Final Program of the 6th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference
(June 21-25. Virtual. Lagos/West-Central Africa Time)
Preconference Seminars and Workshops
June 21 and 22
Conference: June 23-25
Keynote Lecture
Who Gofment Epp Sef?:
Theatre, Governmentality, and Everyday Life in Contemporary Lagos
Keynote Lecturer
Tunji Azeez
Professor of Theatre, Film, and Cultural Studies
Lagos State University
Conference Theme
Everyday Life in Africa: Past and Present
Opening Ceremony (June 23)
1:00 – 2:30
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89729639058
Day 1 of Preconference
(June 21)
Session 1 (June 21)
11:00AM-12:30PM
The Digital Turn in Nigerian History:
Archives Preservation and the Politics of Access and Patrimony
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83595219373
In October 2020, the Lagos High Court, housing historical records dating to the mid-19th century, was destroyed during the #endsars protest in Nigeria. This unfortunate development further necessitates conversation about preservation of historical records, which has taken a new turn in the wake of the increasing awareness of digitization. For many, records digitization is the only solution to the problems of preservation and danger to records, especially during violent episodes like the #endsars protest. Yet, many believe that digitization threatens their job security and further entrenches the unequal power dynamics between archivists and researchers, both at home and abroad. The fate of original records after digitization is always unclear; thus increasing the suspicion that digitization could lead to the total abandonment of preservation of original documents and the entire archival institution.
The Lagos Studies Association is pleased to initiate an unending conversation between academics and professional archivists about the future of Nigerian archival collections within the context of the prospect of digitization, allocation of resources, training, and the politics of access to historical records. The panelists which include scholars who have been involved in digitization projects and staff of the Nigerian National Archives will discuss how best to achieve the common goal of records preservation without compromising the interest and perspectives of all stakeholders.
Chair
Dr. Oghenetoja Okoh (Loyola University Maryland) ohokoh@loyola.edu
Discussants
Mrs. Evelyn Odigboh (Director, National Archives, Abuja) evelynodigboh@gmail.com
Mrs. Bilikis Adebiyi-Abiola (Director, Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau)
bilikiss@icloud.com
Mrs. Medinat Agunbiade (Head of Department, National Archives, Ibadan) ajiamed94@gmail.com
Mr. Eke-Nkemka Amadi Nnanna (Head of Department, National Archives, Kaduna) eke_nkemka@yahoo.com
Dr. Vincent Hiribarren (Director, the French Institute for Research in Africa-Nigeria) vincent.hiribarren@kcl.ac.uk, director@ifra-nigeria.org
Session 2 (June 21)
11: 00AM – 12: 30PM
Graduate School Application and Experience in Europe:
Perspectives from Graduate Students
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83221223561
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
Chair
Dmitri van den Bersselaar (Leipzig University) dmitri.van_den_bersselaar@uni-leipzig.de
Discussants
Mary Afolabi (University of Bonn) ronke2726@gmail.com
Iyanuloluwa Akinsanya (University of Oxford) iyanuloluwa.akinsanya@sant.ox.ac.uk
Bidemi Oladayo Balogun (The Graduate Institute, Geneva) bidemi.balogun@graduateinstitute.ch
Mariam Odunayo Nurudeen-Arole (University of Hull) arolemariam@gmail.com
Session 3 (June 21)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Postdoctoral Fellowship Application and Experience
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86905023758
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
Chair
Aderemi Ajala (Alexander von Humboldt Fellow/University of Ibadan) aderemiajala@gmail.com
Discussants
Olúwábùnmi Bernard (University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar/Obafemi Awolowo University) bunmibernard@oauife.edu.ng
Eniola Boluwaduro (Georg Forster Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Redeemer’s University) adedoyine@gmail.com
Olisa Muojama (Munich Center for Global History Fellow/University of Ibadan) olisamuo@gmail.com
Ngozika Obi-Ani (Leventis Postdoctoral Fellow/University of Nigeria)
ngozika.obi-ani@unn.edu.ng
Session 4 (June 21)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Predoctoral/Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89387863996
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
Semiu Adegbenle (Erasmus Exchange Scholar, University of Leipzig/University of Ibadan) adegbenles@gmail.com
Mathew Ayodele (Erasmus Exchange Scholar, University of Leipzig/University of Ibadan) mathewmatson5431@gmail.com
Stephanie E. Effevottu (SSRC Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow/University of Ibadan) stephanieeffevottu@yahoo.com
Ridwan Kolawole (SSRC Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellow/Fountain University) ridwan.kolawole@gmail.com
Session 5 (June 21)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
A Roundtable of Research and Fellowship Grantors
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82392111798
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.
Chair
Laurent Fourchard (Sciences Po) laurent.fourchard@sciencespo.fr
Discussants
Vincent Hiribarren (Director, The French Institute for Research in Africa) vincent.hiribarren@kcl.ac.uk
Duncan Omanga (Program Officer, Africa Peace Network/Social Science Research Council) omanga@ssrc.org
Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani (Executive Director, Global Partnerships-Africa, Morgan State University) hakeem.tijani@morgan.edu
Session 6 (June 21)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Graduate School Application and Experience in North America:
Perspectives from Graduate Faculty
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88305437534
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 simplify 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 an 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
Chair
Susan Rosenfeld (University of California-Los Angeles) susanrosenfeld@g.ucla.edu
Discussants
Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (University of California-Riverside) ademide@gmail.com
Daniel Agbigoa (Harvard University) danielagbiboa@fas.harvard.edu
Corrie Decker (University of California-Davis) crdecker@ucdavis.edu
James Yeku (University of Kansas) yeku.james@gmail.com
Session 7 (June 21)
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 session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84754579241
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.
Chair
Taibat Lawanson (University of Lagos) tolawanson@gmail.com
Discussants
Judith Byfield (Cornell University) jab632@cornell.edu
Louisa Egbunike (Durham University) louisa.egbunike@durham.ac.uk
Abosede George (Barnard College-Columbia University) ageorge@barnard.edu
Peju Layiwola (University of Lagos) pejulayiwola1967@gmail.com
Lisa Lindsay (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) lalindsa@email.unc.edu
Session 8 (June 21)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Publish That Book:
A Roundtable of Series and Acquisition Editors
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84320895913
Each year, the LSA Conference features a roundtable on the nitty gritty of academic book publishing. At LSA 2021, series and acquisition editors from Ohio University Press, James Currey, Duke University Press, and Cambridge University Press participated in our book development workshop. This preconference seminar will complement our regular sessions on “From Dissertation to Book Manuscript” and “Journal Article Publishing.” We are excited that acquisition editors from three university presses have agreed to participate this year. They will answer the big question: What do editors look for in a book manuscript?
This roundtable 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.
Chair
Lisa Lindsay (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) lalindsa@email.unc.edu
Discussants
Ellen Bauerle (Executive Editor, University of Michigan Press) bauerle@umich.edu
Nathan MacBrien (Editor-in-Chief, University of Wisconsin Press) macbrien@wisc.edu
Ahmed Ragab (Editor, Johns Hopkins University Press Series, “Global Studies in Science, Medicine, Race and Colonialism”) ahr580@icloud.com
Session 9 (June 21)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Film Screening
Unmasked:
Leadership, Trust, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89337267125
Presented and Co-Produced by Kadaria Ahmed and Produced and Directed by Femi Odugbemi
Synopsis
‘“Unmasked: Leadership, Trust and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria,” kindly supported by PLACNG and the MacArthur Foundation, is a riveting story of leadership lessons in a time of crisis and it highlights the challenges in Nigeria’s healthcare response to the COVID-19 Pandemic which unmasked our poor infrastructure, weak administrative systems and of course the corruption of governance. Shot in real time at the heart of the uncertainties of the lock-down, It is the story of where we were when COVID-19 came calling and the hard conversations Nigeria needs for the future. Critically acclaimed UNMASKED was the star screening at the 2021 iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2021 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) and the 2021/2022 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA). It is Presented and Co-Produced by Kadaria Ahmed and Produced and Directed by Femi Odugbemi.”
Bio of Producer
In addition to numerous career-defining honors, LSA member Femi Odugbemi is winner of the “Lifetime Achievement Award” of the Nigeria Film Society. The award recognizes “excellence and immeasurable contributions towards the growth of the film industry.” Not only did he allow LSA to screen his award-wining documentary, “Makoko: Futures Afloat,” at LSA 2018, he participated in the lively discussion that followed. At LSA 2019, he graciously read the citation of Jonathan Haynes, Nollywood pioneering scholar who won our Distinguished Scholar Award. Odugbemi is the co-founder of iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival.
Respondent
Femi Odugbemi (Filmmaker) femiodugbemi@gmail.com
Chair/Moderator
Paul Ugor (Illinois State University) pugor@ilstu.edu
Day 2 of Pre-conference
June 22
Session 10 (June 22)
11:00AM-12:30PM
Graduate School Application and Experience in Europe:
Perspectives from Graduate Faculty
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89740525597
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
Chair
Insa Nolte (University of Birmingham) m.i.nolte@bham.ac.uk
Discussants
Bronwen Everill (University of Cambridge) bee21@cam.ac.uk
Akin Iwilade (University of Edinburgh) a.iwilade@ed.ac.uk
Oliver Owen (University of Oxford) oliver.owen@anthro.ox.ac.uk
Katrien Pype (KU Leuven) katrien.pype@kuleuven.be
Session 11 (June 22)
1:00PM – 2:30
Pedagogy of Teaching
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82805098457
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 (Morgan State University) hakeem.tijani@morgan.edu
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.”
Session 12 (June 22)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Academic Job Hunting in North America
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83145293285
This workshop features colleagues who recently secured tenure track positions. Topics for discussion will include, but not limited to the following: cover letter writing, formatting CV, preparing for interview, dissertation completion, thesis revision into manuscript, virtual/in-person interviews, letters of recommendation, crafting research and teaching statements/philosophy, mock interviews, on-campus visit, teaching demonstration, and research talk, among others.
Chair
Akinwumi Ogundiran (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) ogundiran@uncc.edu
Discussants
Damilola Adebayo (York University) adebayod@yorku.ca
Esther Ajayi-Lowo (Spelman College) estherajayilowo@spelman.edu
Lani Akande (University of North Carolina-Wilmington) josephaniyi@gmail.com
Bright Alozie (Portland State University) balozie@pdx.edu
Session 13 (June 22)
2:45PM – 4:15PM
Publish that Article:
A Roundtable of Journal Editors
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81003753942
Last year, the LSA continued its tradition of investing in the career of up-and-coming scholars with a journal publishing workshop featuring editors from the Journal of West African History, African Political Economy, Africa: The Journal of International African Institute, Irinkerindo: Journal of African Migration, and African Notes. This year, we welcome editors from the thematic fields of politics, literature, history, philosophy, and African studies, broadly defined.
One of the biggest debates in African knowledge production is what constitutes a good journal manuscript. This debate is exacerbated by the expanding gap in resources and professional development opportunities for scholars, especially Africa-based junior academics. Vanity journals and book publishers are exploiting this crisis by publishing poorly researched and written works in exchange for cash, academic patronage, or predatory mentorship. 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.
Chair
Carli Coetzee (Editor, Journal of African Cultural Studies) cc76@soas.ac.uk
Discussants
Moradewun Adejunmobi (Editor-in-chief, Journal of the African Literature Association) madejunmobi@ucdavis.edu
Gbenga Fasiku (Editor, Second Order: An African Journal of Philosophy),
secondorder@oauife.edu.ng, platoife@oauife.edu.ng,
Cajetan Iheka (Editor, African Studies Review)
cajetan.iheka@yale.edu
George Bob-Milliar and Ambreena Manji (Editors, African Affairs) gbobmilliar.cass@knust.edu.gh, ManjiA1@cardiff.ac.uk
Moses Ochonu (Editor, Journal of African History)
moses.ochonu@vanderbilt.edu
Session 14 (June 22)
4:30PM – 6:00PM
Doing Research in Nigeria:
Reflections on Archival Research and Fieldwork
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81728748004
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.
Chair
Lynn Schler (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) lynnschler@me.com
Discussants
Abosede Omowumi Babatunde (University of Ilorin/Peace and Conflict Studies)
bose_babatunde@yahoo.co.uk
Zheyuan Deng (University of Florida/History/Religion) dengzheyuan@ufl.edu
Davide Casciano (University of Bologna/Anthropology) davide@casciano.info
Lasisi Olanrewaju (College of William and Mary/Archeology/Material Culture)
oblasisi@wm.edu
Flourish Folaranmi Olorunnibe (Rhodes University/History/Women and Gender) olorunnibefflourish@gmail.com
Session 15 (June 22)
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 session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85488111737
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.
Chair
Yetunde Zaid (University of Lagos) yetundezaid@gmail.com
Discussants
Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome (Brooklyn College, CUNY) mojubaolu@gmail.com
Oyeronke Oyewumi (Stony Brook University) Oyeronke.Oyewumi@stonybrook.edu
Lynn Schler (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) lynnschler@me.com
Ola Uduku (University of Liverpool) O.Uduku@liverpool.ac.uk
Bamidele Wale-Oshinowo (University of Lagos) bwale-oshinowo@unilag.edu.ng
Session 16 (June 22)
8:00PM – 9: 30PM
From Thesis to Book:
A Roundtable of First Book Authors
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86541064557
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
Abimbola A. Adelakun (University of Texas at Austin), author of “Performing Power in Nigeria.” adunnibabe@yahoo.com https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/performing-power-in-nigeria/copyright-page/BC8891E64E3A5A1BE3C4AEE820E4EEB1
Chigbo Anyaduba (University of Winnipeg), author of “The Postcolonial African Genocide Novel.” c.anyaduba@uwinnipeg.ca https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/55127/
Mathew Brown (University of Wisconsin-Madison), author of “Indirect Subjects.” matthew.h.brown@wisc.edu, https://www.dukeupress.edu/indirect-subjects
Okechukwu Nwafor (Nnamdi Azikiwe University), author of “Aso Ebi.”
charles21007@gmail.com, https://www.press.umich.edu/11649792/aso_ebi/?s=description
Stacey Vanderhurst (University of Kansas), author of “Unmaking Migrants.” (Cornell University Press, 2022) vanderhurst@ku.edu https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501763533/unmaking-migrants/#bookTabs=1
James Yeku (University of Kansas), author of “Cultural Netizenship” yeku.james@gmail.com https://iupress.org/author/james-yeku/
Session 17 (June 22)
8:00PM – 9: 30PM
Graduate School Application and Experience in North America:
Perspectives from Graduate Students
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82623092558
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
Chair
Vicki Brennan (University of Vermont) vicki.brennan@uvm.edu
Discussants
Hammed Adejare (Ohio State University) Adejare.6@osu.edu
Oyinade Adekunle (McMaster University) oyinadeadekunle@gmail.com
Mosunmola Adeojo (University of Florida) adeojomosunmola09@gmail.com
Olanrewaju Lasisi (College of William and Mary) oblasisi@wm.edu
Prince Vincent-Anene (University of Wisconsin-Madison) vincentanene@wisc.edu
Conference (June 23-25)
Day 1 of Conference
June 23
SESSION 1 (3:00-4:30)
Session 1A (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Judith Byfield’s The Great Upheaval:
Women and Nation in Postwar Nigeria (Ohio University Press, 2021)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85256336959
Chair
Sandra Barnes (University of Pennsylvania) sbarnes@sas.upenn.edu
Discussants
Morenikeji Asaaju (University of Birmingham) m.asaaju@bham.ac.uk
Gloria Chuku (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) chuku@umbc.edu
Kristin Mann (Emory University) histkm@emory.edu
Oluwatoyin Oduntan (Towson University) ooduntan@towson.edu
Ruth Watson (University of Cambridge) riw21@cam.ac.uk
Respondent/Author
Judith Byfield (Cornell University) jab632@cornell.edu
For additional information on the book, see this link: https://www.ohioswallow.com/book/The+Great+Upheaval
Session 1B (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
The Materiality of Everyday Life in Africa:
A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective (Part I)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85093997878
Organizers
Abidemi B. Babalola (The British Museum) & Vera-Simone Schulz (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut) tundebabalola@gmail.com, vera-simone.schulz@khi.fi.it
Chair
Abidemi Babatunde Babalola (The British Museum) tundebabalola@gmail.com
Stamps of Glory: On the Iconography of Postage Stamps in Ghana, ca. 1957 by Ivana Dizdar (University of Toronto) ivana.dizdar@mail.utoronto.ca
More than Face Value: Carved Swahili Doors in Daily Life and Meaning by Janet Marion Purdy (The Art Institute of Chicago) janetmpurdy@gmail.com
The Cowrie Currency in West Africa by Eleanor Stephenson (University of Cambridge) ems220@cam.ac.uk
The Everyday Materiality of Colonial Buildings by Ruth Sacks (University of Johannesburg) ruthsacks@gmail.com
Session 1C (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Celebrating Jonathan Haynes (Part I)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85861960093
Chair
Moradewun Adejunmobi (University of California-Davis) madejunmobi@ucdavis.edu
Through Nollywood’s Lens: African Cinema and Beyond by Alessandro Jedlowski (Sciences Po) alessandro.jedlowski@gmail.com
Jonathan Haynes and the Changeable, Fertile, Dynamic World of Film in Africa by Brian Larkin (Barnard College-Columbia University) bl190@columbia.edu
The Nollywood Epic in Jonathan Haynes’s Scholarship by Folakemi Ogungbe (National Film Institute, Jos) folakemiogungbe@gmail.com
Dan Iya Samaru: Jon Haynes and the Making of Nollywood by Onookome Okome (University of Alberta) ookome@ualberta.ca
Session 1D (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Economics, Labor, and Wealth (Part I)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84071482466
Chair
Olufemi Saibu (University of Lagos) osaibu@unilag.edu.ng
Wealth Potentials in Agricultural Waste by Funmilayo Florence Adeyemi (Adeleke University) ftigeres@gmail.com
Gender and Labor in African Economic Development by Omowumi Idowu (Ekiti State University) idowuomowumi34@gmail.com
Social Entrepreneurship as Youth Culture in Nigeria by Chikezirim Nwoke (Carleton University) chikenwoke@gmail.com
Digital Economy and Unemployment in Africa by Matthew Ochada- Igwe (University of Lagos) mattfranportals@gmail.com
Session 1E (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Libraries, Archives, and Information Science (Part I)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86264778428
Chair
Ganiyu Oluwaseyi Quadri (University of Ibadan) qudriseyi@gmail.com
Emerging Technologies and the Growth of Tertiary Education in Nigeria by Emmanuel Mbah (University of Lagos) emmaversity@yahoo.com
Digital Transformation and Service Delivery in Libraries: A Post Covid-19 Approach by Racheal Odunlade ((University of Lagos) and Joshua Onaade Ojo (University of Lagos) rodunlade@unilag.edu.ng, jojo@unilag.edu.ng
Lockdown Education: Children’s Literacy and On-air Teaching in Government Schools in Anambra State by Ngozi Osuchukwu (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) ngostary2k@yahoo.com
Self-Focused Attention, Awareness, and Use of Social Media on Social Well-being of LIS Postgraduate Students in Nigeria Universities by Stella Nduka and Sunday Popoola (University of Lagos) drpopoola@gmail.com, stellacnduka@gmail.com
Session 1F (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Lagos History from the 19th Century
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86877530808
Chair
Habeeb Sanni (Lagos State University) habeebsanni12@gmail.com
Placard Language: Protests in Postcolonial Lagos by Oyinade Adekunle (McMaster University) oyinadeadekunle@gmail.com
Development of Primary School Education in Ikorodu Division of Lagos State, 1912-2015 by Faruq Boge (Lagos State University) and Jamiu Kolawole Audu (Tai Solarin University of Education) bogefaruq@yahoo.com, audujk2015@gmail.com
Hustling in a Gig Economy: Casual Labor and Women’s Work in Nineteenth Century West African Port Cities by Bronwen Everill (University of Cambridge) and Laura Channing (London School of Economics) bee21@cam.ac.uk, l.channing@lse.ac.uk
Memory in History: Comparative Studies of two Chronicles of Lagos by Taariqa-R Ilupeju (University of Lagos) ilupejujunaid@gmail.com
Session 1G (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM (June 23)
Language, Literature, and Literary Culture (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88903008955
Chair
Olatoun Gabi-Williams (Borders Literature for all Nations) bordersliteratureonline@hotmail.com
Literary Activism as Critique in Charles Chanchori’s Facebook Published Short Fiction by Edgar Fred Nabutanyi (Makerere University) nabutanyiedgar@gmail.com
Feminism in Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Michael Adetunji and John Obi (University of Lagos) bessongobi23@gmail.com, mikeboyartzz@yahoo.com
A Linguistic Study of Business Names in Lagos by Kenneth Obiorah (University of Lagos) kenobiora@unilag.edu.ng
In the Land of the Orixas: Contributions of Candomble to Afro-Brazilian Civilizations in Poetry by Ayodeji Olugbuyiro (Ohio State University) olugbuyiro.1@osu.edu
Session 1H (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
The Politics of Motherhood, Midwifery, and Child Health (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86375256541
Organizers and Chairs
Ogechukwu Williams (Creighton University) and Folaranmi Flourish Olorunnibe (Rhodes University) ogechukwuwilliams@creighton.edu, olorunnibefflourish@gmail.com
A Mother like no Other: The Politics of Child Rearing in Colonial Nigeria by Oluwatosin Mary Adeyemi (University of Ibadan) oluwatosinadeyemimary@gmail.com
Indigenous Midwifery and Childbirth: The Agbebis’ Navigation of Colonial Paradigms in Postcolonial Africa by Esther Oluwashina Ajayi-Lowo (Spelman College) estherajayilowo@spelman.edu
In Search of Cure: Motherhood and Children’s Alternative Medicine by Temitope Folakemi Olaniyi (Olive Community Development Initiative) flaymaks@gmail.com
Marginalized Wellness: Exclusionary Healthcare and Midwifery in Rural Ibadan, 1900–1950 by Folaranmi Flourish Olorunnibe (Rhodes University) olorunnibefflourish@gmail.com
Session 1I (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Of Fame and Fandom:
African Celebrities in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Parts I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86791140511
Chair and Organizer
Rosemary Oyinlola Popoola (University of Wisconsin Madison) rpopoola@wisc.edu
All Fandom is Local: How the Street Creates its Own Fuji Superstars by Saheed Aderinto (Western Carolina University) saderinto@email.wcu.edu
Tope Alabi and the “Oniduro” Controversy: Celebrity, Entertainment, and Piety in Yoruba Gospel Music by Vicki L. Brennan (University of Vermont) Vicki.Brennan@uvm.edu
Between Art and Business: Patronage Music and Yusuf Olatunji in Perspective by Odunayo P. Ògúnnáìkè (University of Ibadan) awodioke1@gmail.com
Iwuewu: The Life and Times of Simon Odo of Enugu-Ezike by Chukwuebuka Kenneth Ugwu (University of Nigeria) chukwuebuka.ugwu.250379@unn.edu.ng
Session 1J (June 23)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Crossing Boundaries:
Labor, Gender, and Conflicts in Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82459272207
Chair
Damilola Adebayo (York University) adebayod@yorku.ca
Organizer
Ajibola Abdulrahman (University of Mississippi) aaabdulr@go.olemiss.edu
How Women Fought: Navigating the Discourse of Gender and the Roles of Igbo Women in the Nigerian Civil War by Muinat A. Adekeye (University of Mississippi) maadekeye@go.olemiss.edu
Children, Colonialism and Forced Labor in British West Africa: A Transnational Study by Ajibola Abdulrahman (University of Mississippi) aaabdulr@go.olemiss.edu
Intersections of Spiritualities and Violence in Sex Workers Narratives by Modupe Animashaun (University of Ibadan) moanimashaun1@gmail.com
Labor and Social Relation of Production in the Gold Coast Coconut Industry, 1874-1957 by Abdul Kuba (University of Mississippi) akuba@go.olemiss.edu
4:30-5:30 (Break)
SESSION 2 (5:30-7:00)
Session 2A (June 23)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Performing Power in Nigeria: Identity, Politics, and Pentecostalism by Abimbola Adelakun (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89367963747
Chair
Nimi Wariboko (Boston University) nimiwari@bu.edu
Discussants
Chammah J. Kaunda (Yonsei University) pastorchammah@gmail.com
Solomon Kgatle (University of South Africa) kgatls@unisa.ac.za
Kunbi Labeodan (University of Ibadan) kunbial@yahoo.com
Adedoyin Ogunfeyimi (University of Pittsburgh at Bradford) doyinjsp@pitt.edu
Katrien Pype (University of Birmingham/KU Leuven) katrien.pype@kuleuven.be
Author/Respondent
Abimbola Adelakun (University of Texas at Austin) adunnibabe@yahoo.com
Read more about the book here: https://www.cambridge.org/…/8A8053A52F496975C042440F752…
Session 2B (June 23)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Nollywood and Films
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89224732609
Chair
Chijioke Azuawusiefe (Catholic Institute of West Africa) chijiokeaz@yahoo.com
Islam and Cinematic Culture in Northern Nigeria: A Historical Analysis by Nihinlolawa Banjo (Bayero University) nihinlola@yahoo.com
Nollywood Short Film: Locating Everyday Life in Rogba Arimoro’s “Tokunbo” by Chikwurah Isiguzo (Abia State University) isiguzocdestiny@gmail.com
Language as Cultural Aesthetics in Tunde Kelani’s Koseegbe and Adebayo Faleti’s Sawosogberi by Abdullahi Lawal (Alex Ekwueme Federal University) lawalabdullahib@gmail.com
The Trajectory of Film Adaptations in Nollywood: Challenges and Prospects by Folakemi Ogungbe (National Film Institute, Jos) folakemiogungbe@gmail.com
Movies as Political Analysis: Political Themes in Tunde Kelani’s Films by Bamidele Olajide (University of Lagos) contactdele@gmail.com
Session 2C (June 23)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Economics, Labor, and Wealth (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83542874140
Chair
Omolola Olarinde (Elizade University) omolola.olarinde@elizadeuniversity.edu.ng
The ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance Scheme, Economic Integration, and Migration by Boluwatife Abayomi (University of Ibadan) boluwatifeabayomi1@gmail.com
Ada L’enu Talaka: History, Philosophy, and Poverty Discourse in Contemporary Nigeria by Mathew Atilade Aderoju (Samuel Adegboyega University) and Opeoluwa Abimbola Balogun (Obafemi Awolowo University) opeoluwabalogun5@gmail.com, adeaderoju@gmail.com
Beyond Cultural Veil: Re-examining Trade-by-Barter among Communities in Akpabuyo, Cross River State by Charles Ekpo (Arthur Jarvis University) and Ekwutosi Offiong cekpo34@yahoo.com, ekwutosioffiong@gmail.com
Onye Ahana Nwanne Ya: Igba-Boi and the Urban Development of Onitsha City by Mathias Chukwudi Isiani (University of Nigeria) mathias.isiani@unn.edu.ng
Session 2D (June 23)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Libraries, Archives, and Information Science (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89867776816
Chair
Joshua Onaade Ojo (University of Lagos) jojo@unilag.edu.ng
Towards the Actualization of SDG 16: Collaboration between Archives and Other Information Agencies in Nigeria by Ese Eunice Anenene (University of Ibadan) eunice.ese@gmail.com
Library Makerspace: A Platform for STEM Integration by Alice Bamigbola (University of Ibadan) fifemidapo@yahoo.com
Motivation, Mentoring, and Achievements in Lagos State Public Libraries by Olugbenga Adewuyi and Philomena Gbemi-Ogunleye (University of Lagos) oadewuyi@unilag.edu.ng, pgbemi-ogunleye@unilag.edu.ng
Session 2E (June 23)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Nigerian History:
Colonial and Postcolonial (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83671875101
Chair
Mufutau Jimoh (Federal University, Birnin-Kebbi) oriyomijimoh4@gmail.com
State, Economy, and the Tax Riots of 1968-1969 in Southern Western Nigeria by Bamidele Aly (Independent Scholar) dele_aly@yahoo.fr
Business Survival Woes: Colonial and Post-colonial Businesses in Nigeria by Kaosara Opeyemi (University of Ibadan) and Lukman Adeniyi (Independent Scholar) Oadekunle139@gmail.com lukmanadeniyiofafrica@gmail.com
“Once Our Prestige Goes, Our Power to Govern Goes With It”: The Racial Politics of Corporal Punishment in Colonial Southern Nigeria, 1900-1960 by Yolanda Osondu (University of Calgary) Yolanda.osondu1@ucalgary.ca
Session 2F (June 23)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Cultural Festivals and Identity Construction
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82295523823
Chair
Adwale Oyewo (Osun State University) chrisoyewo@gmail.com
Girlhood Socialization and the Aringíyà Festival of Ikare-akoko by Olanireti Falade (Adekunle Ajasin University) oolakojo@gmail.com
“A Joy to Behold”: African Traditional Music and the Unmasking of Amuludun Cultural Troupe by Kehinde Ilegbusi (University of Lagos) kehindebenson6@gmail.com
Politics, Power, and Gendered Identities in Traditional Festivals among the Yoruba, 1897-1960 by Olusegun Olatunji (East Tennessee State University) Olatunji@etsu.edu
Medialization of Ndokwa Masquerade Performance: The Aesthetic Dynamics of an African Indigenous Carnival Ruth Epochi-Olise (Alex Ekwueme Federal University) epochiolise@yahoo.com
Session 2G (June 23)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Nigerian Youth and Development Discourses
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83989237257
Chair
Krystal Strong (University of Pennsylvania) kstrong@upenn.edu
Leadership, Community Development, and the National Youth Service Corps by Chibuzor Azubuike (Kansas State University) mirianazubuike@gmail.com
Street Cultism, Youth Violence, and Security in Lagos, 1999-2021 by Faruq Idowu Boge (Lagos State University) bogefaruq@yahoo.com
“Young not Criminal”: Urban Governance and the Category of Youth by Diekara Oloruntoba-Oju (Harvard University) doloruntobaoju@fas.harvard.edu
Ethnicity, Nation-building, and the National Youth Service Corps, 1999-2021 by Samson Oyefolu (Lead City University) oyefolusamson5050@yahoo.com
Nigerian Youths, Governance, and Transnational Cyber Engagements by Alex Ugwuja (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) ugwujalexander@gmail.com
Session 2H (June 23)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Critical Reflection of Everyday Urban Engagement and Experiences:
Professor Taibat Lawanson’s Contributions (Parts I & II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87621909389
Panel Organizers
Oluwafemi Olajide (University of Lagos) olajideao@gmail.com, Odunbaku Omoh (UN-Habitat, Nairobi)omoayena.odunbaku@un.org, Taiwo Afinowi (University of the Witwatersrand) taiwoafinowi@gmail.com
Panel I
Chair
Oluwafemi Olajide (University of Lagos) olajideao@gmail.com
Discussants
Tom Goodfellow (University of Sheffield) t.goodfellow@sheffield.ac.uk
Marie Huchzermeyer (University of the Witwatersrand) marie.huchzermeyer@wits.ac.za
Mfaniseni Sihlongonyane (University of the Witwatersrand) mfaniseni.sihlongonyane@wits.ac.za
AbdouMaliq Simone (University of Sheffield) a.t.simone@sheffield.ac.uk
Ola Uduku (University of Liverpool) o.uduku@liverpool.ac.uk
Session 2I (June 23)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
The Epistemology of African Indigenous Science and Technology since the Precolonial Era (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88207321569
Chair and Organizer
Prince Vincent-Anene (University of Wisconsin-Madison) vincentanene@wisc.edu
Chair
Waliu Ismaila (West Virginia University) wai0003@mix.wvu.edu
The Igbo-Apprenticeship Model and Technology Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of the Ikeja Computer Village by Chigozie Anakor (University of Lagos) canakor@iads.unilag.edu.ng
Innovations and Inventions in Ancient Southern Africa by Gloria Emeagwali (Central Connecticut State University) emeagwali@ccsu.edu
Nuclear Science and Scepticism in Late Colonial Nigeria by Chloë Mayoux (London School of Economics) c.m.mayoux@lse.ac.uk
Toolmaking as a Reference to the World and a Shared Experience by Valerie Nur (University of Bayreuth) valerie.nur@uni-bayreuth.de
Session 2J (June 23)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging The Postcolonial African Genocide Novel: Quests for Meaningfulness by Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba (Liverpool University Press, 2021)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88318337541
Chair
Omotayo Oloruntoba-Oju (Adekunle Ajasin University) ttayooju@gmail.com
Discussants
Sakiru Adebayo (University of British Columbia) sakiru.adebayo@ubc.ca
Katherine Baxter (University of Northumbria) katherine.baxter@northumbria.ac.uk
Louisa Egbunike (Durham University) louisa.egbunike@durham.ac.uk
Yomi Olusegun-Joseph (Obafemi Awolowo University) yomiojoseph@gmail.com
Christopher E. Ouma (University of Cape Town) Christopher.ouma@uct.ac.za
Respondent/Author
Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba (University of Winnipeg) c.anyaduba@uwinnipeg.ca
Book available online:https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/55127/
SESSION 3 (7:30-9:00)
Session 3A (June 23)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Mathew Brown’s, Indirect Subjects:
Nollywood’s Local Address (Duke University Press, 2021)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88093647300
Chair
Jonathan Haynes (Long Island University) jhaynes50@yahoo.com
Discussants
Moradewun Adejunmobi (University of California-Davis) madejunmobi@ucdavis.edu
Tony Adah (Minnesota State University Moorhead) adahan@mnstate.edu,tony.adah@gmail.com
Anulika Agina (Pan Atlantic University) aagina@pau.edu.ng
Alessandro Jedlowski (Sciences Po) alessandro.jedlowski@gmail.com
Onookome Okome (University of Alberta) ookome@ualberta.ca
Respondent/Author
Mathew Brown (University of Wisconsin-Madison) matthew.h.brown@wisc.edu
Read the introduction for free here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/Assets/PubMaterials/978-1-4780-1419-5_601.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3PQZb2JuGfRHNTPX9XjIGWlDfu1fI3g269dZpsj862iTcsNbJDfazeIn8
Session 3B (June 23)
7:30PM – 9:00PM
Nigerian History:
Oral and Textual Dimensions
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86317926280
Chair
Ndubueze L. Mbah (University at Buffalo) ndubueze@buffalo.edu
Novels, Films, and the Internet as Sources of Nigerian History by Oluwadamilare Adesina (Joseph Ayo Babalola University) darey32darey32@yahoo.com
From Orality to “Voices in Ink”: Oral Traditions, Petition Writing, and the Colonial State in Igboland by Bright Alozie (Portland State University) balozie@pdx.edu
The Migrated Archives and Everyday Life in Late Colonial Africa by Tim Livsey (Northumbria University) tim.livsey@northumbria.ac.uk
A Preliminary Report on a Quantitative Text Analysis of the Early Nigerian Newspapers by Nozomi Sawada (Komazawa University) nsawada@komazawa-u.ac.jp
Session 3C (June 23)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Language, Literature, and Literary Culture (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83257555604
Chair
Olawunmi Oni-Buraimoh (Lagos State University) olawunmi.oni@lasu.edu.ng
What is in a Name? The Sociolinguistics of Name Calling among Couples by Kikelomo Adeniyi and Ezekiel Bolaji (Lagos State University of Education) ezekielbolaji@gmail.com, victoriakadeniyi@yahoo.com
Niyi Osundare’s Waiting Laughters and the Word is an Egg as Signifying Chameleon by Ndubuisi Martins Aniemeka (Charles University) ndubuisi_aniemeka@yahoo.com
Probe Panel of Vultures and off the Mic Metaphor in Contemporary Nigerian Drama: Perspectives from Two Nigerian Plays by Cindy Anene Ezeugwu and Victor Oguejiofoaluagha Omeje (University of Nigeria) cindy.ezeugwu@unn.edu.ng, victor.omeje@unn.edu.ng
Names in Indigenous Traditional Religion and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade among the Ogu of Badagry: A Media and Linguistic Dimension by Olusola Aina and Alaba Simpson (Crawford University) sola.aina2003@gmail.com, sunmisimpson@yahoo.com
Session 3D (June 23)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
(De) colonizing Guts:
Multi-species Studies of Food in Everyday (Inter-/post-) Colonial Contexts (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81125302326
Chair and Organizer
Oluwaseun Williams (The Graduate Institute, Geneva) oluwaseun.williams@graduateinstitute.ch
Gimme Likkle Sugar for Me Tea: Food as a Symbolic Marker in Chinua Achebe’s “Sugar baby” by Akumbu Uche (Independent Scholar/Writer) akumbu.uche@gmail.com
Politics of Food Production and Consumption in Postcolonial Nigeria by Samuel Akinwale Ariwoola (University of Ibadan) ariwoolaakinwale@gmail.com
Conversations in Absentia, Food and Diasporic Mutability: A Poetics of Relation by Scott Barton (University of Notre Dame) scott.barton@nyu.edu
Session 3E (June 23)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Beyond Inhabitation: A Collective Study Lab (Parts I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89867936388
Chairs
Oluwafemi Olajide (Polytechnic University of Turin) and Michele Lancione (Polytechnic University of Turin) oluwafemi.olajide@polito.it, michele.lancione@polito.it
Discussants
Chiara Cacciotti (Polytechnic University of Turin) chiara.cacciotti@polito.it
Rodrigo Castriota (Polytechnic University of Turin) rodrigo.castriota@polito.it
Michele Lancione (Polytechnic University of Turin) michele.lancione@polito.it
Daniela Morpurgo (Polytechnic University of Turin) daniela.morpurgo@polito.it
Session 3F (June 23)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Life in Motion:
Urban Transportation and City Livability
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83991583410
Chair
Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (University of California-Riverside) ademide@gmail.com
Hawking, Pickpocketing and Armed Robbery on the Move: Traffic hold-ups and Criminality in Contemporary Lagos by Felix Ajiola (University of Lagos) fajiola@unilag.edu.ng
The Political Economy of Motor Parks in Lagos by Laurent Fourchard (Sciences Po) laurent.fourchard@sciencespo.fr
Traffic Congestion in African Cities: Lagos Metropolis and its Corridors since 2000 by Moses Ilo (Tai Solarin University of Education) macmoses22@yahoo.com
The BRT and the Danfo: A Case Study of Lagos Transport Reforms from 1999-2019 by Oliver Harman (University of Oxford) and Biodun Otunola (Planet Project) oliver.harman@bsg.ox.ac.uk
Session 3G (June 23)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Women and Gender in Colonial and Postcolonial Nigeria
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83775951083
Chair
Maria Martin (University of California- Merced) mmartin360@ucmerced.edu
Religion and International Prostitution in Benin 1985–2006 by Iziengbe Ebuka-Onuoha (University of Benin) iziengbe.omoregie@uniben.edu
Socio-Religious Effects of Indecent Dressing and Fashion in the Contemporary Society by Vic Martin Igwe (University of Uyo) vicchiigwe@gmail.com
Women and Land Ownership in Amokwe Udi: A Survey by Ifeoma Aneke (University of Nigeria) ifeomaaneke5@gmail.com
Female Deities, Male Priests”: Revisiting the Spiritual Male Patriarch in Igbo Selected Communities by Sochima Peppertus Okafor (University of Nigeria) sochimaokafor5@gmail.com
Insurgency and Forced Displacement: Women Peacebuilders in Northern Nigeria, 2010-2020 by Mubarak Tukur (Umaru Musa Yaradua University) saltuk.mt@gmail.com
Session 3H (June 23)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Virtual Art and Virtuality
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87098205048
Chair
Olubukola Gbadegesin (Saint Louis University) olubukola.gbadegesin@slu.edu
The National Museum, Onikan, Lagos and the Negotiations of National Identity Politics by Olatunde Barber (University of Lagos) olatundebarber@gmail.com
Towards a Climate Gaze in Nigerian Visual Art by Sindi-Leigh McBride (University of Basel) s.mcbride@unibas.ch
Metamodernism and the Reality of a Virtual Future by Ovwata Onojieruo (University of Ibadan) sovwataonojieruo@gmail.com
Social Construction of Aso-ebi in Southwestern Nigeria by Olakunle Shokoya (University of Ibadan) Shokoyaolakunle99@Gmail.com
Oladele Ogbeyemi: Metaphoric Mobile Art by Tolulope Sobowale (Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye) tolucobbler2@gmail.com
Session 3I (June 23)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Urban Politics, Governance, and Economy
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88205902292
Chair
Vivian Lu (Fordham University) vlu2@fordham.edu
Community Policing: Amotekun and Crime Prevention in Southwestern Nigeria by Olusegun Idowu (Afe Babalola University) idowu.olusegun@abuad.edu.ng
From Problem to Solution: The Role of Fadeyi, Mushin, and Ojuelegba Area Boys in Lagos Covid -19 Lockdown Insecurity by Bright Joseph Njoku (University of Lagos) njokubrightjoe@gmail.com
Parody of Safe Haven: Gated Neighborhoods in Public Spaces by Latunde Isaac Olaniyi (Nigerian Army College) oluqor@gmail.com
In the Name of the Father: The Political Economy of Naming in the Urban Capital by Olajide Salawu (University of Alberta) jm.salawu@gmail.com
The Politics of Urban Expansion: Evidence from Lagos by Nicole Wilson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) newilson@mit.edu
Session 3J (June 23)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging An Uneasy Embrace: Africa, India, and the Spectre of Race by Shobana Shankar (Oxford University Press, 2021)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86998220963
Chair
Ayodeji Olukoju (University of Lagos) aolukoju2002@yahoo.com
Discussants
Ned Bertz (University of Hawaii) bertz@hawaii.edu
Abosede George (Barnard College-Columbia University) ageorge@barnard.edu
Pashington Obeng (University of Ghana) pashingtono@gmail.com
Moses Ochonu (Vanderbilt University) moses.ochonu@vanderbilt.edu
Trishula Patel (University of Denver) trishula.patel@du.edu
Author/Respondent
Shobana Shankar (Stony Brook University) shobana.shankar@stonybrook.edu
Book available online: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/an-uneasy-embrace-9780197619407?cc=us&lang=en&#
Day 2 of Conference
June 24
SESSION 4
Session 4A (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Bata Mi A Dun Koko Ka:
A Biography of Nike by Kofo Adeleke (Bookcraft, 2020)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85107399808
Chair
Oyeronke Oyewumi (Stony Brook University) equalityforafrica@gmail.com
Discussants
Francine Kola-Bankole (University of Birmingham) francinek2@msn.com
Peju Layiwola (University of Lagos) pejulayiwola1967@gmail.com
Ivy Mills (University of California-Berkeley) ivymills@berkeley.edu
Moyo Okediji (University of Texas at Austin) moyo.okediji@utexas.edu
Kim Vaz-Deville (Xavier University of Louisiana) kvaz@xula.edu
Respondent/Author
Kofo Adeleke (Independent Scholar) kofoadeleke@yahoo.com
Bankole Olayebi (Bookcraft Publisher) bolayebi@bookcraftafrica.com
Nike Okundaye (Nike Art Gallery) nikebiography@gmail.com
Buy the book by emailing nikebiography@gmail.com, at Nike Art Gallery in Lekki, or at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Biography-Nike-Bata-Mi-Dun/dp/9785659364
Session 4B (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Tejumola Olaniyan Legacy Project Panels (Part I)
“Arrest the Music!”:
New Directions in Fela Studies
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87442815217
Chair
Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies) carli.coetzee@area.ox.ac.uk
#Sorosoke: Socio-Political Ambivalence in Fela’s ‘“Suffering and Smiling’ and ‘Zombie’” by Samuel A. Adejube (University of Ibadan) samadejube@gmail.com
If Thuggery Had a Soundtrack: Proximate Thuggery and Popular Poetics in Lagos by Tolulope Akinwole (University of Wisconsin-Madison) takinwole@gmail.com
Shuffering and Shuffling to Fela: Of Minimal Pairs and Echoes of Fela in the Everyday by Yewande Modupeola Momoh (Independent Scholar) yewandecole.me@gmail.com
Session 4C (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
The Materiality of Everyday Life in Africa:
A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82116424326
Panel Organizers
Abidemi B. Babalola (The British Museum) & Vera-Simone Schulz (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut) tundebabalola@gmail.com, vera-simone.schulz@khi.fi.it
Chair
Vera-Simone Schulz (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut) vera-simone.schulz@khi.fi.it
Looking for Market or Identity? The Materiality of Swahili Everyday Life in Kenyan Contemporary Artistic Production between Center and Periphery by Giuseppe Capriotti (Università degli studi di Macerata) giuseppe.capriotti@unimc.it
Integrated Nupe Design: An Early 20th-Century Apogee by Kathy Curnow (Cleveland State University) k.curnow@csuohio.edu
Sustainability and Cultural Transmission: Artifacts and Daily Use of the Coconut Palm on the Kenyan Coast by Rosita Deluigi (University of Macerata) rosita.deluigi@unimc.it
The Invented Absence of an “Architecture Nègre”: Mapping Concealed Materialities of Medical Infrastructure in Early Colonial Congo by Simon De Nys-Ketels (Ghent University) Simon.DeNysKetels@ugent.be
Session 4D (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Archiving Lagos History
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83981816960
Chair and Organizer
Abosede George (Barnard College – Columbia University, Founder www.ekopolitanproject.com) ageorge@barnard.edu
Discussants
Bilikis Adebiyi-Abiola (Director of the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau) bilikiss@icloud.com
Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi (University of California – Riverside, www.newmapsoldlagos.com) ademide@gmail.com
Bukola Gbadegesin (Saint Louis University) olubukola.gbadegesin@slu.edu
Kristin Mann (Emory University) histkm@emory.edu
Susan Rosenfeld (University of California-Los Angeles) susanrosenfeld@g.ucla.edu
Session 4E (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
The Politics of Motherhood, Midwifery, and Child health (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88936096661
Organizers and Chairs
Ogechukwu Williams (Creighton University) and Folaranmi Flourish Olorunnibe (Rhodes University) ogechukwuwilliams@creighton.edu, olorunnibefflourish@gmail.com
Traditional Healthcare Practice in Nigeria: Maternal and Child Health Promotion in Colonial Ibadan, 1921 – 1950 by Mathew Oluwaseun Ayodele (University of Ibadan) mathewmatson5431@gmail.com
Olorun ni wo Omo Were: Dismissive Constructions on Childhood Immunization Uptake and Completion among Mothers in Urban Markets of Ibadan by Mofeyisara Oluwatoyin Omobowale
(University of Ibadan) feyisarat@yahoo.com
The International Origins of the Birth Control Movement in Nigeria by Ogechukwu Williams (Creighton University) ogechukwuwilliams@creighton.edu
Session 4F (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Remi Raji @ 60:
Politics, Prophecies, and Poetics of Social Conscience (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83123730209
Organizer
Stephen Boluwaduro (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) stevestainless1@gmail.com
Chair
Niyi Okunoye (Obafemi Awolowo University) ookunoye@yahoo.com
Discussants
Stephen Temitope David (Stellenbosch University) stevtope@yahoo.com
Monica George-Udoette (Akwa Ibom State University) msudoette@yahoo.com
Utitofon Inyang (University of California-Riverside) uinya001@ucr.edu
Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory University) nathan.e.suhr-sytsma@emory.edu
Respondent
Aderemi Raji-Oyelade (University of Ibadan) remraj1@gmail.com
Session 4G (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Nigerian Medical History:
Prospects and Opportunities (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85375542458
Chair and Organizer
Ayodeji Wakil Adegbite (University of Wisconsin-Madison) aadegbite@wisc.edu
Healthcare System and Development Discourse in Nigeria by Bolanle Grace Adetula (University of Ibadan) adetomide2012@gmail.com
Strengthening The Nation: International Health Initiatives in Post-Independence Nigeria by Damilola Dorcas Fagite (Obafemi Awolowo University) ddorisalade@oauife.edu.ng
“To Die Not from Hanging but from Diseases”: Disease Outbreaks and Epidemics in Colonial Nigerian Prisons, 1872 – 1959 by Patrick Chukwudike Okpalaeke (University of Uyo) pcokpalaeke.pgs@uniuyo.edu.ng
Medicinal Herb Traders in Southwest Nigeria by Seun Ajoseh and Sakiru Raji (Lagos State University) sakiru.raji@lasu.edu.ng, ajosehseun@gmail.com
Session 4H (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Narrating Terror:
Boko Haram Terrorism in Literature, Film, and Media (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81391905709
Organizer
Chijioke K. Onah (Cornell University) cko34@cornell.edu
Chair/Discussant
Pavan Malreddy (Goethe University of Frankfurt) malreddy@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Coming of Age in Captivity: The Representations of Abducted Girls in Select Novels on Boko Haram Terrorism in Nigeria by Ademola Adesola (University of Manitoba) toludemola1@gmail.com
Terrorism and Identity Construction of Fulani Herdsmen in Selected Nigerian Newspapers by Joshua Sunday Ayantayo (Federal College of Agriculture, Akure) sundayantayo@gmail.com
Visualizing Terrorism: Boko Haram and the Chibok School Girls Saga in Horror Stories
and Confessions by Chidimma Ohaeri and John Obi (University of Lagos) ohaerijchidimma@gmail.com bessongobi23@gmail.com
‘“I’ll Rather Die and Let My Parents Bury My Corpse than Go With Boko Haram’: Discursive Dimensions in the Narratives of Boko Haram Survivors by Helen Ufuoma Ugah (Elizade University) ugah.helen@gmail.com
Session 4I (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging The Cinema of Tunde Kelani: Aesthetics, Theatricalities and Visual Performance, edited by Babatunde Onikoyi and Taiwo Afolabi (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88349843492
Chair
Tunji Azeez (Lagos State University) tunjiomowumi@gmail.com
Discussants
Ezinne Ezepue (University of Nigeria) Ezinne.igwe@unn.edu.ng
Folakemi Ogungbe-Owolabi (National Film Institute, Jos) folakemiogungbe@gmail.com
Tolulope Ibikunle (National Institute for Nigerian Languages, Aba) toluwanimiibikunle@gmail.com
Connor Ryan (University of Bristol) dr.connorryan@gmail.com
Olusegun Soetan (Penn State University) Olusegun@psu.edu
Respondent/Author
Babatunde Onikoyi (University of Regina) tundeonikoyi@gmail.com
Taiwo Afolabi (University of Regina) taiwo.afolabi@uregina.ca
Tunde Kelani (Filmmaker)
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Session 4J (June 24)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Nigerian History:
Colonial and Postcolonial (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87990273245
Chair
James Blackwell (Winston Salem State University) jblackw9@gmail.com
Disasters in Nigerian History: The 1957 Train Accident in Perspective by Temitayo Olukayode (University of Lagos) olukayodetemitayo@gmail.com
Street Trading in Lagos State by Busayo Bridget Osijo (Olabisi Onabanjo University) olubusialake@gmail.com
Maritime Piracy in Nigeria: Impact on the Fishing Industry, 1980-2018 by Muftau Tijani (University of Lagos) teeje4real10@gmail.com
Labour and Trade Unionism in the Forest Industry of Colonial Nigeria: The Ibo Timber Labor Union and the Dilemma of Nationalism by Uyilawa Usuanlele (State University of New York, Oswego) uyilawa.usuanlele@oswego.edu
SESSION 5: 3:00 – 4:30
Session 5A (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Emirs in London: Subaltern Travel and Nigeria’s Modernity by Moses Ochonu (Indiana University Press, 2022)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83964121942
Chair
Gloria Chuku (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) chuku@umbc.edu
Discussants
Wiebe Boer (President, Calvin University) wiebe.boer@gmail.com
Robin Chapdelaine (Duquesne University) chapdelainer@duq.edu
Oliver Coates (Cambridge University) orc20@cam.ac.uk
Jaafar Jaafar (Editor-in-Chief, the Daily Nigerian) jafsmohd@gmail.com
Mohammed Bashir Salau (University of Mississippi) bashir@olemiss.edu
Author/Respondent
Moses Ochonu (Vanderbilt University) moses.ochonu@vanderbilt.edu
Session 5B (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Gender in History, Art, and Literary Culture
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87882769847
Chair
Aisha Bawa (Usmanu Danfodio University) ayshabawa@gmail.com
Customary Law and Everyday Life in Southern Nigeria by Olugbemi Jaiyebo (Achievers University) ojaiyebo@gmail.com
Feminists Dimensions in Lola Shoneyi’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Michael Adetunji and John Obi (University of Lagos) bessongobi23@gmail.com,mikeboyartzz@yahoo.com
Women and Educational Development in Colonial Lagos by Oladipupo Olugbodi (University of Lagos) dipo.olugbodi@yahoo.com
Women as Agents of Change: The Fashion Politics of Nigeria’s “Male Barbie” by Nneoma Onwuegbuchi (University of Wisconsin-Madison) onwuegbuchi@wisc.edu
Gender Othering in Public Spaces: Discursive Deconstruction of the Normalisation of Street Harassment in Nigeria by Helen Ugah (Elizade University) ugah.helen@gmail.com
Session 5C (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Visual and Popular Culture in Transition (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86964958939
Chair
Vicki L. Brennan (University of Vermont) Vicki.Brennan@uvm.edu
Total Music: Ebenezer Obey’s Lyrical Performativity by Olusegun Olaniyi and Iyanu-Oluwa Ayodele (Bowen University) iyanu-oluwa.ayodele@bowen.edu.ng olusegun.olaniyi@bowen.edu.ng
Trans-Sense: A Ghanaian Approach for Experiencing a Procession Performance by Philip Boafo (National University of Singapore) e0452937@u.nus.edu
Tripartite Antinomies in the Workings of Gbokos in Lagos State by Joseph Kunnuji (University of the Free State) kunnujijo@ufs.ac.za
Session 5D (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
The Dynamics of Urban and Rural Crimes in Africa
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86404742349
Chair and Organizer
James Okolie-Osemene (Wellspring University) okolieosemenej@gmail.com
Gendered Dynamics of Urban Violence and Insecurity in Lagos State by Oluchi Enapeh (Caleb University) Oluchi.enapeh@calebuniversity.edu.ng, oluchi_amuzie@yahoo.com
Violent Crimes in a Rural Community of Southeastern Nigeria by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen (Independent Scholar) Sabinejb@gmail.com
Armed Gangs and Violent crimes in South-West Nigeria by Onyekachi Ernest Nnabuihe (Caleb University) nnabuiheernest@yahoo.com
The Political Economy of Crime Management by Community Vigilante Groups in Rural Communities in Anambra State by Ikenna Mike Alumona (Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University) ikennaalumona@yahoo.com & Onyekachi Ernest Nnabuihe (Caleb University) nnabuiheernest@yahoo.com
Theoretical and Methodological Pitfalls in Researching Africa’s Contemporary Urban and Rural Crimes by James Okolie-Osemene (Wellspring University) okolieosemenej@gmail.com
Session 5E (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Corruption and Luxury Seductions in Nigerian Social Life
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82656986280
Chair and Organizer
Davide Casciano (University of Bologna) davide.casciano@unibo.it
Culture of Consumerism, Materialism, and Glamorous Existentiality among Postcolonial Nigerians by Arinwoola Akinwale (University of Ibadan) ariwoolaakinwale@gmail.com
Japanese Employees Residing in Nigeria to Construct the New Capital City: Encounters with Luxury ‘Gifts’ or ‘Bribes’ and Expected Corruption in Everyday Life by Millie Creighton (University of British Columbia) millie.creighton@ubc.ca
Probe Panel of Vultures and off the Mic Metaphor in Contemporary Nigerian Drama: Perspectives from Two Nigerian Plays by Cindy Anene Ezeugwu and Victor Oguejiofoaluagha Omeje (University of Nigeria) cindy.ezeugwu@unn.edu.ng, victor.omeje@unn.edu.ng
Women in Crime: A Reader-response Analysis of Femi Osofisan’s One Upon Four Robbers by Temidayo Akinrinlola (McPherson University), Afolabi Innocent Ariremako, and Raifu Olanrewaju Farinde (Federal University, Oye Ekiti) akinrinlolatemidayo@yahoo.com afolabiariremako@gmail.com mikh_fad75@yahoo.com
Pilgrimage in Nigeria during the Oil Boom: Petrocapital, Spiritual Insecurity, and the Figure of the “Corrupt Pilgrim” by Sara Katz (Duke University) sara.katz@duke.edu
Session 5F (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
“You are Doing Well, Ooin”:
Comedy, Digital Skits, and Everyday Urban Youth Culture
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88261960423
Chair: Folakemi Ogungbe (National Film Institute, Jos) folakemiogungbe@gmail.com
Online Comedy Skits and the Sexual Objectification of Women in Nigeria by Chinwendu Akalonu (Bowling Green State University) chinwea@bgsu.edu
Comedy Skits and the Spectacle of Entertainment in Nigeria by Samuel Akinwale Ariwoola (University of Ibadan) ariwoolaakinwale@gmail.com
Immediacy, Culture, and Protest in New Media Performance by Kehinde S. Olukayode
(University of Lagos) Kehinde.aiyenugba@gmail.com
“Eyin Akorin, Sir! Happy Sunday o. Same to You Sir”: Humour and Jokes in Woli Agba Comedy Skits by Ibitayo Odetade (Adeyemi College of Education) odetadeibitayo@gmail.com
Session 5G (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
The Epistemology of African Indigenous Science and Technology since the Precolonial Era
(Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84488782546
Organizer
Prince Vincent-Anene (University of Wisconsin-Madison) vincentanene@wisc.edu
Chair
Waliu Ismaila (West Virginia University) wai0003@mix.wvu.edu
Understanding The Material Properties of Anaphe Silks through Degumming Techniques by Laurence Douny (Humboldt University) laurence.douny@hu-berlin.de
The Polemics of Adaptation: The Ifa Numeral System and Epistemic Domination in Twentieth Century Yorubaland by Kayode Oluwole Fagite (Adekunle Ajasin University) kayodefagite@gmail.com
Past, Present, and Future: Building Capacity for Indigenous Science in Sub-Saharan Africa by Temilade Sesan and Ayodele Ibiyemi (University of Ibadan) theayodeleibiyemi@gmail.com, temi@gbengasesan.com
Session 5H (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Religious and Faith Communities
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84204759908
Chair
Peter Oderinde (Lead City University) p.oderinde@gmail.com
Ethnicity, Inter-faith Dialogue, and Social Integration Nigeria by Damilola Awopegba (University of Ibadan) olabiyidamilola30@gmail.com
Unequal Yokes: A Study of Religious Syncretism in The African Diaspora by Margaret Daramola (Hampton University) margaret.daramola@my.hamptonu.edu
Warfare Prayer, Social Capital, and Livelihood among Pentecostals in Southwestern Nigeria by Olufikayo Oyelade (Independent Scholar) oyeladeok@yahoo.com
Session 5I (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers
Engaging Unmaking Migrants: Nigeria’s Campaign to End Human Trafficking by Stacey Vanderhurst (Cornell University Press, 2022)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84022562807
Chair
Simidele Dosekun (London School of Economics) s.o.dosekun@lse.ac.uk
Discussants
Elodie Apard (Science Po Bordeaux/IFRA-Nigeria) elodie.apard@yahoo.fr
Oluwakemi Balogun (University of Oregon) kbalogun@uoregon.edu
Precious Diagboya (University of Ibadan) preciousdey@gmail.com
Vivian Chenxue Lu (Fordham University) vlu2@fordham.edu
India Thusi (Indiana University) ithusi@indiana.edu
Author/Respondent
Stacey Vanderhurst (University of Kansas) vanderhurst@ku.edu Book available online: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501763533/unmaking-migrants/#bookTabs=1
Session 5J (June 24)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Traditional Leaders and Security in Nigeria
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84341095533
Chair and Organizer
David Ehrhardt (Leiden University) d.w.l.ehrhardt@luc.leidenuniv.nl
Female Traditional Institutions and the Travails of Conflict Management, Peace, and Security in Ekiti Society by Funmilayo Agbaje (University of Ibadan) funmibolajiagbaje@gmail.com
The Emirate, Diaspora Chiefs, and Security in Kano by David Ehrhardt (Leiden University) d.w.l.ehrhardt@luc.leidenuniv.nl
The Changing Roles of Traditional Authorities in Conflict, Security, and Peacebuilding in Katagum and Misau Emirate Councils in Bauchi State by Ahmed Garba (Bauchi State University) ahmedgarbasalisu@gmail.com
Traditional Authority System, Inclusive Public Participation, and Grassroots’ Peace-Building Mechanisms in Lagos by Ayodele Shittu (University of Lagos) ishittu@unilag.edu.ng
“How Can an Oba be Kidnapped like a Chicken?” Traditional Institutions in the Conceptualization of the Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun) in Southwest Nigeria by Oludayo Tade (University of Ibadan) dotad2003@yahoo.com
4:30-5:30 Break
SESSION 6: 5:30 – 7: 00
Session 6A (June 24)
5:30PM – 7: 00PM
Economics, Labor, and Wealth (Part III)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84911053721
Chair
Jody Benjamin (University of California-Riverside) jodyb@ucr.edu
Why do the Youth Enter into Self-employment in Africa? Evidence from the
School-to-Work Transition Survey by Abidemi C. Adegboye (University of Lagos) cornabi@gmail.com
The Individual-Community Relationship and the Quest for Sustainable Development in Contemporary Africa by Damilola Oduola (University of Ibadan) oduoladamilola774@gmail.com
The Daily Life of an Urban Marketplace Trader: Entrepreneur, Employer, and Indigenous African Economic Institutions by Krys Ochia (Regional Transit System) abohuno@gmail.com
The Nigerian Fashion Industry and the Structural Adjustment Program by Olubunmi Modupe Shorunke (Adam Mickiewicz University) olusho@st.amu.edu.pl
Session 6B (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Nigerian Medical History:
Prospects and Opportunities (Parts II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87876454317
Chair and Organizer
Ayodeji Wakil Adegbite (University of Wisconsin-Madison) aadegbite@wisc.edu
A History of British Ngos and Family Planning: Marie Stopes International and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in Nigeria, 1976 – 2017 by Ridwan Aribidesi Muhammed (Independent Scholar) ridwanmuhammed25@gmail.com
The Influence of Chinese Traditional Medicine on the Development of Indigenous Medicine in Nigeria by Richard Taye Oyelami (Obafemi Awolowo University) and Abayomi Stephen Jegede (McPherson University) jegedeabayomi@gmail.com, richyman2009@yahoo.com
Medical Ethics in Colonial Southwestern Nigeria by Nurudeen Oladipupo Ogundare (East Tennessee State University) ogundare@etsu.edu
Session 6C (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Celebrating Jonathan Haynes (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87387186821
Chair
Duro Oni (University of Lagos) durooni@yahoo.co.uk
Nollywood and the Framing of “Occult Economies”: Jonathan Haynes in Perspective by Chijioke Azuawusiefe (Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt) chijiokeaz@yahoo.com
Shoulders and Coattails: Following Haynes from Expeditions to Debates by Mathew Brown (University of Wisconsin-Madison) matthew.h.brown@wisc.edu
Jonathan Haynes: Theorizing the Subjects of Nollywood by Tolulope Ibikunle (National Institute for Nigerian Languages, Aba) toluwanimiibikunle@gmail.com
When Theory Meets Practice: Jonathan Haynes and Filmmakers by Femi Odugbemi (Filmmaker) femiodugbemi@gmail.com
The Popular Arts Paradigm: African Film Studies after Jonathan Haynes by Connor Ryan (University of Bristol) dr.connorryan@gmail.com
Session 6D (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
The Challenges of Writing and Publication for Urban Studies Researchers in Nigeria
(Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81997370206
Chairs
Taibat Lawanson (University of Lagos) tolawanson@gmail.com
Lindsay Sawyer (University of Sheffield) l.sawyer@sheffield.ac.uk
Panelists
Tom Goodfellow (University of Sheffield) t.goodfellow@sheffield.ac.uk
Michele Lancione (Polytechnic of Turin) michele.lancione@polito.it
Ayodeji Olukoju (University of Lagos) aolukoju2002@yahoo.com
Session 6E (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Medical History of Eastern Nigeria
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88580517655
Chair
Alex Ugwuja (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) ugwujalexander@gmail.com
Dysentery Epidemic in Arochukwu, Owerri Province, 1940 – 1944 by Patrick Okpalaeke and James Akpan Ekah (University of Uyo) chukwudikeokpalaeke@gmail.com, jamesakpan73@gmail.com
Crossroads: Leprosy and Igbo World View during Colonialism by Odinaka Eze (University of Mississippi) okeze@go.olemiss.edu
Our Health, Our Strength: Indigenous Health Practices in Iheakpu-Awka by Oluchukwu Jacinta Onah (University of Nigeria Nsukka) oluchukwu.onah.242591@unn.edu.ng
Dibá Ara: Revisiting The Nsukka Igbo Psychiatric Healing since Pre-colonial Times by Obinna Ugwuja (University of Nigeria) obinnaugwuja@gmail.com
Session 6F (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
(De)colonizing Guts:
Multi-species Studies of Food in Everyday (Inter-/post-) Colonial Contexts (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83887380202
Chair
Oluwaseun Williams (The Graduate Institute, Geneva) oluwaseun.williams@graduateinstitute.ch
“Do Not Allow Your Enemy to Eat in Wartimes”: Food and the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970 by Friday Aworawo (University of Lagos) faworawo@unilag.edu.ng
“Where the Interests of Finance and Humanity Coincides”: The Colonial Pathologization of Human and Animal Diet in Nigeria by Oluwaseun Williams (The Graduate Institute, Geneva) oluwaseun.williams@graduateinstitute.ch
The Youth and Food Systems in Nigeria by Igwe Kelechi (University of Lagos) kessiigwe@gmail.com
Session 6G (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging African Ecomedia: Network Forms, Planetary Politics by Cajetan Iheka (Duke University Press, 2021)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81783649239
Chair
Brian Larkin (Barnard College-Columbia University) bl190@columbia.edu
Discussants
Naminata Diabate (Cornell University) nd326@cornell.edu
Henry J. Hunjo (Lagos State University) henry.hunjo@lasu.edu.ng
Senayon Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan) samsenayon@gmail.com
Marion Tricoire (Grinnell College) tricoire@grinnell.edu
Paul Ugor (Illinois State University) pugor@ilstu.edu
Respondent/Author
Cajetan Iheka (Yale University) cajetan.iheka@yale.edu
Book available online: https://www.dukeupress.edu/african-ecomedia
Session 6H (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Narrating Terror:
Boko Haram Terrorism in Literature, Film, and Media (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84387068410
Organizer
Chijioke K. Onah (Cornell University) cko34@cornell.edu
Chair/Discussant
Pavan Malreddy (Goethe University of Frankfurt) malreddy@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Mediatised Football Match Commentary: A Narratological Proposal to Literariness by Aghogho Agbamu (Delta State University) aghoghoagbamu@yahoo.com
The Kidnap of Chibok Girls through the Eyes of a Journalistic-Litterateur: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Helon Habila’s The Chibok Girls by Matthew Abua Ebim (University of Calabar) and Offiong Ene Amaku (Arthur Jarvis University) meabua@yahoo.com offyene@gmail.com
Bearing Witness to Postcolonial Trauma Identities in Boko Haram Novels by Oluwaseun Ayodele Kolade (University of Ibadan) koladeoluwaseun@yahoo.com
The Trauma Continuum: Narrating Dissent, Deprivation and Desecration in Tracia Nwabuani’s “Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree” by Ajibola Opeyemi (University of Ibadan) ajibolaopeyemiwumi@gmail.com
Comfort through Companionship: Female Survival and Empowerment in “All the Names They Used for God” by Betsy Weeks (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) hjycc@iup.edu
Session 6I (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Yoruba Art:
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81701420615
Chair and Organizer
Kehinde Adepegba (Lagos State Polytechnic/Graphic Artist/Art Historian) adepe200us@gmail.com
Continuity and Change in Egungun Costumes in Fiditi by Felix Babatunde Egunjobi (The Polytechnic Ibadan/Sculptor Artist/Art Historian) filikstunde2014@gmail.com
Yoruba Artistic Tradition in Contemporary Carnival: Ondo Art Festival in Focus by Nathaniel Olaolu Ogunyale (Lagos State Polytechnic/Painter/Art Historian) natoskiyo@gmail.com
A Study of Decorative Motifs and Patterns on Yoruba Metal Kitchen Utensils by Akinsoji Francis Oni (Lagos State Polytechnic/Graphic Artist/Art Historian) Onioluremi@gmail.com
Tattoo Tradition of the Yoruba and Contemporary Culture in Nigeria by Olusoji Oshiyele Oshisada (Lagos State Polytechnic/Graphic Artist/Art Historian) artistsoji80@yahoo.com
Session 6J (June 24)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Gendering Popular Culture (Part I)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86153569134
Chair
Mofeyisara Omobowale (University of Ibadan) feyisarat@gmail.com
Costuming and the Deification of the Female Gender in Simi’s Musical Video Woman by Martina O. Omorodion (Federal University, Oye-Ekiti) Omorodion.martina@gmail.com
Nollywood and Femininity: A Critical Appraisal by Charles Okwuowulu and Anthony Ugwu (Alex Ekwueme Federal University) dr.charles.okwuowulu@gmail.com, echefunachukwu@gmail.com
Women and Celebratory Musical Performance in Ibadan by Samuel Yusuf (University of Ibadan) solftonicentertainment@gmail.com
SESSION 7: 7: 30 – 9: 00
Session 7A (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Deep Knowledge:
Ways of Knowing in Sufism and Ifa, Two West African Intellectual Traditions by Oludamini Ogunnaike (Penn State University Press, 2020)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81124036315
Chair
Amidu Sanni (Fountain University) amsanni@yahoo.co.uk
Discussants
Kọ́lá Abímbọ́lá (Howard University) kola@abimbola.us
Youssef J. Carter (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) youssefcarter@unc.edu
Abdulbasit Kassim (Rice University) abdulbasit.kassim@rice.edu
Adeyinka Wulemat Olarinmoye (Lagos State University) arotoge@yahoo.com
John Thabiti Willis (Carleton College) jcwillis@carleton.edu
Author/Respondent
Oludamini Ogunnaike (University of Virginia) oludamini@gmail.com
https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08690-3.html
Session 7B (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Behind my Nollywood Screen:
A Documentary Film by Añulika Agina (Pan-Atlantic University)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87165439179
Organizer
Añulika Agina (Pan-Atlantic University) aagina@pau.edu.ng
Chair
Tony Adah (Film Scholar, Pan-Atlantic University) tony.adah@gmail.com
Moradewun Adejunmobi (Film Scholar, University of California- Davis) madejunmobi@ucdavis.edu
Hyginus Ekwuazi (Film Scholar, University of Ibadan) hekwuazi@gmail.com
Shaibu Husseini (Film Scholar and Curator) igalaman@yahoo.com; shaibu70@yahoo.com
Tope Oshin (Film Director, CEO Sunbow Productions) topeoshinfilm@gmail.com
Session 7C (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Of Fame and Fandom:
African Celebrities in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
(Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81622691895
Chair and Organizer: Rosemary Oyinlola Popoola (University of Wisconsin Madison) rpopoola@wisc.edu
Courage, Wealth, and Royalty: A Generational Change in Perception of Celebrity Status by Uchechukwu Ifeoluwa Nnamdi (Crawford University) and Victor Ikechukwu Akazue (Crawford University) Viakazue@Yahoo.com, Nnamdi.Uchechukwu@gmail.com
Digital Shame: International Prostitution and Social Media Influencers in Benin 2015-2021 by Pat Iziengbe Ebuka-Onuoha (University of Benin) iziengbe.omoregie@uniben.edu
Child’s Right and Celebrity Advocacy in Nigeria by Chidinma Elueze (Crawford University) chidinmaelueze@gmail.com
Session 7D (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Remi Raji @ 60:
Politics, Prophecies, and Poetics of Social Conscience (Part II)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85614766809
Organizer
Stephen Boluwaduro (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) stevestainless1@gmail.com
Chair
Aderemi Adeoti (Obafemi Awolowo University) remiadeoti@yahoo.com
Discussants
Phillip Aghoghovwia (University of the Free State) aghoghovwiapo@ufs.ac.za
Sule Egya (Ibrahim Babangida University) ejahsule@yahoo.com
Senayon Olaoluwa (University of Ibadan) samsenayon@gmail.com
Jumoke Verissimo (University of Alberta) olajumoke.verissimo@gmail.com
Respondent
Aderemi Raji-Oyelade (University of Ibadan) remraj1@gmail.com
Session 7E (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
The Materiality of Everyday Life in Africa:
A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective (Part III)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84459484856
Panel Organizers
Abidemi B. Babalola (The British Museum) & Vera-Simone Schulz (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut) tundebabalola@gmail.com, vera-simone.schulz@khi.fi.it
Chair
Olanrewaju Lasisi (Colege of William and Mary) oblasisi@wm.edu
Johannesburg’s Water: Intangible Heritage in a Post-Colonial Metropolis by Nina Barnett (South Africa) nina@ninabarnett.org
Presences and Absences: Africa’s Art of the Everyday in Museums and the Market by Yaëlle Biro (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Yaelle.Biro@metmuseum.org
“Yahoozee to “Bank Alert”: Youth Culture and the Personification of Wealth in Nigeria by Tunde Decker (Osun State University) tundedecker@gmail.com
“Showing is Seeing”: Understanding the Materiality of Nigerian Youth Culture by Kehinde S. Olukayode (University of Lagos) Kehinde.aiyenugba@gmail.com
Documenting Material Life in West African Marketplaces: Visual Sources on the Everyday Lives of Women and Girls Along the Slave Coast and in Yorubaland in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries by Jessica Reuther (Ball State University) jcreuther@bsu.edu
Session 7F (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9:00PM
Prophets and Profits:
Religious Hustle in African Literature, Film, and Digital Media
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85277152031
Organizer
Daniel Chukwuemeka (University of Bristol/Macquarie University) daniel.chukwuemeka@bristol.ac.uk
Chair
Sakiru Adebayo (University of British Columbia) sakiru.adebayo@ubc.ca
Religious Mercantilism and Spiritual Transactions in Nigerian Literatures by Ariwoola Akinwale (University of Ibadan) ariwoolaakinwale@gmail.com
Postcolonial Pulpit Hustlers: African Men of God and the Praxis of Political Participation by Daniel Chukwuemeka (University of Bristol / Macquarie University) daniel.chukwuemeka@bristol.ac.uk
Making Divinity out of the Mundane: Faith and the Failing Indices of the Postcolony in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah, Okey Ndibe’s Foreign Gods, Inc., and NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names by Nnaemeka Ezema (University of Ibadan) Dele Maxwell Ugwuanyi (Enugu State University of Science & Technology) emekacezema@gmail.com
Session 7G (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
‘Do Nigerians Play Tennis?’:
Constructions of ‘Everyday Life’ in the German-Nigerian TV Production Taiwo Shango (1965)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81691431060
Chair and Organizer
Christine Matzke (University of Bayreuth) christine.matzke@uni-bayreuth.de
Discussants
Lekan Balogun (University of Lagos) olabalogun@unilag.edu.ng
James Gibbs (United Kingdom) jamesgibbs@btinternet.com
Onookome Okome (University of Alberta) ookome@ualberta.ca
Bode Omojola (Mount Holyoke College) bomojola@mtholyoke.edu
Session 7H (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Yoruba Christian Music:
Spirituality and Everyday Performance in Nigeria
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81199527853
Organizer and Chair
Toyin Samuel Ajose (University of Ibadan) samuelajose@gmail.com
“So, this can change?”: Rethinking Everyday Worship Rites in the Mountain of Fire Pentecostal Ritual Space by Oluwafemi Ayodeji (University of Durham) phemy505@yahoo.com
“Fuji Gospel” and Tungba modernity: The (Yoruba) Christian’s Sonic Spaces and Everyday Alujo Pedagogues in Lagos by Oladele Ayorinde (University of Witwatersrand) ayopiano@yahoo.com
“Silenced yet loud”: Women and Everyday Musicking in C&S Church Movement (Ayo ni o) Lagos by Omolara Olasunbo Loko (Lagos State University of Education) lokomolara@gmail.com
The Everyday (Yoruba) Christian Themes in Ebenezer Obey’s Juju Music by Tolulope Owoaje (University of Ibadan) toluowoaje@yahoo.com
Session 7I (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
The Nigerian Public Health Sector
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87966129336
Chair
Opeyemi Akindele (Independent Scholar) opeyemiezekielakindele@gmail.com
Broken Homes as Correlate of Mental Health and Academic Performance of Adolescents in SouthWest Nigeria by Jane Sharon Akinyemi (University of Lagos) bccjaneakinyemi@gmail.com
The African Covid-19 Anomaly: A Dialogue with African Reality by Tolulope Osayomi (University of Ibadan) and Lawrence Enejeta Akpoterai (University of Ilorin) osayomi@yahoo.com
Covid-19, Facemask and the New Dress Order by Oluwadara Fakunle (Osun State University) oluwadara.fakunle@uniosun.edu.ng
Social Burden of Women Living with Uterine Fibroid by Ayoola Fakunmoju (University of Ibadan) fakunmojuayoola@gmail.com
Session 7J (June 24)
7: 30PM – 9: 00PM
Visual and Popular Culture in Transition (Part II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84598378981
Chair
Katherine Baxter (University of Northumbria) katherine.baxter@northumbria.ac.uk
Othering the Laughable: The Rhetorical Power of Humor in Social Media Activism by Chekwube Anyaegbunam (University of Victoria) anyaegbunam@uvic.ca
“Bring the Paper, Let Me Sign: Popular Culture and the Legality of Divorce by Temiloluwa Omidiji (Redeemer’s University) ttomidiji@gmail.com
Shackling (Im)morality: Religious Tropes, Ecumenical Figures, and Marginalizing Politics in Queer Nigerian Creative Productions by Paul Onanuga (Federal University, Oye-Ekiti) emperornugadellio@yahoo.com
Photographic Narratives of Police Brutality in Urban Space: Lagos, Nigeria #End SARS Sàga ín Focus by Oluwasegun O. Quadri (Rhodes University) o.quadri@ru.ac.za
Day 3 of Conference
June 25
SESSION 8
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Session 8A (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Celebrating Jonathan Haynes (Part III)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81984600050
Chair
Hyginus O. Ekwuazi (University of Ibadan) hekwuazi@gmail.com
Engaging with Jonathan Haynes as Nollywood Historian: New Approaches to the Foundation of the Industry by Alexander Bud (The Africa Initiative)
alexbud71@googlemail.com
Redefining African Cinema Studies: The Work of Jon Haynes by Carmela Garritano (Texas A & M University) cgarritano@tamu.edu
Keeping Track, Three Decades Running: Reading Jonathan’s Haynes’s Nollywood by Babatunde Onikoyi (University of Regina) tundeonikoyi@gmail.com
Writing Nollywood: Jonathan Haynes’s Perspectives by Olusegun Soetan (Penn State University) Olusegun@psu.edu
Jonathan Haynes and the Rise of Nollywood Studies by Paul Ugor (Illinois State University) pugor@ilstu.edu
Session 8B (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Poetics of Exile: A Reading of Five Anglophone West African Poets by Henri Oripeloye (Kraft Books, 2020)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84915828749
Chair
Tosin Gbogi (Marquette University) tosingbogi@gmail.com
Discussants
Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba (University of Winnipeg) c.anyaduba@uwinnipeg.ca
Gabriel Bamgbose (Rutgers University) gabriel.bamgbose@rutgers.edu
Rasaq Malik Gbolahan (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) mrasaq2@huskers.unl.edu
Nathan Suhr-Sytsma (Emory University) nathan.e.suhr-sytsma@emory.edu
Jumoke Verissimo (University of Alberta) verissim@ualberta.ca
Respondent/Author
Henri Oripeloye (Obafemi Awolowo University) oripeloyehenri@gmail.com
Session 8C (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
The Materiality of Everyday Life in Africa:
A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective (Part IV)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88129921465
Organizers
Abidemi B. Babalola (The British Museum) & Vera-Simone Schulz (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut) tundebabalola@gmail.com, vera-simone.schulz@khi.fi.it
Chair
Ruth Sacks (University of Johannesburg) ruthsacks@gmail.com
Trade, Materialities, and Nascent Colonialism at Regent Village in Coastal Sierra Leone by Oluseyi Odunyemi Agbelusi (Syracuse University) ooagbelu@syr.edu
Old Objects in New Spaces: Functional Evolution of African Everyday Objects in Demas Nwoko’s Art by Otonye Bille Ayodele (University of Lagos) bayodele@unilag.edu.ng
European Imports and Ritual Practices in Modern Ile-Ife, Nigeria by Ayobami Samuel Diya (University of Ibadan) diyaayobami04@gmail.com
Written in Sherds, Carved on Pavements: The Semiosis and Practice of Ancient Yoruba Cartography by Olanrewaju Lasisi (College of William & Mary) oblasisi@wm.edu
Session 8D (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Mighty Be Our Power:
Witchcraft and Women in Contemporary African Literature and Popular Culture Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85057628135
Chair & Organizer: Olusegun Soetan (Pennsylvania State University) Olusegun@psu.edu
The Woman Who Responds: Exploring the Idea of Witchcraft and Womanity in Selected Nollywood Films by Muftiat Oyindamola Adeyi (University of Mississippi)
“We Know That Witches Exist by The Happenings in Our Society”: Evidence of Witchcraft in Oduma And Nkanu, Igboland by Obinna Dominic Ezeaku (Independent Scholar) ezeakudinho@gmail.com
Pa Itan, Pa Alo: The Manifestation of Aje in Bosede Afolayan’s “Once Upon an Elephant” by Kehinde Olukayode (University of Lagos) Kehinde.aiyenugba@gmail.com
Between the Good and the Evil: Witchcraft among the Igbo of Nigeria by Damian Ugwutikiri (University of Nigeria) damian.opata@unn.edu.ng
Session 8E (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Perspectives in African Politics
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89048642072
Chair
Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan (Lagos State University) adeoluoyekan@gmail.com
Activism Abroad: Nigerians in Diaspora and the Chibok Girls Crisis by Temitope Banire (Lead City University) baniretemitope291@gmail.com
Constraints to Independence Struggle in Sub-saharan Africa: The Case of Biafra and Ambazonia by Primus Fonkeng (University of Buea) primusf2000@yahoo.com
The Ambazonian War of Independence (Cameroon) and the Economy of Kidnapping, 2017-2021 by Allo-ngifor Wilibroad Nkamanyang (University of Buea) allo-ngifor.wilibroad@ubuea.cm
The Present Speaks to the Past: BLM Protests, Repatriated Artefacts and Africa’s Quest for Reparations by Peter Osimiri (University of Ibadan) prosperingp@yahoo.com
Session 8F (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Beyond Inhabitation:
A Collective Study Lab (Parts II)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84730639965
Chairs
Oluwafemi Olajide (Polytechnic University of Turin) and Michele Lancione (Polytechnic University of Turin) oluwafemi.olajide@polito.it, michele.lancione@polito.it
Discussants
Oluwafemi Olajide (Polytechnic University of Turin) oluwafemi.olajide@polito.it
Veda Popovici (Polytechnic University of Turin) vedaalexandra.popovici@polito.it
Rayna Rusenko (Polytechnic University of Turin) rayna.rusenko@polito.it
Ana Vilenica (Polytechnic University of Turin) ana.vilenica@polito.it
Devra Waldman (Polytechnic University of Turin) devra.waldman@polito.it
Session 8G (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Twenty-Five Years of Nigerian Literary Culture (1997-2022): An Appraisal
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88439539868
Chair and Organizer
Kọ́lá Tubosun OlongoAfrica.com kolatubosun@gmail.com
Discussants
Salawu Olajide (University of Alberta) jm.salawu@gmail.com
Temitayo Olofinlua (Independent researcher) tayowrites@gmail.com
Uche Peter Umez (University of Alberta) umezurik@ualberta.ca
Deji Toye (Independent researcher) dejitoye@yahoo.com
Session 8H (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
The Challenges of Writing and Publication for Urban Studies Researchers in Nigeria
(Part II)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81677747824
Chairs
Taibat Lawanson (University of Lagos) tolawanson@gmail.com
Lindsay Sawyer (University of Sheffield) l.sawyer@sheffield.ac.uk
Panelists
Zarina Patel (University of Cape Town) zarina.patel@uct.ac.za
AbdouMaliq Simone (University of Sheffield) a.t.simone@sheffield.ac.uk
Ola Uduku (University of Liverpool) O.Uduku@liverpool.ac.uk
Session 8I (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Feminism, Ecomusicology, and Environmental Degradation in Nigeria
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86041842036
Organizer
Olusegun Stephen Titus (Obafemi Awolowo University) segungeneral@gmail.com
Chair/Discussant
Kwasi Ampene (University of Michigan) ampene@umich.edu
Environmental Sustainability through Music and Ori-Oke Spirituality in Southwestern Nigeria by Samuel Ajose (University of Ibadan) samuelajose@gmail.com
Gender and Environmental Sustainability in Sacred Yoruba Orature by Oluwabunmi T. Bernard (Obafemi Awolowo University) bunmibernard@yahoo.co.uk
Nigerian Youth, Hip Hop, and the Environment: Perspectives from Classicism, Materialism, and Pleasure by Dimeji Ogunoye (Obafemi Awolowo University) ogunoyedimeji@gmail.com
Singing Oil, Environmental Degradation, and Women Displacement in the Niger Delta Nigeria by Olusegun Titus (Obafemi Awolowo University) segungeneral@gmail.com
Session 8J (June 25)
1:00PM – 2:30PM
Bad News is Good News, Good News is No News:
Mainstreaming Solutions Journalism as a Moderating Factor in a Profit-Driven Economy
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89522093686
Organizer
Rasheed A. Adebiyi (Fountain University) Rasheed.adebiyi@gmail.com
Chair
Tunde Akanni (Lagos State University) alakanni12@gmail.com
Discussants
Femi Adekoya (Guardian Newspaper) holuwaphemy@gmail.com
Chibuike Alagbaso (Nigerian Health Watch) chibuike@nigeriahealthwatch.com
Jamiu Folarin (Crescent University) folarinjamiu@gmail.com
Lekan Otufodunrin (Media Career Development Initiative) lekanagency@yahoo.com
SESSION 9: 3:00PM – 4:30PM
Session 9A (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life Stories by Adetayo Alabi (Routledge, 2021)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89918988188
Chair
Tanure Ojaide (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) tojaide@uncc.edu
Discussants
Tomi Adeaga (University of Vienna) tomiadeaga@gmx.net
Adeleke Adeeko (Ohio State University) adeeko.1@osu.edu
Karin Barber (University of Birmingham) k.j.barber@bham.ac.uk
Rotimi Fasan (Osun State University) rotimi.fasan@uniosun.edu.ng
Wendy Griswold (Northwestern University) w-griswold@northwestern.edu
Respondent/Author
Adetayo Alabi (University of Mississippi) aalabi@olemiss.edu
Read more about the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Nigerian-Autobiography-Routledge-Diaspora-Literary/dp/036772166X
Session 9B (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
The Environment and Urban Livability
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88620371285
Chair
Oluwasinaayomi Faith Kasim (University of Guyana) kasimfaith@gmail.com
Who Owns the City? Shopping and Inequality in 21st century in Ibadan by Adesoji Adedipe (University of KwaZulu-Natal) Oluwaseun O. Afolabi (Lead City University) adesojiadedipe8010@gmail.com, oluwaseunafolabi@gmail.com
Climate Change Adaptation through Aquatecture: Makoko in Perspective Toye Adefolatomiwa (University of Liverpool) attoye@liverpool.ac.uk
“Living in Makoko Makes us Susceptible to Malaria”: Disease, Interspecies Entanglement, and Survival Strategies in an Aquatic Community by Ebenezer Adeyemi (University of Iowa) ebenezer-adeyemi@uiowa.edu
The Production of Hydro-social Relations in Lagos by Nura Ali (University College London) nura.ali.14@ucl.ac.uk
From Ogunpa to Agbowo: Flooding and Changing Livelihoods in an African City, 1960-2012 by Mufutau Oluwasegun Jimoh (Federal University, Birnin Kebbi) oriyomijimoh4@gmail.com
Session 9C (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Leadership and Politics in Nigeria since 1999
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84887921832
Chair
Olubukola S. Adesina (University of Ibadan) bukkystars@yahoo.com
Media Reporting of NGO Corruption in Nigeria by Ayomide Adebayo (University of Ibadan) ogunbanwoayomide@gmail.com
Reconsidering Mob Justice in Nigeria: The Securitization Politics of Oodua People’s Congress
and Bakaasi Boys by Rasheed Alao Hassan (University of Leipzig) ray22online@yahoo.com
Populist Activism and Political Spectacle: Organizing the Grassroots in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic by Sa’eed Husaini (University of Lagos) husaini.saeedu@gmail.com
Leadership and Security Management in Nigeria: The Kogi State Experience by Prince Enesi and Alison Idoko (Federal University, Lokoja) prince.enesi@fulokoja.edu.ng
Non-lethal Impact of Displacement and Social Support Strategies for the Internally Displaced Returnees in North-East by Oluwaseun Kugbayi (Obafemi Awolowo University)
Session 9D (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Narrating Terror:
Boko Haram Terrorism in Literature, Film, and Media (Part III)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81857244190
Organizer
Chijioke K. Onah (Cornell University) cko34@cornell.edu
Discussant
Pavan Malreddy (Goethe University of Frankfurt) malreddy@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Medical and Health Humanities Africa: Mapping the Representation of Medical Health Predicaments of Boko Haram Victims in North East Nigeria by Chukwudi Christian Egbara (University of Ibadan) egbarachukwudi@gmail.com
Narratives of Dispossession and Identity Crisis: A Comparative Study of Joel Kachi Benson’s “Daughters of Chibok,” and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s “Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree” by Joan Chidiebere Iwunor (University of Lagos) joaniwus@yahoo.com
Documentary Analysis of Boko Haram Terrorism: The Case of Nigeria Watch Database by James Okolie-Osemene (Wellspring University) okolieosemenej@gmail.com
BringBackOurGirls: Literary (Memory) Activism and the Remediation of Boko Haram Terrorism by Chijioke K. Onah (Cornell University) cko34@cornell.edu
Session 9E (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Gendering Popular Culture (Part II)
Please click the link below to join the session:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82415841235
Chair
Olabisi Yusuff (Lagos State University) soyusuf@yahoo.co.uk
Characterization and Image-making in Efunsetan Aniwura and the King of Boys Series by Esther Emoruwa (Federal University, Oye-Ekiti) laraemoruwa@gmail.com
Ethics, Consumerism, and the Objectification of Women in Nigerian Hip-hop by Temitope Kasali (Lagos State University) kasalitemitopemary@gmail.com
Waka Music as a Commentary on Yoruba Society in the Post-colonial Era: A Review of three Female Musicians by Mutiat Titilope Oladejo (University of Ibadan) oladejomutiat@yahoo.com
Session 9F (June 25)
3:00PM- 4:30PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Aso Ebi: Dress, Fashion, Visual Culture, and Urban Cosmopolitanism in West Africa by Okechukwu Nwafor (University of Michigan Press, 2021)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89200097888
Chair
Patricia Hayes (University of Western Cape) visualhistoryuwc@gmail.com
Discussants
Grace Adeniyi-Ogunyankin (Queen’s University) grace.adeniyiogunyankin@queensu.ca
Corinne A. Kratz (Emory University) ckratz@emory.edu
Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie (University of California-Santa Barbara) ogbechie@arthistory.ucsb.edu
Mutiat Oladejo (University of Ibadan) oladejomutiat@yahoo.com
Elisha Renne (University of Michigan) erenne@umich.edu
Author/Respondent
Okechukwu Nwafor (Nnamdi Azikiwe University) charles21007@gmail.com
Book available online: https://www.press.umich.edu/11649792/aso_ebi
Session 9G (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Ethnicity and Nation-Building
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83645195427
Chair
Felix Ajiola (University of Lagos) fajiola@unilag.edu.ng
Hausa and Igbo Relations in Post-Civil War Zaria, 1970-2000 by John Odoh (Federal University of Kashere) Bukola Lawal (Independent Scholar) bukolalawal056@gmail.com odohjohntl@gmail.com
Frames of Negative Identity: Nigerian Media Reportage of the Farmer-herder Conflict in the Northcentral Nigeria by Ridwan Kolawole (Fountain University/University of Ibadan) and Babatunde Ojebuyi (University of Ibadan) ridwan.kolawole@gmail.com, ojebabson@gmail.com
The Politics of Value and Entitlement Ethics in Nigeria: A Philosophical Inquiry by Bolanle Adetula and Ovwata Onojieruo (University of Ibadan) adetomide2012@gmail.com, sovwataonojieruo@gmail.com
Subaltern Transnationals: Circus Acrobatics and the Indian Ocean World by Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth (Yale University) nisha.poyyaprathrayaroth@yale.edu
Session 9H (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Cartooning Nigeria:
Critical Perspectives on Josy Ajiboye
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89048636139
Chair and Organizer
Abayomi Ola (Spelman College) aola@spelman.edu
Josy Ajiboye: A Realist Cartoonist and a Surreal Painter by Kehinde Filani (Federal College of Education, Lagos) kunlefilani@yahoo.com
Josy Ajiboye’s Women: Family, Advocacy, and Reference by Stephen Fọlárànmí (Rhodes University) s.folaranmi@ru.ac.za
Socio-cultural and Political themes in Josy Ajiboye’s Cartoons by Adedola Olayinka Adeyemi and Afeez Babatunde Siyanbola (Olabisi Onabanjo University) dolaadeyemi16@gmail.com, afeezsegun@yahoo.com
Respondent
Josy Ajiboye (Artist) josy_ajiboye@yahoo.com, peri2ajib@gmail.com
Session 9I (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Gendering African Art:
A Conversation with African Women Artists and Scholars
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85727724056
Chair and Organizer
Angela Olisama-Osuporu (University of Lagos) olis_gela@yahoo.com
Discussants
Otonye Ayodele (University of Lagos) bayodele@unilag.edu.ng
Lovina Onwuakpa (University of Benin) lovina.onwuakpa@uniben.edu
Fatimah Tuggar (University of Florida) fatimahtuggar@ufl.edu
Session 9J (June 25)
3:00PM – 4:30PM
Tejumola Olaniyan Legacy Project Panels (Part II)
Crisis as Norm:
African Popular Cultural Studies and Global Conditions of Being
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88651533726
Chair
Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies) carli.coetzee@area.ox.ac.uk
Wahala Dey Like Wetin? or Theorizing Crisis Beyond the Norm in Nigerian Literature and Mediascapes by Utitofon Inyang (University of California-Riverside) uinya001@ucr.edu
Praying against Crisis: Towards a Religious Diary of Everyday Crisis in Nigeria by Timileyin Oluwaseun Ojo (University of Idaho) timmyojo2@gmail.com
Bodies in Crisis: Disabled Colony, Debilitated Postcolonies by Theophilus Okunlola (University of Wisconsin-Madison) tokunlola@wisc.edu
Crisis as Performance: Popular Protest and the Critical Public Sphere by Chinaza Amaeze Okoli (University of Mississippi) caokoli@go.olemiss.edu
Break: 4:30-5:30
SESSION 10 (June 25)
Session 10A (June 25)
5:30-7:00
Language, Literature, and Literary Culture (Part III)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87052870114
Chair
Adeyemi Adegoju (Obafemi Awolowo University) hssrgife@gmail.com
Ore Gab Okpako’s “Sango Amusa” in the Daily Times by Katherine Baxter (Northumbria University) katherine.baxter@northumbria.ac.uk
Neither Here nor There: Investigating Trauma in Tsitsi Dangaremgba’s Nervous Conditions by Hope Eze (University of Alberta) hceze@ualberta.ca
Everyday versus Everywhere: How and Why Literary Realism Distorts Nigerian Realities by Wendy Griswold (Northwestern University) w-griswold@northwestern.edu
The Leg Knows Every Letter: Kinesthetic Politics in Simone Forti’s Huddle and Niyi Osundare’s Horses of Memory by Utitofon Inyang (University of California-Riverside) uinya001@ucr.edu
Session 10B (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Critical Reflection of Everyday Urban Engagement and Experiences:
Professor Taibat Lawanson’s Contributions (Parts I & II)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82842269828
Panel Organizers
Oluwafemi Olajide (University of Lagos) olajideao@gmail.com, Odunbaku Omoh (UN-Habitat, Nairobi)omoayena.odunbaku@un.org, Taiwo Afinowi (University of the Witwatersrand) taiwoafinowi@gmail.com
Panel II
Chair
Omoh Odunbaku (UN-Habitat, Nairobi) omoayena.odunbaku@un.org
Discussants
Olumuyiwa Bayode Adegun (Federal University Akure) obadegun@futa.edu.ng
Lookman Oshodi (Arctic Infrastructure, Nigeria) oshlookman@yahoo.com
Lindsay Sawyer (University of Sheffield) i.sawyer@sheffield.ac.uk
Remy Sietchiping (UN-Habitat, Nairobi) remy.sietchiping@un.org
Monika Umunna (Heinrich Böll Foundation Nigeria) monika.umunna@ng.boell.org
Session 10C (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging Cultural Netizenship:
Social Media, Popular Culture, and Performance in Nigeria by James Yeku (Indiana University Press, 2022)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89708862797
Organizer
Shola Adenekan (University of Ghent) sholaadenekan@gmail.com
Chair
Rhonda Cobham Sander (Amherst College) ccobhamsande@amherst.edu
Discussants
Dotun Ayobade (Northwestern University) dotun.ayobade@northwestern.edu
Dina Ligaga (University of the Witwatersrand) Dina.Ligaga@wits.ac.za
Sola Olorunyomi (University of Ibadan) whereissola@yahoo.com
Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang (University of Ghana) kwabena.oa@gmail.com
Respondent/Author
James Yeku (University of Kansas) yeku.james@gmail.com
For more on the book: https://iupress.org/9780253060518/cultural-netizenship/
Session 10D (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
The Materiality of Everyday Life in Africa:
A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective (Part V)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89181197384
Organizers
Abidemi B. Babalola (The British Museum) & Vera-Simone Schulz (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut) tundebabalola@gmail.com, vera-simone.schulz@khi.fi.it
Chair
Bolaji Owoseni (University of East Anglia) b.owoseni@uea.ac.uk
Biographies of copper-alloy objects from the Lower Niger region of Nigeria by Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, (The British Museum) ababalola@britishmuseum.org
Yataal Art: Artistic Intervention in Urban Spaces by Anna Helfer ((Freie Universität/Leibniz Institut) a.helfer.90@googlemail.com
Material Narratives through Objects of Forgotten Utility by Shonisani Netshia (University of Johannesburg) shonin@uj.ac.za
Pavements as Remains for Understanding the Organization for the Urban Space in Medieval Ife by Lea Roth (Universita di Pavia) lea.roth0@gmail.com
Recreating Materiality in Exilic and Protracted Displacement: The Quest for Place-making by the Bakassi in South-south Nigeria by Rukayat Atinuke Usman (University of Ibadan) usmanatinuke7@gmail.com
Session 10E (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Author Meets Readers:
Engaging The African Scholar and Other Essays by F. Abiola Irele (Bookcraft 2019)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85972263012
Chair
Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies) carli.coetzee@area.ox.ac.uk
Discussants
Oluwole Coker (Obafemi Awolowo University) wole4u@gmail.com,ocoker@oauife.edu.ng
Kolawole Olaiya (Anderson University) kolaiya@andersonuniversity.edu
Wale Owoseni (University of Ibadan) a.owoseni@yahoo.com
Akin Tella (University of Ibadan) morakstell@yahoo.ca
Daria Tunca (University of Liège) dtunca@uliege.be
Session 10F (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Primary Healthcare and Public Health in Post-COVID Nigeria:
Digital Health, Health Technology, and Consumer Behavior
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83408119062
Chair
Opeyemi Akindele (Research and Health Policy Department, Instapharm Healthcare, Ibadan) akindeleopeyemi@instapharmng.com
Digitalising Healthcare and Public Health Interventions towards SDG 3 Attainment in Nigeria: An Appraisal of the Policy Environment by Dr. Babatunde Ajayi (Special Assistant on Health to the Lagos State Government) Babatunde@gmail.com
Role of Health Tech Adoption in Community-based Typhoid Testing: Insights From a 5-year Data from a Small-Chain Retail Pharmacy in Nigeria by Bukola Baruwa (Research Associate, Research and Health Policy Department, Instapharm Healthcare) bukolaokesipe@instapharmng.com
Emerging Issues in Consumer Experience of Digital Health Solutions in Nigeria by Temitope Ojedokun (Research and Health Policy Department, Instapharm Healthcare, Ibadan) scholartemmy@gmail.com
Social Media Health Influencers and Nigeria’s Potentials for SDG Goal 3 Attainment by Dr Wole Oladapo (Communication and Language Arts, University of Ibadan) woleoladapo@gmail.com
Digital Health, Patient Value and Care Delivery in Nigeria: The Desirable and the Feasible? by Dr. Wale Olaleye (Post-doctoral researcher at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University) oolaleye@brandeis.edu
Session 10G (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
Football in Nigeria: Past and Present
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83127882981
Chair and Organizer
Victor Olaoye (The Graduate Institute, Geneva) victor.olaoye@graduateinstitute.ch
Sports and Nation Building: Understanding Nigeria’s In (Inter) Continental Football Games in the 1990s by Abdullah Iyanda Arogundade (Independent Scholar) daluta101@hotmail.com
Trends in Sport Labour Migration: Transnational Migration of Nigerian Sportswomen, 1990- 2003 by Mathew Oluwaseun Ayodele (University of Ibadan) Mathewmatson5431@gmail.com
The Rise of the Underdogs: Performing Football and Popular Culture on a Global Space by Sikiru Abiona Yusuff (Ben Gurion University of the Negev) sikiruab@post.bgu.ac.il
Session 10H (June 25)
5:30PM – 7:00PM
More than Hustle and Hustlers:
Intellectual and Creative Activities in Lagos
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89746075452
Chair and Organizer
Aduke Gomez (Independent Scholar) adukegomez@yahoo.com
Discussants
Akinlawon Adams (Founder, Loving Lagos) lawonadams@yahoo.com
Joke Silva (CEO, Glover Hall and Chair of Contemporary Center for Art) ajoke.mfv@gmail.com
Toyin Akinosho (Publisher of BookArtVille, and Co-founder of the Lagos Book and Art Festival) toyin@bookartville.com
Nadine Siegert (Goethe Institute) nadine.siegert@goethe.de
7:30PM – 9:00PM (June 25)
Awards Ceremony and LSA General Assembly (Open to all!)
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85603956629