The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, African Cluster Centre, University of Lagos has received Dr. Magret Jongore of Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe as a Visiting Research Fellow. Dr. Jongore, who resumed on Thursday, March 2, 2023, will be in the University for a period of three (3) months. Similarly, the Institute will…
The time has come for African interdisciplinary research to thrive with the development of a Digital Research Environment (DRE). That was the kernel of deliberations held at the office of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola, FAS, when participants of the workshop on Digital Research Environment paid her a courtesy visit on Thursday, January 19, 2023.…
A Research Professor of Linguistics and Language Engineering in the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos, Professor Luqman Ayodele Yusuff has solicited a reengineering of indigenous languages with a view to showcasing and projecting the richness of Africa’s intellectual monuments. While delivering the 6th Inaugural Lecture for the 2021/2022 Academic Session,…
“To a Diasporian, the homeland is a cemetery, because he wants a decent place to be buried” – Dr. Henrietta Omo Eshalomi Those were the words of the winner of the Rahamon Bello Best Ph.D. Thesis Award 2022, Dr. Henrietta Omo Eshalomi, at the formal presentation of the Award by the Institute of African and…
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) has announced Henrietta Omo Eshalomi, of the University of Ibadan as the winner of the 2022 Rahamon Bello Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in African Studies. The Director of the Institute, Prof. Muyiwa Falaiye, made the announcement on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at the IADS Gallery, J. P.…
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) is set to announce and present the winner of the 2022 Rahamon Bello Best Ph.D Thesis in African Studies Award. The events will hold as follows: Announcement of the Winner Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Time: 11: 00 a.m. Venue: IADS Gallery, JP Clark Building, UNILAG,…
On Wednesday, November 16, 2022, Acting Director of the UNILAG Medical Centre, Dr. O. Coker, and heads of the various units at the Medical Centre, including Dr. Charles Ibesiok, Mrs. Adejoke Hannah, Mr. Makolo Temitayo, Pharmacist Dorcas; Mr. Shina Quadri, Mrs. Olajumo Oluwakemi, Mr. Razak, Mr. Ebun Oluranti and others, paid a courtesy visit to…
Management of the University of Lagos led by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, FAS, on Monday, August 22, 2022 played host to the Advisory Board members and Management of Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence in African Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany. While receiving the team, Prof. Ogundipe appreciated the management of Africa Multiple Cluster of…
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, FAS, has buttressed the need for a stronger transnational partnership among ivory towers. Areas of interest, according to Prof. Ogundipe should include, joint supervision of projects and researches at postgraduate levels, students’ exchange programmes and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) based researches. He made this known on Monday,…
The Lagos African Cluster Centre (LACC), in collaboration with Universität Bayreuth, Germany; Rhodes University, South Africa; Moi University, Kenya and Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso is set to hold a workshop entitled: “African Concept of Development Workshop.” The Workshop, which is a part of a study focused on teasing out what development means to Africans, is scheduled…