The 3rd Public Lecture of the Professor Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje (PALM) Foundation will hold on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 , from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos .
The lecture, titled “Palimpsest and Provenance: The Identity and Trajectory of the African City,” will feature Dr. Stephen Ajadi, F.C.P.S. as Guest Lecturer and Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, CON, former Governor of Ondo State, as Chairman of the occasion.
The public lecture is in honour of the late Professor Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje, CON, NNOM , who passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022. Born on October 18, 1931, Professor Mabogunje holds a place in history as Africa’s first Professor of Geography, a feat he attained at the age of 34 after joining the Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, as its first African member.
He was the first African foreign honorary associate of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2017), the first African scholar to be elected as an International Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, and former President of the International Geographical Union, among several other distinguished positions.
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