of William and Mary) oblasisi@email.wm.edu
Ibadan and the Archaeology of Precolonial Urban Warfare by Boluwaji Ajayi and Akanni Opadeji (University of Ibadan) ajayi_boluwaji@yahoo.com, segunopadeji@yahoo.co.uk
Archaeological Perspectives on Economic Transitions and Food Insecurity in Lagos since the
Precolonial era by Emuobosa Akpo Orijemie (University of Ibadan) orijemie5@yahoo.com,
Session 1F (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Up National!
Urban Mobilities, Transportation, and the Politics of Livelihood
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84398686754
Chair: Adeyemi Ademowo (Afe Babalola University) yemijohnson@gmail.com
Motor-Park Governance and Informal Transportation in Nigeria by Oluwatimilehin Adebesin (Obafemi Awolowo University) and Omomayowa Abati (Kings University) mrabatim@gmail.com
The Plasticity of Traffic Congestion in Lagos by Finehope Ogunliyi (University of Lagos) ogunhope91@gmail.com
Household Management, Urban Poverty, and Women Tricycle Riders in Ibadan by Temitope Bello (University of Ibadan) and Fadekemi Olawoye (Goethe University) fadekeolawoye@gmail.com, temitopebello5050@gmail.com
Revolutionizing Mobility: The Igbo and Long-Distance Transportation in Post-Colonial Lagos by Ifeanyi Orji (Bowen University) orjibonifacesly@gmail.com
Session 1G (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Charting a New Path for Library, Archival, and Information Science in Postcolonial Africa (Part I)
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81746053907
Chair and Organizer: Yetunde Zaid (University of Lagos) yetundezaid@gmail.com
Voice of Esau, Hand of Jacob: Decolonizing African Libraries for Sustainable Development Goals by Adefunke Alabi (University of KwaZulu-Natal) oladesh@yahoo.com
Advancement or Annoying Distractions? From Library Decolonization Manifestos to Library 4.0 Hyperboles by Thabo J. Gopane (University of Johannesburg) tjgopane@uj.ac.za
Nigerian Library Development and Reforms in Historical Perspective by Joshua Onaade Ojo and Racheal Opeyemi Odunlade (University of Lagos) jojo@unilag.edu.ng, rodunlade@unilag.edu.ng
New Perspectives on Library, Archival, and Information Science in Nigeria by Sunday Oloruntola (University of Lagos) oloruntolasunday@gmail.com
Session 1H (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Beauty Diplomacy: Embodying an Emerging Nation by Oluwakemi Balogun (Stanford University Press, 2020)
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89533200760
Chair: Oyeronke Oyewumi (Stony Brook University) Oyeronke.Oyewumi@stonybrook.edu
Discussants
Simidele Dosekun (London School of Economics and Political Science) S.O.Dosekun@lse.ac.uk
Mofeyisara Omobowale (University of Ibadan) feyisarat@yahoo.com
Sharon Adetutu Omotoso (University of Ibadan) sharonomotoso@gmail.com
Aderayo Sanusi (Princeton University) asanusi@princeton.edu
Stacey Vanderhurst (University of Kansas) vanderhurst@ku.edu
Respondent/Author
Oluwakemi Balogun (University of Oregon) kbalogun@uoregon.edu
** Stanford University Press will offer attendees a 20% discount on the book. Google preview available here: https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Diplomacy…/dp/1503610977
Session 1I (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
The Physical and Cultural Geographies of Language:
Content, Style, and Space
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86789195211
Chair: Kola Tubosun (Yorùbá Names Project) kolatubosun@gmail.com
Surviving Strategies of Minority Codes in a Postcolonial Speech Community: Lagos as Case Study by Abisoye Eleshin (University of Lagos) bisoyeeleshin@gmail.com
The Adapting Evolution of Oral Histories in the Fabric of Place by Tokie Laotan-Brown (University of Nova Goricia) tokielbrown@icloud.com
Formulae in Ohafia Burial Poetry: The Problem of Translation by Rosetta Nnsi (University of Lagos) rosettaekejiuba@gmail.com
Language Identity of Commercial Drivers in Lagos by Joshua Usman (Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University) usmanautaj5@gmail.com
Session 1J (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Decolonization Reconceptualized
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87437860180
Chair: Jefferey Peller (University of San Francisco) jpaller@usfca.edu
Marginal Communities and Urban Fantasies: Decolonizing “Eko o ni baje,” Waterfront Regeneration, and Participatory Governance in Postcolonial Lagos by Adebisi Alade (McMaster University) aladea@mcmaster.ca
Football Stadiums in African Cities as Sites for Decolonization and Modernization by Itamar Dubinsky (Oregon State University) dubinski@oregonstate.edu
Decolonizing the Delta: The Moral Case for Resource Control and Economic Democracy by Peter Osimiri (University of Lagos) posimiri@unilag.edu.ng
Zbigniew Dmochowski and the Decolonization of Architecture in Post-Independence Nigeria by Lukasz Stanek (University of Manchester) lukasz.stanek@manchester.ac.uk
Session 1K (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Nigerian Rail Heritage: Past, Present, Future
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81658320856
An exhibition by the Nigeria Railway Corporation/Legacy 1995 and Oxford University African Studies Center
Chair: Kofo Adeleke (Legacy 1995) kofoadeleke@yahoo.com
Discussants
Khadijah Adekomaiya (Nigeria Railway Corporation) ummumuhammadkhadijat@yahoo.com
Mogbolahan Ajala (Legacy 1995 project co-lead) info@legacy1995.org.ng
Olly Owen (Oxford University co-lead) owen.olly@gmail.com
“This exhibition-format project was an effort to engage with the history of Nigeria’s Railways through the perspective of a visual conversation between past, present and future. It linked the documentation and conservation of Nigeria’s railway heritage infrastructure with how it is used, experienced and imagined today, and how that interacts with contemporary conversations on railway development. This involved bringing up themes of history and identity, personal and official memory, colonialism and independence, ruination and reconstruction, and ways of thinking about and rethinking modernity and imagining pasts and futures. The project was a collaboration between Legacy 1995 and Oxford African Studies Centre, kindly supported by the UK ESRC and Oxford Martin School, and kindly facilitated by the Nigeria Railway Corporation.”
4:30-5:30 (Break)
SESSION 2 (5:30-7:00)
Session 2A (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83574525164
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Livelihood in Colonial Lagos by Monsuru Muritala (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2019)
Chair: Honorable Adekunle Alli (Independent Scholar/Local Historian of Lagos) ekoakete915@gmail.com
Discussants
Akeem Akinwale (University of Lagos) aakinwale@unilag.edu.ng
Davide Casciano (University of Bologna) davide@casciano.info
Tunde Decker (Osun State University) tundedecker@gmail.com
Sara Katz (Loyola University New Orleans) sakatz@loyno.edu
Susan Rosenfeld (University of California-Los Angeles) susanrosenfeld@g.ucla.edu
Respondent/Author
Monsuru Muritala (University of Ibadan) murimonsour@gmail.com
Google book preview available here: https://www.amazon.com/Livelihood-Colonial…/dp/1498582141
Session 2B (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Cyber Lagos:
Digitality and Technology Business
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82845327146
Chair: Aderayo Sanusi (Princeton University) asanusi@princeton.edu
Technology and Urban Livelihoods: Ride-hailing Applications in Lagos by Oghenetega Ogodo and Taibat Lawanson (University of Lagos) ortegaogodo@gmail.com
Surulere and the Emergence of Technology Entrepreneurship in Nigeria by Kanyinsola Obayan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) oobayan@mit.edu
The Evolution of Lagos as the Cyber Capital of Nigeria by Onyendidi Olibamoyo (University of Bath) ndidi.okpara@gmail.com
Digital Preservation of Cultural Wooden Objects at the National Museum in Lagos by Elizabeth Adekanye and Stella Nduka (University of Lagos) eadekanye@unilag.edu.ng, snduka@unilag.edu.ng
Session 2C (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Insurance, Money, and Fiscal Policy
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85126951617
Chair: Olly Owens (University of Oxford) owen.olly@gmail.com, oliver.owen@anthro.ox.ac.uk
The Monetary Transitions during the First Republic in Nigeria and Beyond by Bamidele Aly (Independent Scholar) dele_aly@yahoo.fr
Human Resources Development and Organizational Efficiency by Olufunmilayo Ebiniyi (Rufus Giwa Polytechnic) febiniyi@gmail.com
Insurance Terminology: Bridging the Communication Gap by Adedoyinsola Eleshin (University of Lagos) deleshin@unilag.edu.ng adedoyinmola@gmail.com
Formalization, Tax Appeals, and Social Intermediaries: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Lagos by Janica Magat (with Jessica Gottlieb & Adrienne LeBas) (Texas A&M University) janicamagat@tamu.edu
Session 2D (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Art and Visuality:
Artists and their Iconographies (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoo.us/j/89754226570
Chair: Peju Layiwola (University of Lagos) pejulayiwola1967@gmail.com
Social Order through Visuals: A Study of the Works of Some Selected Contemporary Nigerian Artists by Tolulope Sobowale (Olabisi Onabanjo University) and Kehinde Adepegba (Lagos State Polytechnic) adepegba.k@mylaspotech.edu.ng, tolucobbler2@gmail.com
Feminism in Fajuyigbe Michael Olusegun’s Sculptural Ceramics by Musa Ajibola (University of Ibadan) ajibolaalawodemusa@yahoo.com
The Place of Aina Onabolu in Nigerian Art by Felix Babatunde Egunjobi (The Polytechnic, Ibadan) filikstunde2014@gmail.com
Materializing the Urban Transition of Harare and the Use of Found Objects in Zimbabwean Art by Lifang Zhang (Rhodes University) cyanlfz@gmail.com
Session 2E (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Nigerian Cities Soundscape:
Identity Formation, Social Protest, and Popular Music in Lagos and Ibadan
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89527656544
Chair and Organizer: Olusegun Stephen Titus (Obafemi Awolowo University) ostitus@oauife.edu.ng
Protesting Pollution in Lagos: The Role of Music by Abimbola Aduloju (Obafemi Awolowo University) aadenike66@gmail.com
Musical Performance in Ajegunle, Lagos by Babarinde Babatunde (Obafemi Awolowo University) babatundebabarinde@gmail.com
The Musical and Environmental Effects of the African Shrine on Lagos by Lilien Chidera Ezeugwu (Obafemi Awolowo University) lilienezeugwu@gmail.com
Music, Environmental Degradation, and Social Protest in Lagos and Ibadan by Leke Olayinka Owate (Obafemi Awolowo University) yinkaowate@gmail.com
Popular Music, Socio-economic Inequality, and the Lagos Soundscape by Olusegun Stephen Titus (Obafemi Awolowo University) ostitus@oauife.edu.ng
Session 2F (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
New Paradigms in Lagos History (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85485307666
Chair: Kristin Mann (Emory University) histkm@emory.edu
Urban Renewal and Human Rights in Lagos: 2007–2015 by Olugbemi Jaiyebo (Achievers University) ojaiyebo@gmail.com
Histories of Slum Clearance in Colonial and Postcolonial Lagos by Tim Livsey (Northumbria University) tim.livsey@northumbria.ac.uk
Military Factor in Lagos History by Justus Nzemeka (Anchor University) jnzemeka@aul.edu.ng
Disciplining the Night in Colonial Lagos, 1920s-1950s by Chrystel Oloukoi (Harvard University) coloukoi@g.harvard.edu
Oba Musendiku Adeniji Adele, Indigenous Lagosians, and the Uncertainties of Decolonization by Halimat Somotan (Princeton University) ths2122@columbia.edu
Session 2G (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Gender and Sexual Politics
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84083209020
Chair: Omotola Okunlola (University of Wisconsin-Madison) okunlolatola@gmail.com
Repressed Sexual Manifestations: The Effects of Socio-cultural Influences and Determinants on African Sexuality by Amenaghawon Abusomwan (University of Lagos) amen.abusomwan@gmail.com
Emotional Abuse on Women: A Myth or Reality? by Adebola Alade (Lead City University) ikeade26@yahoo.com
UniAbuse.ng by Eric Covey (Unaffiliated Scholar) ericcovey1974@gmail.com
Sexism in the Nigerian Workspace: The Experiences of Women in Executive Positions by Nwakaego Eleje (Lead City University) nwakaeleje@yahoo.co.uk
Sexual Kidnapping: An Emerging Crime in Lagos State by Azeez Kareem-Ojo (University of Ibadan) azeezojo2695@gmail.com
Session 2H (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging African Literature in the Digital Age:
Class and Sexual Politics in New Writing from Nigeria and Kenya by Shola Adenekan (James Currey, 2021)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88361107061
Chair: Rhonda Cobham-Sander (Amherst College) ccobhamsande@amherst.edu
Panel Organizer: James Yékú (University of Kansas) yeku.james@gmail.com
Discussants
Stephanie Bosch Santana (University of California – Los Angeles) stephanie.bosch@gmail.com
Rebecca Jones (Independent Scholar) rebecca.senoj@gmail.com
Koleade Odutola (University of Florida) kodutola@ufl.edu
Oyeniyi Okunoye (Obafemi Awolowo University) ookunoye@yahoo.com
Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang (University of Ghana) kwabena.oa@gmail.com
Respondent/Author
Olorunshola Adenekan (University of Amsterdam)
Available online: https://boydellandbrewer.com/african-literature-in-the…
Session 2I (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Continuity and Disruption:
Death, Mourning, and Memorialization in Postcolonial African Cities (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83816650122
Chair: Babajide Ololajulo (University of Ibadan) babjid74@yahoo.com
Organizer: Shina Alimi (Obafemi Awolowo University) shinaalimi@gmail.com
Death and Dying in the Nigerian Police Force: Love, Duty or Accident of Fate by Fisayo Ajala (Stellenbosch University) ajalatemitopeolufisayo@gmail.com
Obituaries and Funeral Obligations and Rites among the Yoruba by Gbenga Fasiku (Obafemi Awolowo University) platoife@oauife.edu.ng
“The Man Died, People Went Berserk!”: Examining the Trajectory of a Controversial Death in Nigeria by Oluwafunminiyi Raheem (Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding) creativitysells@gmail.com
Oke-Afa Cenotaph as Memory: Recounting the 2002 Bomb Explosion in Lagos State by Sikiru Abiona Yusuff (Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding) ysikiruabiona@yahoo.com
Session 2J (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Urban Heritage Conservation
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84087910036
Organizers and Chairs: Ola Uduku (Manchester School of Architecture) and Taibat Lawanson (University of Lagos) tolawanson@gmail.com, o.uduku@mmu.ac.uk
Maintenance of Heritage Buildings in Postcolonial Lagos by Olajide Julius Faremi (University of Lagos) and Oluranti Olupolola Ajayi (University of Lagos) olurantiajayi2408@gmail.com, juliusfaremi@gmail.com
Preservation of Colonial Buildings in Benue State by Irene Mngutyo (Benue State University) and Davidson Alaci (Benue State University) dralacidsa@gmail.com, imngutyo@bsum.edu.ng
Collaborative Urban Heritage Conservation: A Case Study of the 1925 Standard Bank Building in Port Harcourt by Warebi Gabriel Brisibe (Rivers State University) briswares@yahoo.com
Memory as an Interculturality Booster in Maputo through the Preservation of the Colonial Statuary by Vitor de Sousa (University of Minho) vitordesousa@gmail.com
Session 2K (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Lagos in New Nollywood (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85620331480
Organizer and Chair: Senayon Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan) samsenayon@gmail.com
Spatial Memory and the Nigerian City in Film: The Geography of Exclusivity and Crime in Kemi Adetiba’s “King of Boys” by Ugochukwu Anyah (University of Bayreuth) richardugochukwuanyah@gmail.com
Dynamics of Independence, Love and Space: Lagos and Women in New Nollywood by Ejemen Ogbebor (University of Ibadan) ejemenogbebor94@gmail.com
New Nollywood and the Apotheosising of New Elitism in Lagos by Abiodun Oluseye (Federal Polytechnic Ilaro) festalbee@gmail.com
Putting Old Wine in New Bottles: Reflections on Adaptation of Classic Video Films as a Metaphor for Lagos in Neo-Nollywood Films by Lilian Shoroye (University of Ibadan) loshoroye@gmail.com
SESSION 3 (7:30-9:00)
Session 3A (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Imagined States: Law and Literature in Nigeria, 1900-1966 by Katherine Baxter (Edinburgh University Press, 2019)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85130754503
Chair: Adigun Agbaje (University of Ibadan) adigunagbaje@yahoo.com
Discussants
Lola Akande (University of Lagos) lolakan2002@yahoo.co.uk
Wendy Griswold (Northwestern University) w-griswold@northwestern.edu
Stephanie Newell (Yale University) stephanie.newell@yale.edu
Senayon Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan) samsenayon@gmail.com
Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory University) nathan.e.suhr-sytsma@emory.edu
Respondent/Author
Katherine Isobel Baxter (Northumbria University) katherine.baxter@northumbria.ac.uk
For additional information on the book, see this link: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-imagined-states.html
Session 3B (June 24)
7:30PM – 9:00PM
Women and the Politics of Everyday Survival
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87241039693
Chair: Maria Martin (University of California- Merced) mmartin360@ucmerced.edu
Negotiating a Better Living for Women in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State: Changes and Continuities by Vic Martin Igwe (University of Uyo) vicchiigwe@gmail.com
Feminization of Poverty and Povertization of Females: The Nigerian Experience by Temitope Oluyemi (Lead City University) temitopeakinpelu@gmail.com
Gender Differences in Street Traders Evasion of Arrest in Lagos State by Adebowale Ayobade, Waziri B. Adisa, and Ayodele Shittu (University of Lagos) ayobade2000@yahoo.com, ishittu@unilag.edu.ng, adisawazira@yahoo.com
“Stripping her Naked is Violating her Civic Right”: Online appraisals of Female Body-shaming as Punishment for Crime by Helen Ugah (Elizade University) ugah.helen@gmail.com
Session 3C (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging An Economic History of West Africa [Second Edition] by A.G. Hopkins (Routledge 2020)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84814581587
Chair: Joseph Inikori (University of Rochester) jinikori@ur.rochester.edu
Discussants
Bronwen Everill (University of Cambridge) bee21@cam.ac.uk
Jennifer Lofkrantz (St. Thomas University) jlofkrantz@stu.ca
Olisa Muojama (University of Ibadan) olisamuo@gmail.com
Olatunji Ojo (Brock University) oojo@brocku.ca
Ayodeji Olukoju (University of Lagos) aolukoju2002@yahoo.com
Marlous van Waijenburg (Harvard University) mvanwaijenburg@hbs.edu
Respondent/Author
A.G. Hopkins (University of Cambridge) agh1003@cam.ac.uk
Google preview available here: https://www.amazon.com/Economic-History…/dp/0367002434
Session 3D (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Education, Teachers, and Pedagogy (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83418212733
Chair: Oyenike Adeosun (University of Lagos) oyenikeadeosun@gmail.com
Librarians’ Awareness and Use of Social Media in Nigerian Public Universities by Fauziyah Nihinlolawa Adenekan (Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta) and Khadijat Dayo Ajayi (Crescent University) princessdayo@gmail.com, adenekanfn@funaab.edu.ng
Promoting Inclusive Education in Africa: A Case for Public-Private Partnership in Nigeria by Oyeyinka Oluwawumi (University of Ibadan) oyeyinkaoluwawumi@gmail.com
Teacher’s and Student’s Strained Interest in Education in Post-colonial Nigeria by Uchechukwu Orji (University of Nigeria) chimauchechi7@gmail.com
Peer and Parental Influence on Undergraduates’ Sexual Behaviors by Tunde Alabi and Temitope Owolabi (University of Lagos) taalabi@unilag.edu.ng, temitopeowolabi01@gmail.com
Teaching Quality and Entrepreneurship Skills Development by Bukola Taiwo (University of Lagos) bataiwo@gmail.com
Session 3E (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
New Paradigms in Lagos History (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87661246335
Chair: Olasupo Shasore (Independent Scholar) oshasore@gmail.com
Dual Citizenship: Selective Modernity and Identity Formation in Colonial Nigeria 1914-1920 by Odunayo Adeojo (West Virginia University) odunayoadeojo@yahoo.com
Molding the Metropolis: Space, Power, and Gambling in Colonial Lagos, 1886-1923 by Folarin Ajibade (New York University) fa1193@nyu.edu
A Short History of the Brazilian Mosques in Lagos by Kristin Mann (Emory University) and Lisa Earl Castillo (Independent Scholar) histkm@emory.edu, lisa.earl.castillo@gmail.com
From Asylums to Psychiatric Hospitals: Reflections on Mental Health Institutions in Lagos by Mosunmola Ogunmolaji (University of Lagos) ogunmolajimosun@gmail.com
Session 3F (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Thinking through Text:
Writers and their Academic Interpreters (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85296525691
Chair: Gabriel Bamgbose (Rutgers University) gabrielbamgbose@gmail.com
Mobility and Displacement: Exploring Departures and the (Im)possibility of Returns in Chimamanda Adichie’s “Americanah” by Omoyemi Ajisebutu (Northwestern University) omoyemiajisebutu2023@u.northwestern.edu
A Psycho-Gynocritical Portrayal of Split and Gendered Selves in Postcolonial African Cities in Akwaeke Emezi’s “Freshwater” and Goretti Kyomuhendo’s “Secrets No More” by Abayomi Awelewa (University of Lagos) and Rosemary Awelewa (University of Ibadan) osasnet4u@yahoo.com
The Underbelly of Globalization: Mosaic Urban Spaces in Chris Abani’s “Graceland”’ by Cristovao Nwachukwu (University of Florida) cristova.nwachuk@ufl.edu
Session 3G (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Nudity in Africa:
Metaphor and Body Politics in Time and Space
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89575749347
Chair: Naminata Diabate (Cornell University) nd326@cornell.edu
Panel Co-organizers: Sharon Adetutu Omotoso (University of Ibadan), sharonomotoso@gmail.com, Mutiat Oladejo (University of Ibadan) oladejomutiat@yahoo.com, and)
Of Sex Tape and Digital Scandal by Semiu Adefemi Adegbenle (University of Ibadan) adegbenles@gmail.com
Nudity in Precolonial and Colonial Nigeria by Kayode Fagite (Adekunle Ajasin University) kayodefagite@gmail.com
Female Nudity in the Nigerian and Ugandan Public Space by Dare Leke Idowu (Bowen University) idowudarre@gmail.com
The Resilience of Nudity in Nigerian Art by ChuuKrydz Ikwuemesi and Chikaogwu Kanu (University of Nigeria) krydz.ikwuemesi@unn.edu.ng chikamikekanu@gmail.com
The Spear of the Nation: “Masculinist Spectacle” and the Pornography of Power in the Artistic Representation of Jacob Zuma’s Nudity by Gibson Ncube (University of Zimbabwe) ncubegibson@yahoo.fr
Session 3H (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Gendering African Films:
Visuality, Sexuality, and Representation
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82618505630
Chair: Onookome Okome (University of Alberta) ookome@ualberta.ca
Traumatic Memory and Catharsis in Tunde Kelani’s Efúnsetán Aníwúrà by Bankole Adesuyan (University of Ibadan) bankoleadesuyan013@gmail.com
Nollywood and Contested Patriarchy: Challenging Gendered Authority in Glamour Girls and Fifty by Chijioke Azuawusiefe (University of Pennsylvania) chiaz@sas.upenn.edu
Neo-colonial Influence in Contemporary African Films: Reconstructing Gender, Sexuality, and the Family in Biyi Bandele’s “Fifty” and Stephina Zwane’s “Baby Mamas” by Chikwurah Isiguzo (Abia State University) isiguzocdestiny@gmail.com
Into the Grey: Nudity, Sex, and Pleasure in Nollywood Films by Olusegun Soetan (Penn State University) olusegun@psu.edu
Session 3I (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Livelihood, the Environment, and Everyday Survival in Lagos
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81514434771
Chair: Halimat Titilola Somotan (Princeton University) ths2122@columbia.edu
Surviving or Thriving: The Trajectory of Livelihood Patterns in Lagos Informal Settlements by Iniobong Beauty John and Davis Oluwadamilola Adedoyin (University of Lagos) ijohn@unilag.edu.ng, dharmezi1@gmail.com
Pain, Loss, and Outcomes: The Emergence of Lagos Lekki, 1990-2000 by Busuyi Adeleye (University of Benin) Charles.uniben@gmail.com
“We Are Not Humans, We Are Egun”: Informal Livelihood, Waterfront Projects and Egun Ethnic Agitation in Lagos, 1999-2017 by Mayowa Adeyeye (University of Lagos) mayowachris20@gmail.com
Urban Resilience and Features of Neighborhoods in Lagos State by Damilola Odekunle and Richard Unuigboje (University of Lagos) dodekunle@unilag.edu.ng, runuigboje@unilag,edu.ng
Session 3J (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Public Intellectual Extraordinaire:
Celebrating Sophie Abosede Oluwole (1935-2018)
(Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85712738863
Chair and Organizer: Oyeronke Oyewumi (Stony Brook University) Oyeronke.Oyewumi@stonybrook.edu
The Philosophy of Sophie Oluwole by Kola Abimbola (Howard University) kola@abimbola.us
Revisiting Women and Gender Issues in Africa: The Travails of Sophie Oluwole Philosophical Experience by Ebunoluwa Olufemi Oduwole (Olabisi Onabanjo University) ebunoduwole2k2@yahoo.com
Sophie Oluwole’s African Worldview as Conceptual Base in Nigerian Visual Arts by Odun Orimolade (Yaba College of Technology) od_jc@yahoo.com
Yoruba Women in African Philosophy: Understanding Oluwole’s Socrates and Orunmila by Kemi Hamdat Olugbodi (Bayero University) and Linda Jummai Mustafa (Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University) Mustafalinda994@gmail.com
Session 3K (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Indigenous Language and Radio Broadcasting in Nigeria
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89393938004
Chair: Oghogho Jacinta Odubanjo (Radio Nigeria) speaktojacy86@gmail.com
Emeka Darlington (Radio Nigeria) emekaezegbu@hotmail.com
Oludare Moses Morenikeji (Radio Nigeria) oludaremorenikeji@gmail.com
Adewusi Ojo (aka Dankaduna) (Jamz FM) ojoadewusi7@gmail.com
Osamwonyi Felix Osagiede (Radio Nigeria) b.felome@gmail.com
Stella M. O. Oyebanji (Radio Nigeria) stellamudiaga2328@gmail.com
Day 2 of Conference (June 25)
SESSION 4
Session 4A (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Journey of an African Colony:
The Making of Nigeria: A Documentary by Olasupo Shasore (2019)
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81985603897
Chair: Rufus Akinyele (University of Lagos) ruftai@yahoo.com
Panelists
Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (University of California-Riverside) ademide@gmail.com
Saheed Aderinto (Western Carolina University) saderinto@email.wcu.edu
Aduke Gomez (Independent Scholar) adukegomez@yahoo.com
Kristin Mann (Emory University) histkm@emory.edu
Katharina Oke (University of Graz) Katharina.Oke@uni-graz.at
Respondent
Olasupo Shasore (Independent Scholar) oshasore@gmail.com
Session 4B (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Fashioning Postfeminism:
Spectacular Femininity and Transnational Culture by Simidele Dosekun (University of Illinois Press, June 2020)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88013589079
Chair: Vicki Brennan (University of Vermont) vicki.brennan@uvm.edu
Discussants
Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin (Queen’s University) grace.adeniyi@gmail.com
Ainehi Ejieme Edoro (University of Wisconsin-Madison) aedoro@wisc.edu
Abosede George (Barnard College-Columbia University) ageorge@barnard.edu
Oyeronke Oyewumi (Stony Brook University) coriji@wesleyan.edu
Rosemary Popoola (Chrisland University) popoolarosemary@gmail.com
Respondent/Author
Simidele Dosekun (London School of Economics and Political Science) S.O.Dosekun@lse.ac.uk
Attendees can use S20UIP for 30% off on the University of Illinois Press website
For additional information on the book, see https://www.press.uillinois.edu/…/68xcb7dm9780252043215…
Session 4C (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Aesthetics as Mobility:
Ever-Returning to Nigeria as Collaboration, Restitution, and Value Production
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85875615429
Panel Organizer and Chair: Jesse Weaver Shipley (Dartmouth College) jesse.w.shipley@dartmouth.edu
Namaste Wahala: Representation, Popular Film, and Indian-Nigerian Intimacies by
Girish Daswani (University of Toronto) girish.daswani@utoronto.ca
The Persistent Ninja: Chinese Aesthetic, Mystique, and Masculinity in Nigerian Media by
Vivian Chenxue Lu (Fordham University) vlu2@fordham.edu
Object to Subject: The Moving Image, Person, and Ancestor in Processes of Repatriation and Restitution from Europe to Nigeria by Khadija Carroll (University of Birmingham) k.v.z.carroll@bham.ac.uk and Samson Ogiamien (Artist) sovac1@yahoo.com
Desiring Bollywood: Fictionalizing the True Story of the Nigerian Actor who sought Bollywood Fame in India by Gabriel Dattatreyan (Goldsmiths College) g.dattatreyan@gold.ac.uk
& Jesse Weaver Shipley (Dartmouth College) jesse.w.shipley@dartmouth.edu
Session 4D (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
New Directions in Nigerian History
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84841208592
Chair: Bamidele Aly (Independent Scholar) dele_aly@yahoo.fr
Laws of the Jungle: Extrajudicial Justice in Lagos (1999-2017) by Oyinade Adekunle (McMaster University) oyinadeadekunle@gmail.com
Visualizing Colonial Capitalism: Advertisement and Consumer Culture in the Nigerian Newspaper Press, 1960-1970 by Gbenga Makinsun (Independent Scholar) gbengaisaac319@gmail.com
Legacy on Trial: British Cantonment Proclamation of 1904, Government Reserved Areas (GRAs) and Uneven Infrastructural Development in Post-Colonial Lagos by Muritala Monsuru (University of Ibadan) murimonsour@gmail.com
The State of the Nigerian Air Space, 2000-2013 by Monisola Peace Oyeyipo (University of Lagos) monioye7@gmail.com
Session 4E (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Thinking through Text:
Writers and their Academic Interpreters (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84389450134
Chair: Oluwole Coker (Obafemi Awolowo University) wole4u@gmail.com
African Story Time: Narrative Transportation Storytelling in U.S. News Coverage of Nigeria’s Missing Girls by Yewande Addie (University of Florida) yewande.addie@ufl.edu
Politics of Suffering in Samuel Kolawole’s “The Book of M” by Kehinde Omojola (Bowen University) kehinde.omojola@bowen.edu.ng
The Re-Invention of Primordial Femininity in Contemporary Narratives: A Reading of Flora Nwapa’s “Efuru” by Adewale Oyedeji (University of Ibadan) waleayo60@gmail.com
The Dislocation of Culture: Translocational/Mobile Identities in Chimamanda Adichie’s “Americanah” by Dina Yerima (University of Nigeria) sedinadinay@gmail.com
Session 4F (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Education, Teachers, and Pedagogy (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81639219531
Chair: Odunola Oyeniyi (University of Central Arkansas) odunola.oyeniyi@yahoo.com
Public Spaces in the University of Lagos: An Analysis of The Reception of Placemaking Interventions by Orinayo Odubawo, Uchechukwuka Ojieh, and Toye Adefolatomiwa (University of Lagos) adefolatoye@gmail.com
Including the Excluded: Advocating for Special Educators in Post-colonial Nigeria by Samson Akinbile (University of Lagos) oladayosamson99@gmail.com
Education and Socio-economic Mobility in Lagos State by Temitope Kasali (Lagos State University) kasalitemitopemary@gmail.com
Government’s School Feeding Program and Pupil Enrolment in Nigeria by Oluwaseun Kugbayi (Obafemi Awolowo University) oluseun37@yahoo.com
Cognitive Impairment and Cognitive Assessment in Children: A Comparative Study of Enugu State Nigeria and Leeds City Council, England by Charity Oluchi Ugwuanyi (University of Nigeria) Charity.oluchi81@gmail.com
Session 4G (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Campus Forms
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88113397299
Chair and Organizer: Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies) cc76@soas.ac.uk
Nicknaming Practices and Campus Celebrity Identities in Southwestern Nigeria by Jendele Hungbo (Bowen University) jendelehungbo@yahoo.com
Elitist and Popular Ideological Forms in Three Nigerian Campus Novels by Kayode G. Kofoworola (University of Lagos) kayodekofo@yahoo.com
Nollywood, Campus Forms, and Postcolonial Pedagogy by Omotola Okunlola (University of Wisconsin-Madison) okunlolatola@gmail.com
Spaces of Protest: Seydina Issa Sow’s Campus Graphic Novel by Mahriana Rofheart (Georgia Gwinnett College) mahriana.rofheart@fulbrightmail.org
Session 4H (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Digital Communication, Cyber Politics, and Life on Social Media (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82859987465
Chair: Helen Ugah (Elizade University) ugah.helen@gmail.com
Internet Doctor: Digital Diagnosis and Health Behavior of Nigerian Undergraduates by Nneka Umego (University of Nigeria) and Justina Abba (University of Ibadan) nneka.umego@unn.edu.ng, chatchim02@gmail.com
Redefining Yoruba Marital Traditions on Instagram by June Gbadamosi (University of Ibadan) junegbadamosi267@gmail.com
Morpho-Semantic Creativity in Hate Speech on Nigerian Social Networks by Frank Onuh (University of Lagos) and Temple Odoemenam (National Institute of Construction Technology) tcodoemenam@gmail.com
Reasserting Information Service Delivery by Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) ngostary2k@yahoo.com
Session 4I (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging A History of the Republic of Biafra:
Law, Crime, and the Nigerian Civil War by Samuel Fury Childs Daly (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84839739181
Chair: Nwando Achebe (Michigan State University) achebe@msu.edu
Discussants
Douglas Anthony (Franklin & Marshall College) douglas.anthony@fandm.edu
Roy Doron (Winston-Salem State University) doronrs@wssu.edu
Ed Emeka Keazor (Independent Scholar) ekeazor@gmail.com
Steven Pierce (University of Manchester) steven.pierce@manchester.ac.uk
Alex Amaechi Ugwuja (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) ugwujalexander@gmail.com
Ogechukwu Williams (Creighton University) ogechukwuwilliams@creighton.edu
Respondent/Author
Samuel Fury Childs Daly (Duke University) samuel.furychilds.daly@duke.edu
Softcopy can be viewed here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/history-of-the-republic-of-biafra/59377D443F078E195F366F5D1BCB31B9
Session 4J (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
The Political-economy of Conflict and Nation-Building (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87917173747
Chair: Gbemisola Animasawun (University of Ilorin) aganimasawun@gmail.com
Indigenous Method of Conflict Resolution in Nigeria: A Study of the Oraifite Traditional
Arbitration by Chimdiebube Favour Ezulike (Independent Scholar) ezulikechimdiebube@gmail.com
Nature and Governance: Animals, the Rural Grazing Area, and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria by Omotolani Onike (University of Ibadan) oniketolabiomo@gmail.com
Opolitics and Intercommunity Relations in Egbedore Communities by Peter Oyelola (Obafemi Awolowo University) peterkoyelola@gmail.com
The Ibadan Oloolu Masquerade: New Lights on Indigenous Conflict Resolution in a Modern Society by Imaledo Saliu (University of Ibadan) saliu.imaledo@gmail.com
SESSION 5: 3:00 – 4:30
Session 5A (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Urban Crises and Management in Africa: A Festschrift for Akin Mabogunje edited by Isaac Olawale Albert and Taibat Lawanson (Pan-African University Press, 2019)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86395098206
Chair: Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani (National Open University of Nigeria) profoye@gmail.com,htijani@noun.edu.ng
Discussants
Waseem-Ahmed Bin-Kasim (Elon University) wbinkasim@elon.edu
Laurent Fourchard (Sciences Po) laurent.fourchard@sciencespo.fr
Jennifer Hart (Wayne State University) jennifer.hart4@wayne.edu
Mufutau Jimoh (Federal University-Birnin Kebbi) oriyomijimoh4@gmail.com
Portia Roelofs (St Anne’s College-University of Oxford) portia.roelofs@st-annes.ox.ac.uk
Respondents/Editors
Isaac Olawale Albert (University of Ibadan) ioalbert2004@gmail.com
Taibat Lawanson (University of Lagos) tolawanson@gmail.com
Honoree
Akin Mabogunje (University of Ibadan) akinmabo@gmail.com
For more information on the book, see this link: https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Crises-Management-Africa-Festschrift/dp/B07VBGHM3Z
Session 5B (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Economy, Business, and Entrepreneurship
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82462258205
Chair: Akeem Akinwale (University of Lagos) aakinwale@unilag.edu.ng
Resource Conflict and Illegal Livelihood along Mining Regions of Osun State by Adeyemo Adedayo and Tunde Abioro (Obafemi Awolowo University) saintsamz2002@gmail.com, babioro@oauife.edu.ng
Ecowas Migrants and the Development of Kampala Textile Industry in Lagos, 1979-2015 by Nnaemeka Enemchukwu and Ngozi Obi-Ani (University of Nigeria) ngozika.obi-ani@unn.edu.ng, nnaemekaclassic@gmail.com
Steel Development and Regional Agitations: Nigerian Steel Project, 1960–1980 by Prince Enesi (Federal University, Kashere) enesiprince@gmail.com
Tourism in Lagos: Impact on Social and Economic Development by Adedolapo Tella (University of Lagos) vicktella@yahoo.com
Session 5C (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Thinking through Text:
Writers and their Academic Interpreters (Part III)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88963653091
Chair: Moradewun Adejunmobi (University of California-Davis) madejunmobi@ucdavis.edu
Identity Construction in Post-colonial Urban Space: A Case Study of Blackass by A. Igoni Barrett by Jian Chen (Peking University) 305571179@qq.com
Alterity of the Road and Transnationalism in Niyi Osundare’s “If Only the Road Could Talk” by Olusola Ogunbayo (University of Lagos) oogunbayo@unilag.edu.ng
Straw or Gold at the End of the Rainbow? A Reflectionist Examination of Two Post-Apartheid Novels by Abimbola Thomas (University of Lagos) bastic02@yahoo.com
Lagos as Literary Capital: Reading the City’s Cultural Economy in Sefi Atta’s “Everything Good Will Come” and A. Igoni Barrett’s “Blackass” by Kate Wallis (University of Exeter) k.wallis@exeter.ac.uk
Session 5D (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
The Political-economy of Conflict and Nation-Building (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82694596223
Chair: Abosede Babatunde (University of Ilorin) bose_babatunde@yahoo.co.uk
Poverty of Leadership and the Challenge of Nation Building in Nigeria since Independence by Boluwatife Abayomi (University of Ibadan) boluwatifeabayomi1@gmail.com
Peacebuilding through Mono-communal and Bi-communal Initiatives: A Study of the Share and Tsaragi Conflict by Olubunmi Akande (Lead City University) dammy_74@yahoo.co.uk
Patriotism and Nigeria’s Ethno-National Pluralism by Chukwuebuka Akuche (Lead City University) chukwuebukaphilips@gmail.com
From Hospitality to Hostility: Fulani Herdsmen and Oke-Ogun Land-lordship, 1970-2015 by Rasheed Hassan (Leipzig University) ray22online@yahoo.com
Session 5E (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Beyond Merry making:
Spirituality, Modernity, and the Community in Yoruba Ritual Festivals
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81798321139
Chair: Vicki Brennan (University of Vermont) vicki.brennan@uvm.edu
Igogo Festival and Socio-economic Development of Owo by Nife E. Ogunbodede (Ekiti State University) nifemiogunbodede444@gmail.com
Regeneration of Yoruba Rituals in 21st Century Nigerian Modernity by Bukola Omigbule (Obafemi Awolowo University) omigbulebukola@yahoo.com
Obedu Festival: Strengthening Social Ethics and Continuity in Yoruba Celebratory Art by Adewale Oyewo (Osun State University) chrisoyewo@gmail.com
Dramatic Aesthetics of Eyo Festival by Babatunde Salami (University of Lagos) salamibabatundeopeyemi@gmail.com
Session 5F (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
New Lights on the Nigerian Civil War
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89627124666
Chair: Oliver Coates (University of Cambridge) orc20@cam.ac.uk
Stillbirth or Rebirth: Interrogating Biafran Agitations in Post-Civil War Nigeria by Mayowa Adeyeye (University of Lagos) Mayowachris20@gmail.com
The Gun Is (Not) Mightier Than the Gavel: Judicial Review and Personal Liberty in Wartime Nigeria by Ugochukwu Ezeh (University of Lagos) ugo_ezeh@yahoo.com
Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB): Post-Civil War Reconciliation in Nigeria by Ngozika Obi-Ani (University of Nigeria) and Okwuchukwu Justice Nzubechi (University of Lagos) justiceOkwuchukwu1997@gmail.com ngozika.obi-ani@unn.edu.ng
Aftermath of the Nigeria Civil War and the Resurgence of Biafra Agitations by Ifeanyi Orji (Bowen University) orjibonifacesly@gmail.com
Session 5G (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Pentecostal Christianity:
Mega Churches and the Elastic Boundaries of Spiritualities
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82865673058
Chair: Abimbola Adunni Adelakun (University of Texas at Austin) adunnibabe@yahoo.com
I Will Build a Church as Big as Ibadan: Pentecostal Explosion in an African City by Oluwaseun Afolabi (Lead City University) and Soji Adedipe (University of KwaZulu Natal) oluwaseunafolabi@gmail.com, adesojiadedipe8010@gmail.com
Mega Churches and Postcolonial Urbanism in Lagos by Bibo Ijebu (University of Ibadan) ijebubibo@yahoo.com
Disembodied Congregations: Covid-19 and the Rising Phenomenon of Internet Churches among Pentecostal Churches in Lagos, Nigeria by Peter Oderinde (Basel University) peterayoola.oderinde@unibas.ch
Session 5H (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging The Yoruba:
A New History by Akinwumi Ogundiran (Indiana University Press, 2020)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89338176997
Chair: Rowland Abiodun (Amherst College) roabiodun@amherst.edu
Discussants
Aderemi Ajala (University of Ibadan) asajala@yahoo.co.uk
Abidemi Babatunde Babalola (University of Cambridge) abidemibabalola@yahoo.com
Karin Barber (University of Birmingham) k.j.barber@bham.ac.uk
Dele Layiwola (University of Ibadan) delelayiwola@gmail.com
Moyo Okediji (University of Texas at Austin) moyo.okediji@utexas.edu
Oyeronke Oyewumi (Stony Brook University) Oyeronke.Oyewumi@stonybrook.edu
Respondent/Author
Akinwumi Ogundiran (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) ogundiran@uncc.edu
Google book preview available here: https://www.amazon.com/Yoruba-New-History…/dp/0253051495
Session 5I (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Atlantic Bonds:
A Nineteenth-Century Odyssey from America to Africa by Lisa Lindsay (University of North Carolina Press, 2017)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81937974216
Chair: Ayodeji Olukoju (University of Lagos) aolukoju2002@yahoo.com
Discussants
Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (University of California – Riverside) ademide@gmail.com
Jody Benjamin (University of California – Riverside) jody.benjamin@gmail.com
Eric Covey (Unaffiliated Scholar) ericcovey1974@gmail.com
Olisa Muojama (University of Ibadan) olisamuo@gmail.com
Habeeb Sanni (Lagos State University) habeeb.sanni@lasu.edu.ng
Remi Vaughan-Richards (Filmmaker) remi.vr@gmail.com
Rotimi Vaughan (Independent Scholar) vclawrv@gmail.com
Respondent/Author
Lisa Lindsay (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Available online: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469652153/atlantic-bonds/
Session 5J (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
The Architectural Significance of the Igbosere High Court:
A Roundtable
(Sponsored by The Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau: Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84404309310
Chair: Aduke Gomez (Independent Scholar/Lawyer/Poet) adukegomez@yahoo.com
Kofo Adeleke (LEGACY 95)
kofoadeleke@yahoo.com
Abass Olanrewaju (Ministry of Physical Planning) lanba03@gmail.com
Bisi Olumide (Independent Scholar) bisi.tdf@gmail.com
Yetunde Simpson (Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture) yetsimpson@yahoo.com
4:30-5:30 Break
SESSION 6: 5:30 – 7: 00
Session 6A (June 25)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Urban Youth and Socio-economic Development
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81814301654
Chair: Jonah Uyieh (University of Lagos) uyiehjonah@gmail.com
The Age Grade Institution in Ijebu-Ode City by Gbeke Adenuga (Tai Solarin College of Education) gbekeadenuga@gmail.com
In Search of a Bright Future: Ibadan Youth and Auto-Mechanic Training by Oluwakayode Ajala (University of Ibadan) ajalaoluwakayode@gmail.com
Youths and the City: Inter-group Tolerance and Democratic Values of Youths in Urban and Rural Lagos by Leila Demarest (Leiden University) l.demarest@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Community Assets: An Underrated Gift for Youth Development by Damilola Fasoranti (Prikkle Academy) fashdamilola@gmail.com
Towards a Youth Friendly Lagos: Visions and Perceptions from the Lagos State Development Plan (2012 – 2025) by Taibat Lawanson, Damilola Oluwo, and Victor Onifade (University of Lagos) damioluwo007@gmail.com,tolawanson@gmail.com,vonifade@unilag.edu.ng
Session 6B (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Between Hip Hop and Afrobeat:
Continuities and Discontinuities
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85750885867
Co-Chairs: Dotun Ayobade (Brown University) and Tosin Gbogi (Marquette University) dotunayobade@gmail.com
The Good Old Days: Cultural Nostalgia in Adekunle Gold’s Music by Samuel Adejube (University of Ibadan) samadejube@gmail.com
Decolonizing Kolo Mentality: Fela Kuti’s “Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense” by Olatunbosun Samuel Adekogbe (Obafemi Awolwo University) bosunadekogbe@gmail.com
Marlians! Afrobeat and Youth Identity in Nigeria by Olusola Ayandele (University of Ibadan) and Timothy Ajiboye (The Polytechnic Ibadan) timajiboye@yahoo.co.uk
Hip Hop and Identity Construction on Davido’s Instagram Page by Deborah Okunade (University of Ibadan) kemyokunade@gmail.com
Oluwa Burna: Afrobeat, Globality, and the Politics of Location by Olusegun Soetan (Penn State University) olusegun@psu.edu
Session 6C (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Language and Literary Culture
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86244879568
Chair: Kolawole Olaiya (Anderson University) kolaiya@andersonuniversity.edu
Writing Nature: Print Culture and Wildlife Conservation in Southwestern Nigeria, 1900-1950 by Kabiru Amusa (University of Ibadan) amusa_kabiru@yahoo.com
“Writing Pretoria into the World” by Bibi Burger (University of Pretoria) and Lavinia Brydon (University of Kent) bibi.burger@up.ac.za, L.Brydon@kent.ac.uk
From Onitsha to Lagos: African Street Economies and the Social Identity of a Hustler by Daniel Chukwuemeka (University of Bristol) daniel.chukwuemeka@bristol.ac.uk
Urban Representation in the Colonial, Post-Colonial, and Twenty-First Century African City by Wendy Griswold (Northwestern University) w-griswold@northwestern.edu
A Historical Survey of Nigerian Literature in Mainland China since the Late 1950s by Xi Jin (Peking University) jx114@pku.edu.cn
Session 6D (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
The Political-economy of Conflict and Nation Building (Part III)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83280380189
Chair: Adeola Adams (National Open University of Nigeria) tjadams20@yahoo.co.uk
Alternative Dispute Resolution and Marital Conflict in Ibadan Metropolis by Modupe Ala (Lead City University) ebunala@yahoo.com
Oil, Distributive Politics, and Urban Security by Abosede Omowumi Babatunde (University of Ilorin) bose_babatunde@yahoo.co.uk
Caretaker Committee System and Democratic Practice in Ondo State Local Government Administration, 2009-2019 by Nife E. Ogunbodede (Ekiti State University)
Secessionist Movements in Africa and the Challenge of National Integration: The Case of Nigeria, 1953-2020 by Ugo Pascal Onumonu (Adeleke University) ugopason2007@yahoo.co.uk
Session 6E (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging The Women Went Radical:
Petition Writing and the Colonial State in Southwestern Nigeria, 1900-1953 by Mutiat Oladejo (BookBuilders, 2019)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87265788901
Chair: Bolanle Awe (University of Ibadan) bolanleawe2003@yahoo.com
Discussants
Aisha Bawa (Usmanu Danfodio University) ayshabawa@gmail.com
Gloria Chuku (University of Maryland) chuku@umbc.edu
Damilola Fagite (Obafemi Awolowo University) orisaladed@gmail.com
Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome (Brooklyn College, City University of New York) mojubaolu@gmail.com
Oluwafunminiyi Raheem (Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding) creativitysells@gmail.com
Author/Respondent
Mutiat Titilope Oladejo (University of Ibadan) oladejomutiat@yahoo.com
The book is available on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Women-Went-Radical-Southwestern-1900-1953/dp/9789211791
Session 6F (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
The Post-Colonial “Evolution” of the Residential Districts of Lagos
(A Roundtable Sponsored by the Center for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87692068049
Chair: Timothy Nubi (University of Lagos) tnubi@unilag.edu.ng
Discussants
Olarenwaju Bakinson (University of Lagos) olanrewajubakinson@gmail.com
Oluwaseun Muraina (University of Reading) o.a@student.reading.ac.uk
Bose Okuntola (Lagos State University) boseokuntola@yahoo.com
Basirat Oyalowo (University of Lagos) boyalowo@unilag.edu.ng
Olufemi Saibu (University of Lagos) osaibu@unilag.edu.ng
Session 6G (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Art and Visuality:
Artists and their Iconographies (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81519071385
Chair: Jimoh Ganiyu (University of Lagos) jimgaconcept@yahoo.com
The Impact of Arts in Postcolonial African Cities: A Case Study of Lagos State by Lolade Harris (University of Lagos) loladeharris123@gmail.com
Ipolówó Oj à L’àgúnmu Owò as the Logic of the Functionalist Model of Advertorials in Yorùbá Markets by Philip Adémọ́lá Olayoku (The West African Transitional Justice Center) philip.olayoku@gmail.com
Restitution of Cultural Heritage Materials by John Kelechi Ugwuanyi (University of Nigeria) john.ugwuanyi@unn.edu.ng
Session 6H (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Classify, Exclude, Police: Urban Lives in South Africa and Nigeria by Laurent Fourchard (John Wiley, 2021)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89611008556
Chair: Ayodeji Olukoju (University of Lagos) aolukoju2002@yahoo.com
Discussants
Saheed Aderinto (Western Carolina University) saderinto@email.wcu.edu
Rufus Akinyele (University of Lagos) ruftai@yahoo.com
Muritala Monsuru (University of Ibadan) murimonsour@gmail.com
Enocent Msindo (Rhodes University) e.msindo@ru.ac.za
Chrystel Oloukoï (Harvard University) chrystel.oloukoi@gmail.com
Job Zwane (University of the Witwatersrand) job.zwane@gmail.com
Author/Respondent
Laurent Fourchard (Sciences Po) laurent.fourchard@sciencespo.fr
Session 6I (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Violent Conflict and Social Justice in Africa (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84782210361
Co-organizers and co-chairs: Taiwo Bello (University of Toronto) and Alex Ugwuja (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) bello.taiwo@mail.utoronto.ca, aa.ugwuja@unizik.edu.ng
Between Ojukwu and Awolowo: Violence, Starvation, and Casualty in the Nigeria-Biafra War by Taiwo Bello (University of Toronto) bello.taiwo@mail.utoronto.ca
War and Justice: Perspectives from Nsukka, Biafra by Ngozika Anthonia Obi-Ani (University of
Nigeria) ngozika.obi-ani@unn.edu.ng
Survival Strategies of Border Communities: A Case Study of North-Eastern Nigeria by Samuel K. Okunade (University of Pretoria) samuel_okunade@yahoo.com
Land, Markets, and Wars in Nineteenth Century Igboland: An Impact Assessment by Alex Ugwuja (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) aa.ugwuja@unizik.edu.ng
Session 6J (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Replaying the Past:
African Historical Films, Post-colonialism, and the Visual Impression of History
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81311418939
Chair: Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies) cc76@soas.ac.uk
Organizers: Lani Akande (York University) Lani15@yorku.ca and Folakemi Ogungbe (University of Ibadan) folakemiogungbe@gmail.com
Izu Ojukwu (Filmmaker and Producer of ‘76)
Isolation or Individualism? The Trajectory of Transnational Victimhood in ’76 by Olubunmi Olowookeere (University of Ibadan) olubunmiolowookere@gmail.com
Documentary at the Intersection of History: ’76 as Relational Realism by Tunde Onikoyi
(Adeleke University) tundeonikoyi@gmail.com
History as Memory, Films as Cultural Diplomacy: A Case Study of Lancelot Imasuen’s Invasion 1897 by Lilian Shoroye (University of Ibadan) loshoroye@gmail.com
SESSION 7: 7: 30 – 9: 00
Session 7A (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Gender, Children, and the Family in Urban Africa (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81489097254
Panel Co-organizers and Co-chairs: Mutiat Oladejo (University of Ibadan), Nwakaego B. Eleje (Lead City University), and Mofeyisara O. Omobowale (University of Ibadan), feyisarat@yahoo.com, nwakaeleje@yahoo.co.uk
Gender, Children, and Domestic Labor in Africa: The Freed Slaves Homes in Northern Nigeria, C.1903-1926 by Abdulrahman Ajibola (University of Mississippi) aaabdulr@go.olemiss.edu
Of Cultural Beliefs and Practices: Interrogating the Connection between Childcare Practices and Child Mortality in Yorubaland by Damilola Fagite (Obafemi Awolowo University) orisaladed@gmail.com
Islam, Gender, and Maternal Subjectivities: An Intersectional Analysis of Muslim Motherhoods in South Africa by Shafieka Moos (University of Cape Town) shafiekamoos@yahoo.co.uk
Children’s Understanding of Gender Roles in the Family by Ewajesu Opeyemi Okewumi (University of Ibadan) eokewumi456@gmail.com
Session 7B (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Comparative Nigerian Urbanism:
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86308418289
Chair: Oluwasinaayomi Faith Kasim (University of Ibadan) kasimfaith@gmail.com
The Cost of Development: Opposition Party and Urbanization Projects in the Southwest Nigeria, 2007-2017 by Semiu Adegbenle (University of Ibadan) adegbenles@gmail.com
Changes and Continuities in Rural and City Life among the Igbo of Southeast Nigeria Chinedu N. Mbalisi (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) chinedumbalisi@gmail.com
Postcolonial Urban Development of Owerri, 1960 to 1977 by Ononiwu Oparah (University of Nigeria) ononiwu.oparah@gmail.com
Ibadan: The Evolution of an African City in Nigeria by Taiwo Owoeye (Ekiti State University) owoeyetaye@yahoo.co.uk
Urbanism and Poverty in the 21st Century African Cities: The Ibadan Example by Soji Oyeranmi (Olabisi Onabanjo University) soji.oyeranmi@gmail.com
Session 7C (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Gendered Politics in Nigeria (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89799297656
Chair: Naluwembe Binaisa (University College London) inbinaisa@gmail.com
Postcolonial Masculinities: Dandiacal Bodies in African Metropoles by Mosunmola Omowunmi Adeojo (University of Florida) adeojomosunmola09@gmail.com
Women’s Studies in African Knowledge Production by Mathew Oluwaseun Ayodele (University of Ibadan) mathewmatson5431@gmail.com
African Feminism: The Nigerian Woman and her Struggle for Identity by Hannah Adeyemi (Ajayi Crowther University) sisiannepage@gmail.com
“Na Guy Wey Comot Come Protest, Na him We Go Give Doggy”: Female Body, Sexuality, and the ENDSARS Protest in Nigeria by Rosemary Popoola (Chrisland University) popoolarosemary@gmail.com
Session 7D (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging The Persistence of Slavery:
An Economic History of Child Trafficking in Nigeria by Robin Chapdelaine (University of Massachusetts Press, 2021)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84244666196
Chair: Rasheed Olaniyi (University of Ibadan) rasolaniyi@gmail.com
Discussants
Sarah Duff (Colby College) seduff@colby.edu
Abosede George (Barnard College-Columbia University) ageorge@barnard.edu
Nonye Nnamezie (Hezekiah University) nonyennamezie@gmail.com
Oghenetoja Okoh (Loyola University Maryland) ohokoh@loyola.edu
Jessica Reuther (Ball State University) jcreuther@bsu.edu
Afua Twum-Danso Imoh (University of Bristol) afua.twum-danso@bristol.ac.uk
Author/Respondent
Robin Chapdelaine (Duquesne University) chapdelainer@duq.edu
****22 copies of Chapdelaine’s book, donated by her institution and friends, will be available across Nigerian university libraries by June 2021.
Google Preview of the book available here: https://www.amazon.com/Persistence-Slavery…/dp/1625345232
Session 7E (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Emerging themes in Christianity and Pentecostalism in Nigeria
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89139934568
Chair: Simeon O. Ilesanmi (Wake Forest University) ilesanmi@wfu.edu
Permissiveness, Syncretism and Fundamentalism: Dissecting the New Face of Religious Identity in Lagos by Mustapha Bello (Lagos State University) madebayobello@yahoo.com
Workplace Spirituality and its Impact on Employees Commitment: A Case of Workers in Selected Higher Educational Institutions by Deborah Obor (Bowen University)
Warfare Prayer: Pentecostal Religious Economy and Social Transformation in Ibadan and Lagos by Olufikayo Kunle Oyelade (University of Lagos) oyeladeok@yahoo.com
Religiosity and Attitude towards Plagiarism by Undergraduates of two Library Schools in Ibadan by Olawale Oyewole (University of Ibadan) oyewolebaba01@yahoo.com
Session 7F (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Pollution, Sanitation, and Urban Waste Management
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81834248710
Chair: Tim Livsey (Northumbria University) tim.livsey@northumbria.ac.uk,
Electronic-Waste Management and Legislation in Lagos by Rose Alani, et. al (University of Lagos) ralani@unilag.edu.ng,oburaimoh@unilag.edu.ng,sheyinbaduku@gmail.com,uchegbulamanthonia@yahoo.com,bolanleayankunle@gmail.com,aishatabdul@yahoo.com,mailchiruz@yahoo.com,daveprince02@yahoo.com
Evolution of Sanitation Governance in Nigeria by Pedi Obani (University of Bradford) and Uchechukwu Bamah (National Universities Commission) ufbamah@nuc.edu.ng, obanipedi@gmail.com
Philosophical Perspectives on Atmospheric and Marine Pollution in African Cities by Mark Ikeke (Delta State University) ikeke7@yahoo.com
Food Vendors and Environmental Sanitation Compliance in Ibadan by Anthony Ayotunde Olayoku (University of Ibadan) iolayoku@gmail.com
Local Government and Solid Waste Management in Nigeria by Akinwande Opayinka (Obafemi Awolowo University) momentous11@gmail.com
Session 7G (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Lagos in Literary Imaginations
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81779637137
Chair: Bhakti Shringarpure (University of Connecticut) bhakti.shringarpure@uconn.edu
Mapping the City: Lagos in Nigerian Poetry by Akpuda Amanze (Abia State University) amanzeakpuda@gmail.com
Railway, Urbanization, and the Representation of Railway Workers Cyprian Ekwensi’s Lokotown by Tokunbo Ayoola (Anchor University) toks_ayoola@hotmail.com
Love and the Legal Alien in People of the City by Katherine Baxter (Northumbria University) katherine.baxter@northumbria.ac.uk
Entertaining Utopia? The Festivalization of Literary Lagos by Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory University) nathan.e.suhr-sytsma@emory.edu
Session 7H (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Films, Cinema, and Nollywood (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81963231811
Chair: Jonathan Haynes (Long Island University) jhaynes50@yahoo.com
Decolonizing History: The Role of the Camera by Lani Akande (York University) Lani15@yorku.ca
Segun Olusola and the Village of Strangers: Oja Town as Postcolonial Urban Allegory by Matthew H. Brown (University of Wisconsin-Madison) matthew.h.brown@wisc.edu
The Rise of a Nigerian Creative-industrial: Nollywood and the Fabrication Industries in Lagos by Alexander Bud (Open University, UK) alexbud71@gmail.com
Yoruba Filmmakers in Nollywood by Tolulope Ibikunle (National Institute for Nigerian Languages, Aba) toluwanimiibikunle@gmail.com
Session 7I (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War:
Reframing Gender and Conflict in Africa edited by Gloria Chuku and Sussie Aham-Okoro (Lexington, 2020)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87280474086
Chair: Tim Stapleton (University of Calgary) timothy.stapleton@ucalgary.ca
Discussants
Taiwo Bello (University of Toronto) bello.taiwo@mail.utoronto.ca
Sam Daly (Duke University) samuel.furychilds.daly@duke.edu
Efetobor Stephanie Effevottu (University of Ibadan) stephanieeffevottu@yahoo.com
Ngozika Obi-Ani (University of Nigeria) ngozika.obi-ani@unn.edu.ng
Sarah J. Zimmerman (Western Washington University) zimmers5@wwu.edu
Editors/Respondents
Gloria Chuku and Sussie Aham-Okoro (University of Maryland – Baltimore County) chuku@umbc.edu
Session 7J (June 25)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
City Life:
Built Environment, Energy, and Social Relations
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86122030371
Chair: Blessing Nonye Onyima (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) bn.onyima@unizik.edu.ng
From Pre-colonial Employment to Post-colonial Unemployment in African States: A World System Perspective by Oluwatosin Akintola (University of Ibadan) tosinmakintola@gmail.com
Building Collapse in Contemporary Lagos by Oluwatola Amusan (University of Lagos) amusanoluwatolaboladale@gmail.com
Assessment of Environmental and Indoor Air Quality in Buildings around Landfills in Lagos State by Segun Tijani and Julius Faremi (University of Lagos) juliusfaremi@gmail.com, tijanisgn@gmail.com
A Geographical Analysis of Domestic Energy Consumption in Lagos State by Tolulope Osayomi and Linus Okwarachukwu (University of Ibadan) osayomi@yahoo.com, linusing@gmail.com
Day 3 of Conference, June 26
SESSION 8
Session 8A (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Public Intellectual Extraordinaire:
Celebrating Sophie Abosede Oluwole (1935-2018)
Part II
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88982876494
Chair and Organizer: Oyeronke Oyewumi (Stony Brook University) Oyeronke.Oyewumi@stonybrook.edu
Beyond Paradigmatic Dichotomy: Oluwole’s Philosophy by Grâce Ndjako (Independent Scholar) gracendjako@gmail.com
Conceptual Deouwcolonization as a Foundational theme in Oluwole ‘s Conception of African Philosophy by Oladele Abiodun Balogun (Olabisi Onabanjo University)
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Filming Oduwole’s Philosophy: A Reflection by Juul van der Laan (Filmmaker) contactme@juulvanderlaan.nl
The Logic and Metaphor of Madonna and the Whore: Reflections on Sophie Oluwole’s Conception of Womanhood in Traditional Yoruba Thought by Ademola Fayemi (University of Lagos) kcaristotle@yahoo.com
Session 8B (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Suitors are Scarce in Lagos by Lola Akande (Tunmike Pages, 2020)
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84115418341
Panelists
Chair: Adeleke Adeeko (Ohio State University) adeeko.1@osu.edu
Discussants
Moradewun Adejunmobi (University of California-Davis) madejunmobi@ucdavis.edu
Katherine Isobel Baxter (University of Northumbria) katherine.baxter@northumbria.ac.uk
Henry J. Hunjo (Lagos State University) henry.hunjo@lasu.edu.ng
Olaocha Nwadiuto Nwabara (State University of New York, Geneseo) onwabara@geneseo.edu
Omotayo Oloruntoba-Oju (Adekunle Ajasin University) ttayooju@gmail.com
Respondent/Author
Lola Akande (University of Lagos) lolakan2002@gmail.com
Session 8C (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Digital Communication, Cyber Politics, and Life on Social Media (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86712530755
Chair: James Yeku (University of Kansas) yeku.james@gmail.com
Digital Culture Footprints in Post-colonial African Cities by Olorunfemi Adedeji (Independent Scholar) adedeji.femi@newmedia.ng
Personality and the Utilization of Social Media by Undergraduates of the University of Ibadan by Oreoluwa Susan Agbokeye (University of Ibadan) ore_agbokeye@yahoo.com
Cyber Crime and Its Effects: The Nigerian Youth Experience by Folashade Daramola and Ewalefoh Ernest (Bowen University) ewalefohernest@gmail.com, folashade.daramola@bowenuniversity.edu.ng
Do you Want it Really Free? Get a Creative Commons License by Olalekan Awujoola (University of Ibadan) and Ifeyinwa Angela Okafor (University of Ibadan) abileks132917@gmail.com
Throwback Someday: Social Media and Collective Memory by Chikezirim Nwoke (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Chimobi Oyiga (University of Nigeria) stanleyoyiga@gmail.com
Session 8D (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Thinking through Text:
Writers and their Academic Interpreters (Part IV)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84349775730
Chair: Olatoun Gabi-Williams (Borders Literature for all Nations) bordersliteratureonline@hotmail.com
The Unwritten in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon by Tom Cohen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) tomc1508@gmail.com
Igbo Career Women and Negotiation of Power in the Family: A Case Study of Male and Female Igbo Literature by Ebele Eucharia Okafor (University of Lagos) ebeleokafor67@gmail.com
Language and the Construction of Homosexual Identity in Jude Dibia’s “Walking with Shadows” by Olarotimi Ogungbemi (Adekunle Ajasin University)
Religion and Urbanism in Postcolonial Africa: A Study of Tsitsi Dangarembga’s “Nervous Conditions” and Chimamanda Adichie’s “Purple Hibiscus” by Olayinka Owate (Lagos State University) yinkaowate@gmail.com
Session 8E (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Cartooning Nigeria
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84463397628
Chair: Yomi Ola (Spelman College) AOla@spelman.edu
Sanya Ojikutu Cartoons: Visual Suppression of Political Oppression in Nigeria by Kehinde Adepegba (Lagos State Polytechnic) adepegba.k@mylaspotech.edu.ng
Conceal to Reveal: Interrogating Metaphoric Narratives in African Cartoons by Ganiyu Jimoh (University of Lagos) jimgaconcept@yahoo.com
Understanding Nigeria through Jimoh Ganiyu’s Cartoons by Adedola Olayinka Adeyemi and Abiodun Michael Oyinloye (Olabisi Onabanjo University) dolaadeyemi16@gmail.com, abbeymyke@yahoo.com
Session 8F (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Mental Health: A Poet’s Response
Interrogating On Attending My Own Wake & Other Episodes
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89493966780
Chair: Femi Oyebode (University of Birmingham) femi_oyebode@msn.com
Discussants
Tolu Ajomale (Mental Health Co-ordinator/Lagos State Ministry of Health) tajomale@lagosstate.gov.ng, tolu@ajomale.com
Amanda Iheme (Psychotherapist at NDIDI/Independent Scholar) amanda@ndidi.me
Tade Ipadeola (Poet/Lawyer/Independent Scholar) tadeipadeola@gmail.com
Thea Monyee (Therapist/Poet/Independent Scholar) thea@theamonyee.com
Respondent/Author
Aduke Gomez (Lawyer/Poet/Independent Scholar) adukegomez@gmail.com
Session 8G (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Nigeria and World War II:
Colonialism, Empire, and Global Conflict by Chima Korieh (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86373548775
Chair: Habeeb Sanni (Lagos State University) habeeb.sanni@lasu.edu.ng
Discussants
Shina Alimi (Obafemi Awolowo University) alimis@oauife.edu.ng
Oliver Coates (University of Cambridge) orc20@cam.ac.uk
Abosede George (Barnard College–Columbia University) ageorge@barnard.edu
Tim Livsey (Northumbria University) tim.livsey@northumbria.ac.uk
Emmanuel Mordi (Delta State University) emmanumordi@gmail.com
Respondent/Author
Chima Korieh (Marquette University) chima.korieh@marquette.edu
For more information on the book, see this link: https://www.amazon.com/Nigeria-World-War-II-Colonialism/dp/1108425801
Session 8H (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Fuji: Orality, Politics and Textuality
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89355706807
Chair and Organizer: Stephen Boluwaduro (University of Ibadan) stevestainless1@gmail.com
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister and the Politics of Genre-making: Re-telling the Story of Fuji through its Sounds by Oladele Ayorinde (University of the Witwatersrand) ayopiano@yahoo.com
Gospel Music and the Fuji Metamorphosis by Oladimeji Ololade (University of Ilorin) ollyboy247@gmail.com
KWAM1: Oratory, Artistic Manifestoes and Speechifying Fuji Musicality by Senayon Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan) samsenayon@gmail.com
Popular Fuji Musicians as Political Marketers in Nigerian Elections by Obasanjo Oyedele (Federal University, Oye-Ekiti) obasanjo.joseph@gmail.com
Session 8I (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Dance, Performance, and Theater
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84938883407
Chair: Ying Cheng (Peking University) cy1@pku.edu.cn
Stage Management in African Theater: The Story of Michael Anjorin by Adeola Adeyemi (University of Ibadan) adeyemi.olubukolaadeola@yahoo.com
Health and Fitness in Dance Program for Female Workers by Sharon Jane Akinyemi (University of Lagos) bccjaneakinyemi@gmail.com
Art and Performance in Making Spaces: Decolonizing Lagos City in the Twenty-first century by Charles Gore (SOAS, University of London) cg2@soas.ac.uk
Silent Activism and (Mis)placed Priorities: Austen-Peter’s “Man Enough” and Fafunwa’s “Hear Word” in Discourse by Toyosi Morgan (University of Lagos) tejumadeabiola@yahoo.com
Session 8J (June 26)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Court Records and Administration of Justice, the Legacy of the Igbosere High Court: A Roundtable
(Sponsored by the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau: Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85915855206
Chair: Abiola Abioye (University of Ibadan) biolaabioye@gmail.com
Discussants
Supo Shasore (Independent Scholar) oshasore@gmail.com
Kristin Mann (Emory University) histkm@emory.edu
Taibat Lawanson (University of Lagos) tolawanson@gmail.com
Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola (Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau) bilikiss@icloud.com
SESSION 9
Session 9A (June 26)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Continuity and Disruption:
Death, Mourning, and Memorialization in Postcolonial African Cities (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86996919607
Panel Organizer and Chair: Shina Alimi (Obafemi Awolowo University) shinaalimi@gmail.com
Between Conformity and Syncretism: Muslim Cemetery in Lagos by Mukaila Akolade Akanbi (Lagos State University) akoladecentre@gmail.com
Akodi Ile-Ife Graves by Nurudeen Olatoye Arogundade (Obafemi Awolowo University) nurudeenamuda@gmail.com
Ìwòrù, Ìsògàn, and Obìrin Ilé: Exploring Ancestry, Death, and Secret Societies in Ile-Ife Burial Rites by Ayowole S. Elugbaju (University of Ilorin) elugbajuayo@gmail.com
Session 9B (June 26)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Reader:
Nigeria’s Digital Diaspora:
Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation by Farooq Kperogi (University of Rochester Press, 2020)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84681275599
Chair: Olufemi Vaughan (Amherst College) ovaughan@amherst.edu
Discussants
Olubukola S. Adesina (University of Ibadan) bukkystars@yahoo.com
Vivian Chenxue Lu (Fordham University) vlu2@fordham.edu
Bruce Mutsvairo (Auburn University) bruce.mutsvairo@auburn.edu
Kanyinsola Obayan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) oobayan@mit.edu
Moses Ochonu (Vanderbilt University) moses.ochonu@vanderbilt.edu
Respondent/Author
Farooq Kperogi (Kennesaw State University) farooqkperogi@gmail.com
Google preview available here: https://www.amazon.com/Nigerias-Digital…/dp/1580469825
Session 9C (June 26)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Emerging themes in Islam and Politics in Nigeria
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88421628065
Chair: Shobana Shankar (Stony Brook University) shobana.shankar@stonybrook.edu
The Idea of Indoctrination among the Salafiyyah Movement in Post-Colonial Lagos by Ridwan Balogun (Lagos State University) bridwan17@gmail.com
The New Face of Islamic Authority in Southwestern Nigeria: Islam and the Muslim Clerics in a modern Society by Adeyemi Balogun (Bayreuth University) adeyemi_balogun@yahoo.com
Islam and Nigerian Students in Malaysia by Zheyuan Deng (University of Florida) dengzheyuan@ufl.edu
Embodying the “Saved Sect”: Mapping Competing Notions of Orthodoxy and Heresy in the Islamic Intellectual History of Nigeria by Abdulbasit Kassim (Rice University) Abdulbasit.Kassim@rice.edu
Post colonialism and the North-South Divide: Interrogating Jihadist Islamisation Campaign in Nigeria by Michael Nwankpa (Center for African Conflict and Development) mnwankpa@gmail.com
Session 9D (June 26)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Charting a New Path for Library, Archival, and Information Science in Postcolonial Africa (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86884566672
Chair and Organizer: Yetunde Zaid (University of Lagos) yetundezaid@gmail.com
From Teacher-centered to Learner-centered: Use of Schoology by Library and Information Science Undergraduates by Airen Adetimirin (University of Ibadan) aeadetimirin@gmail.com
SDG 16, Good Governance and Core Competencies for Archives and Records Management Personnel in Nigeria by Ese Eunice Anenene (University of Ibadan) eunice.ese@gmail.com
Connected Learning through School Library and Media Center in Nigeria by Alice Bamigbola (University of Ibadan) fifemidapo@yahoo.com
New Direction for Library in Africa: A Critical Analysis by Chukwuemeka Chukwueke (Michael Okpara University of Agriculture) chukwuekechukwuemeka@yahoo.com
Library as Preservation and Learning Hub: A Postcolonial Dimension by Adetoun Oyelude (University of Ibadan) aa.oyelude@ui.edu.ng; toyelude@yahoo.com
Session 9E (June 26)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
The Military, Violence, and Conflict Resolution
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89897737493
Chair: Tim Stapleton (University of Calgary) timothy.stapleton@ucalgary.ca
Conflict Resolution and the Second Sudanese War, 1983-2005 by Bayo Asala (Renaissance University) bayoasala@gmail.com
The Catholic Church and Peacebuilding in Post-Civil War Nigeria, 1970-2015 by Efetobor Stephanie Effevottu (University of Ibadan) stephanieeffevottu@yahoo.com
The Military and Nation Building in Nigeria: The Yakubu Gowon Administration, 1966-1975 by Odoh Nathaniel John (Federal University of Kashere) and Bukola Lawal (National Museum Jos) odohjohntl@gmail.com
Post-Colonial Military Families and the Counter-Terrorism Operation in Nigeria by Stephen Yohanna (Kaduna State University) stevekaura@gmail.com
Session 9F (June 26)
3:00PM- 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Emergent Masculinities:
Gendered Power and Social Change in the Biafran Atlantic Age by Ndubueze L. Mbah (Athens: Ohio University Press/New African Histories Series, 2019)
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Chair: Onwuka Njoku (University of Nigeria) njokuka2000@yahoo.com
Discussants
Roquinaldo Ferreira (University of Pennsylvania) rfer@sas.upenn.edu
Lisa Lindsay (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) lalindsa@email.unc.edu
Obinna Ugochukwu Muoh (University of Nigeria) obinna.muoh@unn.edu.ng
Moses Ochonu (Vanderbilt University) moses.ochonu@vanderbilt.edu
Elizabeth Schmidt (Loyola University Maryland) eschmidt@loyola.edu
Respondent/Author
Ndubueze Mbah (University at Buffalo) ndubueze@buffalo.edu
Google book preview available here: https://www.amazon.com/Emergent…/dp/0821423894
Session 9G (June 26)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
African Cities in Comparative Perspective
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Chair: Jennifer Hart (Wayne State University) jennifer.hart4@wayne.edu
Citizenship and Belonging in Post-Independence Urban Zimbabwe by Zoe Groves (University of Leicester) zrg3@le.ac.uk
Kampala: The Tragedy of an African City, 1962-1979 by Bernard Steiner Ifekwe (University of Uyo) bsteiner20@yahoo.com
Teaching Postcolonial Kampala: Recognizing Trauma by Piia Mustamaki (New York University, Abu Dhabi) pjm9@nyu.edu
World Cities of the Third World: The West African City as an International Actor by Dafe Oputu (University of Toronto) dafe.oputu@mail.utoronto.ca
Disrupting the Commemoration of the Past in Sao Tome and Principe by Joao Sarmento (University of Minho) j.sarmento@geografia.uminho.pt
Session 9H (June 26)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Early Career Showcase:
Emerging Research from Built Environment Disciplines on Lagos (Part I)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86021394965
Chairs: Damilola Odekunle and Timothy Akinwande (University of Lagos) dodekunle@unilag.edu.ng, takinwande@unilag.edu.ng
Discussants
Michael Adebamowo (University of Lagos) adebamomichael@yahoo.com
Simon Gusah (Future Cities Program) Simon.Gusah@futurecitiesng.com
Timothy Nubi (University of Lagos) tnubi@unilag.edu.ng
Lindsay Sawyer (University of Sheffield) l.sawyer@sheffield.ac.uk
A Critical Review of Stakeholders’ Analysis and Engagement for the Sustainable Protection of Heritage Buildings in Lagos by Damilola Oluwo (University of Lagos) Moluwo@unilag.edu.ng
Explicit Pricing of Auxiliary Accommodation in Residential Property Development in Lagos by Uyi Osagie (University of Lagos) josagie@unilag.edu.ng
Assessment of Indoor Air Quality of Buildings near Landfill Area by Segun Tijani (University of Lagos) tijanisgn@gmail.com
Passengers’ Satisfaction of Safety and Security Elements in Operational Intra-urban Motor Parks in Lagos by Richard Unuigboje (University of Lagos) runuigboje@unilag.edu.ng
Session 9I (June 26)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Films, Cinema, and Nollywood (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89834802976
Chair: Tony Adah (Minnesota State University Moorhead) adahan@mnstate.edu, tony.adah@gmail.com
Between Trials and Triumph: The Success and Challenges Confronting Nollywood by Tolu Akanni (University of Ilorin) akanniakinbowale@gmail.com
Subversive On-screen Performance and Feminist Visual Culture in Efya’s Whoman Woman and Tiwa Savage’s 49-99 by Olalade Faniyi (University of Ibadan) ololademfaniyi@gmail.com
The One and its Double: Remaking of Ramsey Noah’s “Living in Bondage” by Tunde Onikoyi (Adeleke University) tundeonikoyi@gmail.com
Session 9J (June 26)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Gendered Politics in Nigeria (Part II)
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Chair: Rosemary Popoola (Chrisland University) popoolarosemary@gmail.com
Connections and Disruptions in Dialogue: Boundaries and Fluidities in Africa Gender Politics by Oluwasola Daniels (Adekunle Ajasin University) ibitayodans@gmail.com
Rethinking Women’s Participation in Politics in Ogun State, 1999-2019 by Toyyibat Ogbonna (Adeyemi College of Education) ogunbonatoyyibat1@gmail.com
Transnational Networks and Women’s Rights Advocacy Organizations in Nigeria by Adebusola Okedele (Tai Solarin College of Education) okebussy@yahoo.com
Lagos Women’s Perception of Public Toilet Provision in Shogunle by Olubukola Olunloyo (Yaba College of Technology) olubukolaolunloyo@gmail.com
Break: 4:30-5:30
SESSION 10 (5:30-7:00)
Session 10A (June 26)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Architecture in Global Socialism:
Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War by Łukasz Stanek (Princeton University Press, 2020)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84858592814
Chair: Babatunde Agbola (University of Ibadan) babatunde.agbola@gmail.com
Discussants
Tim Livsey (Northumbria University) tim.livsey@northumbria.ac.uk
Ikem Okoye (University of Delaware) isokoye@udel.edu
Bhakti Shringarpure (University of Connecticut) bhakti.shringarpure@uconn.edu
Ola Uduku (Manchester School of Architecture) o.uduku@mmu.ac.uk
Respondent/Author
Łukasz Stanek (University of Manchester) lukasz.stanek@manchester.ac.uk
For more information on the book, see this link: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691168708/architecture-in-global-socialism
Session 10B (June 26)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Exhibition:
Moving Mountains Moving Oceans
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88296850501
By Obuh Christopher Nelson (Photographer) christophernelsin@gmail.com and David Goss (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) davidgoss12000@yahoo.com
Chair: Lynn Schler (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) lynnsch@bgu.ac.il
When dealing with the concept of “porosity” or liminality in urban space, one is considering the negative space of construction. Neoliberal global capitalism moves and constructs reality for the benefit of a few at the expense of the majority, changing and exploiting the city and nature. Based on ideals of rational international modernism the spaces it creates are beneficial only to a minority. In this project, we have focused on two cities: Lagos in Nigeria and Jerusalem in Israel that are continents apart, in seemingly completely different contexts. Yet, the political, ethnic exploitation is concurred by the urban economic logic of late capitalism. Building projects used as an excuse to divide, separate and control. The Eko Atlantic project in Lagos is a new extension of the megacity on 10 million square metres of reclaimed land from the Atlantic Ocean which began in 2010. The project is supposedly ecological but will only benefit rich residents and multi-national companies turning into a gated neighbourhood, that will be monitored and guarded with limited access. In Jerusalem, the building of roads, tunnels, walls and fences in the metropolis is a way of diverting and separating the Palestinian residents from the city center, from their lands, unable to commute between neighbourhoods and surrounding villages. Politicised highways that cut the urban landscape giving an ethnic-religious overtone and meaning to the bordering, gating and fencing. Exploring porosity in these two cities focuses on the liminal areas in-between these building projects. Looking at the intermediary spaces that express an alternative stance of culture interaction, communication, experimentation in urban space.
Session 10C (June 26)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Continuity and Disruption:
Death, Mourning, and Memorialization in Postcolonial African Cities (Part III)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81294504610
Chair and Organizer: Shina Alimi (Obafemi Awolowo University) shinaalimi@gmail.com
Performing Tradition and Modernity in the Text of Yoruba Burial Ceremonies by Adewale Ajayi (The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro) deawale@yahoo.com
Opira: Sixteen Erindinlogun at the Akodi Orisa by Olabisi Oladunjoye (Obafemi Awolowo University) oladunjoyeolabisi66@gmail.com
The Ideal Obituary: Announcing Death on Social Media by Omotayo Omitola (University of Ibadan) tayolakojo@gmail.com
The Socio-Cognition of Death in Nigerian Print and New Media: A Comparative Study by Helen Ugah (Elizade University) ugah.helen@gmail.com
Session 10D (June 26)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Violent Conflict and Social Justice in Africa (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88939662497
Organizers and Chairs: Taiwo Bello (University of Toronto) and Alex Ugwuja (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) bello.taiwo@mail.utoronto.ca, aa.ugwuja@unizik.edu.ng
Being a Woman in the Last Strong-hold of Biafra: Travails of the Female-Folks in Umuahia, 1966-1970 by Abuoma C. Agajelu (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) abeenony@gmail.com
Wilful Acquiesce, Powerless Resistance or Ambiguous Militarization: Exploring the Socio-Political Belonging of Nigerian Army Widows of the Boko Haram Insurgency by Fisayo Ajala (Stellenbosch University) ajalatemitopeolufisayo@gmail.com
Playing Politics with the Child Refugee: The Nigerian Civil War and the History of the Biafran Children-Refugees in Gabon and Ivory Coast, 1967-1970 by George Njung (University of the Witwatersrand) george.njung@wits.ac.za
Terrorism-induced Displacement, IDPs, and State Intervention: The Northeastern Nigerian Case by Oluwatoyin Oluwaniyi (Redeemer’s University) oluwaniyio@run.edu.ng
Session 10E (June 26)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
African Musical Traditions: Secular and Religious
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Chair: Stephen Olusoji (University of Lagos) stephenolu2002@yahoo.com
Ideological Temporality in African China’s Social Deconstruction by Lekan Oduola (Ajayi Crowther University) and Olaoluwa Ayokunmi (University of Lagos) Ayokunmiolaoluwa2016@gmail.com
Gospel Music, Celebrity, and Christian Publics in Emma Ohmagod’s “Yoruba Hymn Series” by Vicki Brennan (University of Vermont) Vicki.Brennan@uvm.edu
For the High God: Ethnography of Exoticism in Ogu Musical Practices in Lagos by Joseph Kunnuji (University of Cape Town) jokunnuji@gmail.com
Musical Arts and Identity Construction in Postcolonial Yoruba Societies by Olupemi Oludare (University of Lagos) ooludare@unilag.edu.ng
Session 10F (June 26)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging The Metal Sculpture of Dotun Popoola edited by Moyo Okediji (101 Cavern & University of African Art, 2020)
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Chair and Organizer: Moyo Okediji (University of Texas at Austin) moyo.okediji@utexas.edu
Metal-Morphorsis: Dotun Popoola’s Zoomorphic Metaphors by Kehinde Adepegba (Lagos State Polytechnic) adepegba.k@mylaspotech.edu.ng
Asaro: Dotun Popoola’s Evocative Hybrid Sculptures by Michael Olusegun Fajuyigbe (Obafemi Awolowo University) michosege2005@yahoo.com,michofajuyigbe@gmail.com
Metal, Metaphor, and Materiality in the Synergetic Sculptures of Dotun Popoola by Kunle Filani (Federal College of Education, Lagos) kunlefilani@yahoo.com
Dotun Popoola’s Ecological Futurism by Moyo Okediji (University of Texas at Austin) moyo.okediji@utexas.edu
Dotun Popoola: Style and Distinction in Welded Metal Art by Tolulope Sobowale (Olabisi Onabanjo University) tolucobbler2@gmail.com
Artist/Respondent
Dotun Popoola (Metal Artist) dotunpopo@gmail.com
To learn more about Dotun Popoola’s work, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpC2xV-TNfI dotunpopo@gmail.com
Session 10G (June 26)
5:30PM -7:00PM
Gender, Children, and the Family in Urban Africa (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81956573170
Organizers and Chairs: Mutiat Oladejo (University of Ibadan), oladejomutiat@yahoo.com, Nwakaego B. Eleje (Lead City University) nwakaeleje@yahoo.co.uk, and Mofeyisara O. Omobowale (University of Ibadan) feyisarat@yahoo.com
Understanding the Place of Traditional Medicine and Motherhood in a Yoruba Community by Tolulope Esther Fadeyi (University of Basel) tolulopee.fadeyi@unibas.ch
Tamp is Taboo: The Evolution of Mothers and Daughters Menstrual Knowledge and Practices in Nigeria by Adenike Mopa-Egbunu (Redeemer’s University) adenikeadegbayi@gmail.com
Newspaper Reportage of Maternal and Child Health in Nigeria by Hope Orivri (University of Lagos) onepageafrica@gmail.com
Session 10H (June 26)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
African Postcolonial Realities
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Chair: Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan (Lagos State University) adeoluoyekan@gmail.com
Curbing the Plague of Migration through Democratic Governance by Doyinsola Adenike Adeleke (University of Ibadan) adelekedoyinsola@gmail.com
For or Against Continuities: African Cities and the Fight for a Common Future by Kudirat Zakariyyah and Oluranti Ajayi (University of Lagos) zakaryyki@gmail.com
Development in Postcolonial Nigerian Border Towns since Independence by Jackson Aluede (Anchor University) jaluede@aul.edu.ng
Beyond the Home Soil: Diaspora Nigerians and the Chibok Girls Crisis by Temitope Banire (Lead City University) tbanny29@gmail.com
Postcolonial African Cities at 60: A Reassessment of Achievements and Way Forward by Maureen Onyejegbu (University of Nigeria) nwando.onyejegbu@unn.edu.ng
Session 10I (June 26)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Early Career Showcase:
Emerging Research from Built Environment Disciplines on Lagos (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85146259953
Chairs: Damilola Odekunle and Timothy Akinwande (University of Lagos) dodekunle@unilag.edu.ng, takinwande@unilag.edu.ng
Discussants:
Michael Adebamowo (University of Lagos) madebamowo@unilag.edu.ng
Simon Gusah (Future Cities Program) Simon.Gusah@futurecitiesng.com
Timothy Nubi (University of Lagos) tnubi@unilag.edu.ng
Lindsay Sawyer (University of Sheffield) l.sawyer@sheffield.ac.uk
Architectural Design Strategies and Banks’ Corporate Brand Personalities: Study of Commercial Banks in Lagos Metropolis by Oluseyi Akerele (University of Lagos) oakerele@unilag.edu.ng
Trading Strategies for Securitized Real Estate Market in Developing Economies by Timothy Akinwande (University of Lagos) takinwande@unilag.edu.ng
Spatial Requirements and Design Considerations in a Sustainable Vocational School: A Case Study of Urban Renewal Intervention in Amuwo-Origin Community by Adedoyin Babalola (University of Lagos) doyinbabalola@unilag.edu.ng,
Session 10J (June 26)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Lagos in New Nollywood (Part II)
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85842632878
Organizer and Chair: Senayon Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan) samsenayon@gmail.com
Trapped: Lagos and the Entanglement of Wealth and Destitution in New Nollywood by Olubunmi Olowookere (University of Ibadan) olubunmiolowookere1deay@gmail.com
The Scholar and the Construction of the Movie City: Jonathan Haynes’s Nollywood City from Inception to the Age of Netflix by Tunde Onikoyi (Adeleke University) tundeonikoyi@gmail.com
Lagos, Code-mixing and Multilingualism in “The Wedding Party” by Esther Senayon (Lead City University) esthersenayon@gmail.com
7:30PM – 9:00PM (June 26)
Awards Ceremony and LSA General Assembly (Open to all!)
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