IADS Wins $50,000 Research Grant
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) of the University of Lagos has won a research grant of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). The feat is a collaborative effort of Dr. Akinmayowa Akin-Otiko from the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) alongside researchers in the Faculty of Arts; Dr. Oluwatoyin Olokodana-James, Dr. Francis O. Falako, Dr. Nweke, Florence Ewomazino and Dr. Paul Onovoh of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages, Morehouse College, Atlanta, U.S.A. […]
UNILAG ACC Awards 2 Million Naira Doctoral Scholarships
The University of Lagos, African Cluster Centre of Excellence (LACC), a Centre within the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos (UNILAG), awarded scholarships worth two million naira to two (2) doctoral students. It would be recalled that in October 2020, the Centre published a call for applications from suitably qualified candidates for its 2021 Doctoral Scholarships. This was to fulfil part of the Centre’s commitment in supporting postgraduate studies in the […]
IADS Discusses The Black Family in Celebration of Black History Month
Consistent in its drive for promoting African and Diaspora Studies in both tertiary and secondary levels, the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos (UNILAG), has for the fourth time successfully celebrated the Black History Month. The month-long event, which is celebrated around the world, received the Midas touch of Unilag IADS on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at the J. P. Clark Centre, University of Lagos. It was on this day that […]
The reason behind my motivation – Dr. Adebayo, 1st Rahamon Bello Award for Best PhD Thesis Winner Speaks
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” The words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet, rings true for the exceptional scholar, Dr. Kudus Oluwatoyin Adebayo, who emerged the pioneer winner of the Rahamon Bello Award for Best Ph.D Thesis in African and Diaspora Studies, endowed in the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos (UNILAG), […]
Dr. Adebayo Emerges Winner of the IADS-Rahamon Bello Best PhD Thesis Award for 2020, UNILAG
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (lADS), University of Lagos (UNILAG) is pleased to announce that Dr. Adebayo Kudus Oluwatoyin has emerged as the winner of the first edition of the Rahamon Bello Best PhD Thesis in African & Diaspora Studies Award. Dr. Adebayo’s thesis, entitled “Migration and Settlement Experiences of Nigerians in Guangzhou, China,” was one of a total of 29 theses received from Nigeria, South Africa and Cameroon. Dr. Adebayo bagged his […]
