AMUSA Saheed Balogun

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AMUSA Saheed Balogun

Professor

 

  1. PERSONAL DATA
  2. Full Name : Amusa, Saheed Balogun
  3. Date of Birth: January 10, 1976
  4. Nationality: Nigerian
  5. State of Origin: Osun
  6. Senatorial District: Osun Central
  7. Local Government Area: Olorunda
  8. Permanent Home Address, Phone No. No. 3A Balogun Agoro Street, Osogbo
  9. E-Mail Address: sbbamusa@oauife.edu.ng
  1. Marital Status: Married
  2. Name and Address of Spouse: Mrs. Selimat F. Amusa (Wife),
  3. Number of Children and their Ages: Two (16 Years and 13 Years)
  4. Faculty/Directorate: Arts
  5. Department/Unit: History

 

  1. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
  1. Higher Educational Institutions Attended with Dates
  2. Adekunle Ajasin University (AAU), Akungba-Akoko                      2000-2004
  3. Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife                                   2006-2010

iii.         Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife                                   2011-2015

  1. Academic and Professional Qualifications Obtained with Dates
  2. A. (History), Second Class (Upper Division) 2005
  3. Phil. (History) 2010
  • D. (History) 2015
  1. Other Academic Distinctions and Awards with Dates:
  1. Fellowship: Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Birmingham-UNIOSUN European Research Council (ERC) Project, 2020-Date
  2. Research Grants:
  3. 2008: Directorate of Linkages and Sponsored Research, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Grant for M.Phil. Research titled ‘A History of HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nigeria, 1981-2007’.

2011: Development Partnership in Higher Education (DELPHE), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Small Grant for a research titled “An Outline History of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria”.

2012: University of Birmingham-UNIOSUN European Research Council (ERC) Grant for a research titled “A Critical Assessment of Religious Growth and Tolerance in Three Muslim-Dominated Compounds in Ede, Southwestern Nigeria”.

2015: African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) Grant for Junior Researchers, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

  1. Academic Awards

2007: Professor. S.O. Arifalo’s Prize for the Overall Best Graduating Student in the Department of History and International Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria, 2003/2004 Session.

Others

  1. 2009: International Research Network on AIDS and Religion in Africa(IRNARA) Travel Grant for participation at the International Conference on ‘Prolonging Life, Challenging Religion’ organised by the International Research Network on AIDS and Religion in Africa (IRNARA), held at Justo Mwale Theological University College, Lusaka, Zambia, 15-17 April.
  2. 2009: Development Partnership in Higher Education (DELPHE) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Travel Support Grant (Local Running/Expenses) for participation at the International Conference on ‘Prolonging Life, Challenging Religion’ organized by the International Research Network on AIDS and Religion in Africa (IRNARA), held at Justo Mwale Theological University College, Lusaka, Zambia, 15-17 April.

iii. 2013: University of Birmingham-UNIOSUN European Research Council (ERC) Travel Grant for participation at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Centre of West African Studies (CWAS), University of Birmingham and African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK) Writing Workshop, held at University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 3-6 September.

 

  1. WORK EXPERIENCE WITH DATES
  1. Previous Work Experience outside the University System with Dates
    1. History Teacher, BOFOAT Model International College, Ugbe Akoko, Ondo State, April – September, 2005.
    1. History Teacher, Government Day Secondary School, Sandamu, Katsina State, September 2005 – August 2006 (NYSC).

 

  1. Previous Work Experience in Other Universities: Nil
  2. Work Experience in Obafemi Awolowo University with Dates
  1. Graduate Assistant 2008 – 2010
  2. Assistant Lecturer 2010 – 2013
  • Lecturer Grade II                   2013 – 2015
  1. Lecturer Grade I 2015 – 2018
  2. Senior Lecturer 2018 – 2021
  3. Reader 2021- Date
  4. Courses Taught at Different Times since 2008
  1. HIS 101: Culture History of Africa up to 1500 A.D.
  2. HIS 102: History of Africa, 1500-1800
  • HIS 103:   European History, C. 1300 – 1789
  1. HIS 104:   European History, C. 1789 – 1945
  2. HIS 201; Early History of Nigeria up to 1500
  3. HIS 202: History of Nigeria, 1500-1800
  • HIS 301: History of Nigeria, 1800-1900

viii. HIS 302: History of Nigeria, 1900-The Present

  1. HIS 311: History of the Far East
  2. HIS 312: History of the Commonwealth
  3. HIS 401: Philosophy of History
  4. HIS 402: Contemporary Problems in the Philosophy and Practice of History
  5. HIS 405: Africa and European Imperialism
  6. HIS 406: Politics of Decolonisation in Africa
  7. HIS 803: African Political Thought since 1900
  8. HIS 804: Problems and Issues in African Historiography

xii.  SER 002:  The Humanities and the African Experience

  1. Graduate Student Supervision
  2. Adesina, Adebayo Jamiu (ARP13/14/H/0840) (2016). A Historical Assessment of Presidential Election Petition Tribunals in Nigeria, 1979-2011 (M.A. History Long Essay, Completed).
  3. Balogun, Opeoluwa Abimbola (ARP14/15/H/1322) (2017). A Historical Assessment of HIV/AIDS Interventions in Oyo State, 2000-2015 (M.A. History Long Essay, Completed).

iii. Olaosebikan, Olaide Taiwo (ARP14/15/H/1204) (2018). Growth, Settlement Patterns and Indigenous Political System of Isale Afon Quarters in Ogbomoso, Earliest Times to 1960 (M.Phil. History Thesis, Completed).

  1. Adegbesan, Richard Ade (ARP16/17/H0973) (2021). Chieftaincy Institutions in Idoani, Earliest Times to 1970 (M.A. History Long Essay, Completed).

 

  1. Benjamin, Pelumi (ARP17/18/H/1117) (2021). Inter-group Relations Between Ondo and Her Neighbours, 1900-1960 (M.A. History Long Essay, Completed).

 

  1. Balogun, Opeoluwa Abimbola (ARP18/19/H/0769) (2023). A History of Leprosy in Yorubaland, 1916-1960 (M.Phil. History Thesis, Completed).

 

vii. Ogunbode, Olufemi Timothy (ARP19/20/H/1563) (2024). A History of Baptist Missions Medical Services in Selected Oyo-speaking Communities of Yorubaland, 1907-1986 (PhD. History Thesis, completed)

viii. Ajewole, George Oluwabunmi (ARP19/20/H/1798) (2025). A Historical Study of the Impact of the 1983 Political Crisis On Women in Akure, Ondo State (M.A. History Long Essay, Completed).

 

  1. Ogidan, Charles Adedeji (ARP21/22/H/1060). A History of Inheritance Culture and Practices in Colonial Lagos, 1861-1960 (PhD. History Thesis, On-going).
  2. Adewumi, Oyetunde Atoyebi (ARP22/23/H/0508). Historical Connections and Inter-community Relations among the People of Ejigbo, Ikire and Ikire-Ile up to 1960 (M.Phil. History Thesis, On-going)
  3. Current Undergraduate Supervision: 01
  4. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
  5. Member, Nationalism Research Network in Nigeria, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, since 2013
  6. Member, International Research Network on AIDS and Religion in Africa (IRNARA) since 2009 (http://www.irnara.org/member)
  7. Member, International Society for Studies in Oral Traditions (ISSOT) since 2010 (http://www.issot.org/member)
  8. Member, Historical Society of Nigeria since 2008
  9. Member, Nigerian Cultural Studies Network (NCSN) since 2008.

 

  1. PUBLICATIONS
  2. Theses/Dissertations
  3. Amusa, S.B. (2004). “A Biographical Study of Chief M.B. Babalola – Proprietor of BOFOAT Model College, Ugbe-Akoko, Ondo State (B.A. Long Essay, Department of History, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko)
  4. Amusa, S.B. (2010), “A History of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nigeria, 1981-

2007” (M.Phil. Thesis, Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife).

  • Amusa, S.B. (2015), “Policing and the Decolonisation Process in Nigeria, 1945-1966” (Ph.D. Thesis, Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife).
  1. 2. Books and Monographs:
  2. Olukoju, A.O., Adesina, O.C., Adesoji, A.O. and Amusa, S.B. (eds.) (2018), Security Challenges and Management in Modern Nigeria (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing), 600 Pages.
  3. Daramola, O.M., Adeniyi, K,, Amusa, S.B. and Babalola, J. (2020). Deans of Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (1969-Date) (Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press Ltd.), 120 Pages.
  4. 3. Contributions to Books
  • Amusa, S.B. (2009), “Oral Traditions and the History of Osogbo: A Study in

Traditional Historical Preservation” in Adegboyega Ajayi and S. Idowu    Fabarebo,         (eds.), Oral Traditions in Black and African Civilization (Lagos: Concept          Publications for Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation {CBAAC}), 395         408.

  1. Amusa, S.B. (2010), “Chieftaincy, Festivals and Rituals: The Role of the Ataoja in Osun Osogbo Festival in Historical Perspective” In: Akin Alao, Tunde Babawale and Bimbo Adesoji (eds.), The Chieftaincy Institution in Nigeria (Lagos: Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization {CBAAC}), 65-84.
  2. Iroju, O.A. and Amusa, S.B. (2010), “Man and His Environmental Challenges in the Niger-Delta since the Earliest Times: A Historical Analysis” In: Adebooye, O.C., Taiwo, K.A. and Fatufe, A.A. (eds.), Biotechnology Development and Threat of Climate Change in Africa: The Case of Nigeria (Gottingen, Germany: Cuvillier Verlag), 97-109.
  3. Olukoya Ogen and Amusa, S.B. (2010), “Nigerian Education in Historical Perspective: Prospect and Challenges” In: Michael Ogbeidi, (ed.), Afe Babalola and Education in Nigeria: An Expository Analysis (Ado-Ekiti: Afe Babalola University           Press), 3-30.

vii. Amusa, S.B. (2011), “Syncretism in Yoruba Islamic Practices: A Study of the             Resilience of Yoruba Culture” In: Akin Alao, (ed.), Politics, Culture and       Development in Nigeria: A Festschrift for Gabriel Olatunde Babawale (Lagos:        Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation {CBAAC}), 165-184.

viii.Amusa, S.B. and Alimi, I.S. (2011), “A Hero for all Times: A Reflection on the          Place of Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987) in Nigerian History” In: Siyan   Oyeweso             and Kola Afolabi (eds.), From Leo Ajiborisa to Rauf Aregbesola: Perspectives on                 Osun State at 20 (Osogbo: College of Humanities and Culture, Osun State University,       2011), 128-152.

  1. Amusa, S.B. (2012), “Women as Agents of Peace and Development in the 20th Century Lagos: A Prosopography of Alimotu Pelewura, Hulaimat Ekemode and   Munirat Amu” In: Olutayo Adesina, Olukoya Ogen and Noah Echa Attah (eds.),           Critical Perspectives on Peace, Conflict and Warfare in Africa: Festschrift in Honour       of Siyan Oyeweso (Ile-Ife: Obafemi Awolowo University Press Ltd.), 431-442.
  2. Amusa, S.B. (2014), “Towards the Emergence of Nationalistic Leaders and Patriotic Citizens in Nigeria: Lessons from Historical Knowledge” In: L.O. Salami, L.O.     Adewole, D.O. Ogungbile and A.O. Ogunyemi (eds.), The Humanities and     Leadership in Nigeria (Ile-Ife: Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University), 352-   376.
  3. Amusa, S.B., Adesoji, A.O. and Adediran, A.A. (2016), “Political Leaders and Religions in the Post-independence Nigeria” In: Julius O. Adekunle and Apollos O. Nwauwa (eds.), Governance and Leadership in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges     (Glassboro, New Jersey: Goldline and Jacobs Publishing), 141-158.

xii. Adesoji, A.O. and Amusa, S.B. (2016), “Citizenship, Residency and Nation Building       in Nigeria” In: Enoch O. Gbadegesin, Yunusa K. Salami and Kola Abimbola (eds.),     Exploring the Ethics of Individualism and Communitarianism: Multidisciplinary     Essays in Honour of Professor Segun Gbadegesin (Mitchellvile, Maryland: Harvest       Day Publications), 255-281.

xiii. Ogen, O.J. and Amusa, S.B. (2017), “The Baptist Church in Ede: Christian          Struggles over Education and Land” In: Insa Nolte, Olukoya Ogen and Rebecca Jones      (eds.), Beyond Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian and Traditionalist Encounters           in an African Town (Suffolk, U.K.: James Currey), 95-121.

xiv.Amusa, S.B. (2017), “Compound Life and Religious Control in Ede’s Muslim       Community” In: Insa Nolte, Olukoya Ogen and Rebecca Jones (eds.), Beyond           Religious Tolerance: Muslim, Christian and Traditionalist Encounters in an African Town (Suffolk, U.K.: James Currey), 151-172.

xv.Amusa, S.B. (2018), “De-religionising Boko-Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: Critical           Issues in the Concept and Practice of Jihad in Islamic History” In: Olukoju, A.O.,          Adesina, O.C., Adesoji, A.O. and Amusa, S.B. (eds.), Security Challenges and             Management in Modern Nigeria (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars    Publishing), 452-483.

xvi. Amusa, S.B. (2019), “Tradition and Modernity: The Dynamics of the Management of      Osun Sacred Grove in Osogbo” In: Biodun J. Ogundayo and Julius Adekunle (eds.),       African Sacred Spaces: Culture, History and Change (Lanham and New York:           Rowman and Littlefield, 2019), 164-183.

xvii. Amusa, S.B. (2023), Onibode Apomu: The Saga of Chief Olaojo Adedalu. In:               Akinyele, R.T. and Adesina, O.C. (eds.), Larger than Life: Icons and Villains in                Yoruba Thought and Society (Glassboro: Goldline and Jacobs Publishing): 47-68.       

  1. Published Journal Articles

xviii.   Amusa, S.B. (2010), “The Dynamics of Power Relations: Oyo and Ibadan in the 19th and 20th Century-Yorubaland” African Notes, Vol. 34, Nos. 1-2 (2010), 31-40

xix.      Amusa, S.B. (2010), “Islamic Perspectives on HIV/AIDS and Antiretroviral Treatment: The Nigerian Case” African Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR), Vol. 9, No. 4, 459-467.

  1. Amusa, S.B. (2011), “Historical Context of Osun Festival: A Background

Analysis of the Traditions of Origin of Osogbo” IFE: Journal of the Institute of   Cultural Studies, Special Edition, 187-206.

xxi.      Rotimi, E.O. and Amusa, S.B. (2012), “Prison Riots in Colonial Nigeria: An

Appraisal of the Lagos Convict Prison Riot of April 1952” Cape Coast Journal of Humanities, Vol. 4, 49-68.

xxii.     Amusa, S.B. and Ofuafor, M.O. (2012), “Resilience of Traditions in Contemporary Politics: A Historical Study of the Political Influence of         Traditional Rulers in Nigeria” Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 6, 407-414.

xxiii.   Amusa, S.B. (2012), “A Historical Description of the National HIV/AIDS Multi-sectoral Responses in Nigeria, 2001-2007” Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 7, 1-10.

xxiv.   Amusa, S.B. (2013), “Towards Promoting an African Medical System: A

Critique of Government Responses to Claims of a Cure for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, 1986-  2007” Health, Culture and Society, Vol. 4, No. 1, 37-51 (doi: http://www.hcs.pitt.edu), 35-51.

xxv.   Amusa, S.B. (2013), “An Assessment of the Partisan Role of the Nigeria Police       Force in the 1962 Action Group Crisis” Journal of the Historical Society of       Nigeria, Vol. 22, 33-62.

xxvi.  Rotimi, E.O. and Amusa, S.B. (2015), “Decolonisation and the Contentions on

the Control of the Police in Nigeria, 1957-1960” ODU: A Journal of West African Studies, New Series No. 46, 123-158.

xxvii.Amusa, S.B. and Ogidan, C.A. (2017), “Yoruba Indigenous Medical             Knowledge: A Study of the Nature, Dynamisms and Resilience of Yoruba Medicine” Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Vol. 8, Issue 3, 977-986.

xxviii.  Amusa, S.B. (2018). Police and Political Contests in Post-colonial Nigeria:            Assessing the Performance of the Police in the 1965 Western Regional            Electoral Crisis. Ibadan Journal of History, Vol. 6: 165-186.

xxix.   Amusa, S.B. (2019), “Institutional Constraints for Effective Performance of            INEC in the 2015 General Election” Political Science Review, Vol. 10, No. 1,    18-36.

xxx.     Amusa, S.B. (2020), The Nigerianisation of the Officer Class of the Nigeria                       Police Force: A Study of the Role of Sir C.S.K. Bovell, 1956-1962. Lagos                         Historical Review, Vol. 20: 1-24.

xxxi.    Amusa, S.B. and Balogun, O.A. (2021). Breaking the Glass Ceiling: A Study        of the Recruitment, Enlistment and Performances of Women in the Nigeria          Police Force since 1955. Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women      Studies, Vol. 39: 98-116.

xxxii.   Amusa, S.B. and Adeleke, A. (2021), The Litmus Test: Police, Politics and           Polls on the Eve of Nigeria’s Independence in 1959. Ife Journal of History,       Vol. 10, No. 1: 15-42.

xxxiii.  Amusa, S.B. (2021), “Remembering a National Hero: A Career Biography of Mr. Louis Orok Edet” VUNA Journal of History and International Relations, Vol. 5, No. 1, 77-94

xxxiv. Amusa, S.B. and Adesoji, A.O. (2022), Historical Scholarship and Training at       Ife: Growth, Personalities, and Professorships. History in Africa: A Journal of    Debates, Methods, and Source Analysis, Vol. 49: 331-347.

xxxv    Amusa, S.B. (2023), A Biblio-historiographical Study of Doctoral Theses in          History at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 1961-2021. Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation, Vol. 2: 58-82

xxxvi.  Amusa, S.B. and Adesoji, A.O (2023), Historical Scholarship and Training at                   Ife: Contemporary Progress, Historical Legacies, and Positive Future, 1962–                2022. History in Africa: A Journal of Debates, Methods, and Source Analysis,              Vol. 50: 327-351

xxxvii. Amusa, S.B. (2023), The Police, Labour Protest and Nationalist agitation in                       Colonial Nigeria, 1945-1960. POLAC Historical Review, Vol. 6, Nos. 1&2,                       55-67.

 

  1. Published Book Review(s):

xxxviii. Amusa, S.B. (2014). A Review Essay of Toyin Falola’s ‘The African Diaspora: Slavery, Modernity, and Globalisation’ Leeds University Centre for African Studies Bulletin, Vol. 75: 132-133.

xxxix.  Amusa, S.B. (2021). A Review Essay of the Career and Works of Professor           Anthony Ijaola Asiwaju through ‘Bridging African Boundaries: Cross-Border           Areas and Regional Integration in Comparative History and Policy Advocacy’. Ife Journal of History, Vol. 10, No. 1: 102-109.

  1. Amusa, S.B. (2023), A Review of Eyitope O. Ogunbodede and Olusanjo M.A. Daramola’s ‘Great Ife at 60:  Advancing the Frontiers of Knowledge and           Culture (1961–2021)’. Africa Bibliography, Research and Documentation, Vol.     2: 103-10.
  2. Manuscripts Accepted for Publication:

xli.       Amusa, S.B. (2025), L.O. Edet and the Nigeria Police Force in the United              Nations Peacekeeping Missions in Congo, 1960-1966. Journal of Centre for           Black Culture and International Understanding (Forthcoming)

 

  1. Manuscripts Submitted for Publication:
  2. When the Police Worked at Cross-Purposes: The Native Authority Police and the Management of the 1953 Kano Riots in Northern Nigeria (Journal of Historical Society of Nigeria).
  3. A Review of Historical Research Method edited by S.O. Aghalino, O.O. Okpeh and D.L.Imbua (Journal of Historical Society of Nigeria).

iii. Remembering Late Dr. (Mrs.) F.A. Okediji (1936-1972): Historical Reflections on      Women History and Women Historians in the Department of History at Ife since 1962.      (Toyin Falola, Olufunke Adeboye, Rasheed Olaniyi and Sharon Omotoso (eds.), Oral           Traditions and Written History: A Festschrift for Professor Bolanle Awe).

 

  1. Papers and Works in Progress

 

  1. Ethnic Factor in the History of Nigeria Police Force since 1930.

 

  1. A Federal State with a Unitary Police: Crises and Contradictions of Police Control in Nigeria since 1954.
  2. The Adaptation of Pre-colonial Police Organisations to Colonial Policing in Nigeria, 1925-1960.
  3. Origin and Growth of Female Regency in Yorubaland: Contemporary Examples from Selected Akoko Communities.

 

  1. History of African Political Thought: Shari’a (Cambridge History of African Political Thought).

 

  1. Injustice in the Management of Inter-group Relations in Nigeria: From Colonial Precedents to Postcolonial Entanglements.

 

  1. PROFESSSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Since 2008 when I began my academic career at the Obafemi Awolowo University, I have recorded a number of professional accomplishments as an academic Historian. These accomplishments range from enjoyment of corporate sponsorships to conferences within and outside Nigeria, invitations as keynote speaker and lead paper presenter at several academic workshops/seminars, publications in reputed academic journals, listing in leading academic bibliographic indexes of scholars and citations of my works in landmark publications across the globe. In addition to my impressive publication profiles in high impact journals, some of my articles are being cited in scholarly publications globally. It is also a mark of professional accomplishments that I was listed in the Nigerian SSH Bibliographical Update of 2011 compiled by the Institute Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA) based at the University of Ibadan as well as 2023 Index Theologicus: International Bibliography of Theology and Religious Studies. Also, within the first two months of obtaining my Ph.D. degree, I won the African-German Network of Excellence in Research (AGNES) Grant for Junior Researchers in November 2015. The AGNES Grant for Junior Researchers is sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). In addition, I have been invited on several occasions to review articles for academic journals such as History in Africa (CUP, USA), Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies, African Notes, Journal of Knowledge Economy (Springer, USA), Journal of Culture and Ideas (CUP, USA), JOGASDI (UNIOSUN), Palgrave Handbook of Social Change, among others. I was also invited in 2019 by the Cambridge University Press of the United Kingdom along with other Nigerian historians to write a standard textbook on History for primary schools in Nigeria and the text has been published and is currently being used for history classes in primary schools in Nigeria. Currently, I am one of the 56 scholars selected from leading universities across the globe to work on the Cambridge History of African Political Thought Book Project.

 

  1. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS ATTENDED WITH DATES AND PAPERS PRESENTED

 

2025: A Virtual International Inter-disciplinary Conference on “Globalised Africa” organised by the Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, held at Faculty of Arts Board Room on June 11-12, 2025

 

  1. 2025: The First Siyan Oyeweso Annual Cultural Day Lecture oganised by the Faculty of Arts and Education, Fountain University, Osogbo, held at Eti-Osa Lecture Theatre, Fountain University, Osogbo, on June 25, 2025.

    

  1. 2023: A Conference in Honour of Dr. Segun Osoba on “History and the Persistent Struggle: Social Change, Nation Building, and Constitution-Making in Post-Independence Africa” organised by Kennesaw State University, Iowa State University, University of Ibadan, Tai Solarin University and Obafemi Awolowo University, held at Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, December 18-19.

Paper presented: Afro-Arabs and Afro-Americans: A Critical Historical Analysis of the Global Identity and Legacies of the Trans-Saharan and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Systems

  1. 2023: The 2023 Black History Month Day Lecture organised by the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo, held at Ulli Beier Hall of the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo, February 8 (Keynote Address)

Keynote Address Title: Resistance, Agitations and Protests in Africa and African Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary Reflections.

 

  1. 2023: The 2023 Cultural and Tourism Carnival organised by Osun State Ministry of Culture and Tourism, held at Zuquo Garden, Gbongan Road, Osogbo, on Thursday January 19 (Guest Lecture)

Guest Lecture Title: Culture and Tourism: A Veritable Platform for Emerging Economy

 

  1. 2023: An International Conference on “Ile-Ife and Yoruba Civilisation: The Nexus Between Tradition and Modernity” organised by the Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding, University of Ibadan, University of Lagos and Obafemi Awolowo University, held at Ife Grand Resort, Ile-Ife, October 10-13.

Paper presented: Ile-Ife: The Making of a University Town, 1961-2021.

 

  1. 2022: The 2022 World Tourism Day Annual Celebration Lecture on “Rethinking Tourism” organised by Osun State Tourism Board, held at Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo, September 27 (Keynote Address)

Keynote Address Title: Title: Rethinking Tourism for African Development through Digitisation of Indigenous Knowledge.

 

  1. 2022: International Colloquium on “Osun Osogbo across the Atlantic: Towards Preservation and Sustainability of Nigeria’s Intangible Cultural Heritage” organised by Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Osogbo, on August 25.

Paper presented: From Ataoja Adenle to Ataoja Larooye II: The Role of the Monarchy in the Preservation of Osun Osogbo Heritage.

 

  1. 2022: Humboldt Kolleg: An International Conference on “Gender in Trans-disciplinary Humanities” sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, held at Obafemi Awolowo University Centre for Distance Learning, Moro, July 19-22.

Paper presented: Cultural Patriarchy, Academic Masculinity and the Travails of Women in the Historical Profession in Nigeria: The Great Ife Example, 1961-2021”.

 

  1. 2019: First Biennial Conference of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) on “Defining Nigerianness: Interfaces, Convergences and Pathways” organised by the Nigerian Academy of Letters, held at the Main Conference Hall of the ICT-driven Knowledge Park, Computer Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, June 12-15.

Paper presented: Always as Sentinels: The Judiciary in the Consolidation of Constitutionalism in Nigeria (with Akin Alao)

 

  1. 2018: Annual Cultural Day Lecture of Federation of Ilobu Students’ Union(FISU) held at the Palace of Olobu, Ilobu, Osun State, on Wednesday September 5, 2018.

Paper presented: The Challenges against the Yoruba Cultural Advancement and the Panaceas (Guest Lecture)

 

  1. 2018: A Sensitisation Workshop for Members of Forum of Heads of Federal Government Establishments in Nigeria in preparation for the 2018 Osun State Governorship Elections organised by the Osun State Chapter of Forum of Heads of Federal Government Establishments in Nigeria, held at Ataoja School of Science, Osogbo, September 12.

Paper presented: Upholding Professionalism in the Face of Daunting Challenges: Osun Federal Employees and the Test of September 22.

  1. 2017: International Colloquium on “African Diaspora Beyond the Black Atlantic: Dynamics and Significance in Latin American World and Elsewhere in Honour of Descoredes Maximiliano Dos Santos, Mestre Didi” organised by The Presidency, Lagos State Government, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan in Partnership with African Renaissance Foundation and D & D Global Links, held at Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Badagry, Lagos State, August 23.

Paper presented: Slavery and Slave Trade, a Tragic Continuum: Lessons and Challenges (with Tunde Babawale).

 

  1. 2015: National Conference on “The 2015 General Elections in Nigeria: The Real Issues” organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and The Electoral Institute (TEI), held at the Main Conference Hall of The Electoral Institute, INEC Annex, Opposite Diplomatic Zone, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria, July 26-28.

Paper presented: Institutional Constraints on Effective Performance of INEC in the 2015 Elections.

 

  1. 2013: The 50th Anniversary Conference of Centre for West African Studies (CWAS), University of Birmingham on “Crossroads in African Studies” organised by the Department of Anthropology and African Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom, September 4-6 (Virtual Participation)

Paper presented: A Critical Assessment of Religious Tolerance in Three Muslim-Dominated Compounds in Ede, Nigeria.

  1. 2013: Expert Workshop on “Nation, Nationalism and National Integration in Nigeria” jointly organised by Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung/Foundation, Bonn Germany, Centre for Legal, Social and Policy Research, Ontario, Canada and Nationalism Research Network, Ibadan, Nigeria, held at Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, June 19-21.

Paper presented: Making a ‘Nation’ out of Nigeria: A Study of the Role of History in Nation-Building.

 

  1. 2012: International Conference on “Everyday Religion and Tolerance in Ede, South-West Nigeria” jointly organised by the Centre of West African Studies (CWAS), University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria and Adeleke University, Ede, held at Main Auditorium, Adeleke University, Ede, December 5-6.

Paper presented: A Critical Assessment of Religious Growth and Tolerance in Three Muslim-Dominated Compounds in Ede.

 

  1. 2012: Special International Conference in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Obafemi Awolowo University on “Nigeria and Security Challenges” jointly organised by Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University and Network of Nigerian Historians (NNH) held at Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, October 28-31.

Paper presented: De-Religionising Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: Critical Issues in the Concept and Practice of Jihad in Islamic History.

 

  1. 2012: The 2012 Annual Conference of the Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on “Re-enacting Leadership in Nigeria: The Role and Place of the Humanities” held at Oduduwa Hall of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, October 7-10.

Paper presented: Towards the Emergence of Nationalistic Leaders and Patriotic Citizens in Nigeria: The Usefulness of Historical Knowledge.

 

  1. 2012:The 2012 International Museum Day Workshop on “Museums (Memory+Creativity) and Social Change in Africa” organised by the Osun State Office of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), held at the Ataoja Palace Pavilion, Osogbo, May 18.

Paper presented: The Role of Museums in African Social and Political Development

 

  1. 2011: The 56th Annual Congress of the Historical Society of Nigeria on “Economy and Society: Challenges of Infrastructure in Nigeria” held at the Main Auditorium of Osun State University, Osogbo, October 31 – November 2.

Paper presented: Colonialism, Neo-colonialism, Westernisation and their Contradicting Legacies: The Bane of Infrastructure Development in Nigeria.

 

  1. 2011: Development Partnership in Higher Education (DELPHE) Conference on “HIV/AIDS Disclosures, Free Drug Treatment and HIV Policy Implementation in Nigerian Universities” held at Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, April 6-7.

Paper presented: An Outline History of HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nigeria, 1986-2007.

 

  1. 2010: International Conference on “Culture and the Challenges of Development in Nigeria”, organised by Ondo State Ministry of Culture and Tourism, held at Adegbemile Cultural Centre, Akure, September 2-3.

Paper presented: Culture, Youths and Development in Nigeria: The Imperative of African Cultural Values for National Development.

 

  1. 2010: International Conference on “Migration and Settlement Patterns in Yorubaland”, organised by the Institute of Cultural Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, held at Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on March 11-14.

Paper Presented: Migration, Founding and Settlement of Osogbo: A Historical Reassessment.

 

  1. 2009: International Conference on “‘Prolonging Life, Challenging Religion’, organized by the Religion AIDS Network Africa, held at Justo Mwale Theological University College, Lusaka, Zambia, April 15-17.

Paper presented: Islamic Perception of HIV/AIDS and Antiretroviral Treatment in Africa.

 

  1. 2009: International Conference on “Biotechnology Development and Threat of Climate Change in Africa: The Future of Human Livelihood”, organized by Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung/Foundation, Germany, held at Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, September 6-10.

Paper presented: Man and His Environmental Challenges in the Niger-Delta since the Earliest Times: A Historical Analysis.

 

  1. 2008: International Conference on ‘Oral Traditions in Black and African Culture’, organized by Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), held at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria, December 1-4.

Paper presented: Oral Traditions in the History of Osogbo: A Study in Traditional Historical Preservation.

 

  1. 2008: National Conference on ‘Peoples and Cultures in Nigeria’ jointly organized by the Nigerian Cultural Studies Network (NCSN) and Adeyemi College of Education, held at Olusegun Obasanjo Auditorium, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria, on May 7-8.

Paper presented: Syncretism in Yoruba Islamic Practices: A Study of the Resilience of Yoruba Culture.

 

  1. 2008: National Conference on ‘Chieftaincy Institution in Nigeria’ jointly organized by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) and the Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, held at Conference Centre, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, on April 9-10.

Paper presented: Chieftaincy, Festivals and Rituals: A Role Conception of the Ataoja in Osun Osogbo Festival.

 

  1. ACADEMIC AND TRAINING WORKSHOPS ATTENDED WITH DATES

 

  1. 2008: Directorate of Linkages and Sponsored Research, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Workshop on Research Methodology, December 1-3 (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife).
  2. 2008: Obafemi Awolowo University Research Committee Workshop to aid Publications in Learned Journals, August 5-6 (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)
  3. 2008: Obafemi Awolowo University Workshop on Fundamentals of Fundraising (Fun-Fun), July 1-3 (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria)

 

  1. 2009: Development Partnership in Higher Education (DELPHE) Workshop on Development of HIV/AIDS Policy for Universities in Nigeria, February 23-26 (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife)

 

  1. 2012: American Council of Learned Society Launch Meeting and Application Consultation Workshop, June 26-29 (University of Ibadan, Ibadan)

 

  1. 2012: Nigerian Humanities Society’s Workshop on Writing Research Proposals for Grants and Fellowships, October 4-5 (Osun State University, Ikire Campus).
  2. 2013: African Studies Association of the United Kingdom (ASAUK) Writing Workshop, September 3, Department of African Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom (Virtual Participation)
  3. 2016: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) Workshop on Restoring Spirituality and Morality to Education, April 9 (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife)
  4. 2017: Institute Français de Recherche en Afrique (IFRA) Workshop on Autobiography and Autobiographical Sources, November 8 (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife)

 

  1. 2019: Central Office of Research, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Workshop on Proposal Writing for Grants, May 20-21 (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife).

 

  1. 2023: Directorate of Staff Training and Industrial Relations, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife: a 3-Day Workshop for Provosts, Deans, Directors, Heads of Departments/Units and College/Faculty Secretaries, October 17-19 (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife).

 

  1. CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

 

  1. A Federal State with a Unitary Police: Crises and Contradictions of Police Control in Nigeria since 1954.

 

  1. Colonial Adaptation of Pre-Colonial Police Organisations to Policing in Nigeria, 1925-1960.

iii. Injustices in the Management of Inter-group Relations in Nigeria: From Colonial Precedents to Postcolonial Entanglements.

 

iii. Understanding Contemporary African Arabs: A Historical Analysis of the Identity Legacies of the Arab Invasion of Africa.

 

  1. History of African Political Thought: Shari’a (Cambridge History of African Political Thought).

 

  1. Ile-Ife: The Making of a University Town, 1961-2021.

 

  1. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
  2. Services within the Department
  3. Acting Head of Department of History, 2022 – 2024.
  4. Students’ Course/Part Adviser, 2008/2009 Session to 2011/2012 Session.

iii. Secretary, Local Organising Committee (LOC), Special OAU 50th Anniversary Conference on “Nigeria and Security Challenges” jointly organised by the Department of History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and the Network of Nigerian Historians (NNH), held between October 28 and 31, 2012.

  1. Coordinator of SER 002: The Humanities and the African Experience, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 Sessions.
  2. Part One Students’ Course/Part Adviser, Harmattan Semester, 2014/2015 Session.
  3. Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator, 2015- 2018.

vii. Representative of the Head of Department on the Faculty Board of Education, 2019/2020 Session.

 

  1. Services within the Faculty
  2. Vice-Dean, Faculty of Arts, 2021-2022
  3. Faculty of Arts Representative in the University Senate, 2021-2022

iii. Chairman, Faculty Investigative/Disciplinary Committee on the Activities of FASA, 2022

  1. Chairman, Faculty Annual Conference Planning Committee, 2021-2022
  2. Faculty of Arts Admissions Officer, 2017-2019
  3. Member, Faculty of Arts Admissions Committee, 2019-2021
  4. Chairman, Faculty of Arts Admissions Committee, 2021-2022

vii. Representative of the Dean on the Board of Faculty of Law, 2017-2019

viii. Member, Faculty of Arts Strategic Committee, 2017/2018 Session

  1. Secretary, Faculty Committee on the Development of Proposal for the Humanities Block IV Building, 2018
  2. Representative of the Dean on the Selection Committee of the Faculty of Administration, 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 Sessions
  3. Chairman, Faculty of Arts Students’ Council, 2016 – 2021

xii. Staff Adviser, Faculty of Arts Students’ Association (FASA), 2016 – 2021

xiii. Member, Faculty of Arts Postgraduate Committee, 2015 – 2018

xiv. Member, Faculty of Arts Committee on Guest Lecture Series, 2012 – 2018

  1. Member, Faculty Board of Arts since 2010

xvi. Member, Faculty of Arts Staff Football Team, 2008 – Date

xvii. Staff Adviser, Association of Faculty of Arts Muslim Students (AFAMS).

 

  1. Services within the University
  2. Member, University Senate, 2024-2025

ii.Member, Board of Postgraduate College, 2024-date

iii.Member, University Senate, 2021-2022

  1. Member, University Sub-committee of Deans, 2021-2022
  2. Member, University Task Force on Transcripts Generation, 2021
  3. Member, University Planning Committee on Centenary Celebrations of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, 2009.

vii. Staff Adviser, Osogbo National Students Union (ONSU), Obafemi Awolowo University Chapter, since 2008.

 

  1. Services outside the University
  2. Member, Implementation Committee, Technical University, Ibadan, Oyo State (2013)

 

  1. Consultant Historian, Ife Business School, Ile-Ife, 2012-2018

 

  • INEC Ad-hoc Collation Officer for Elerin Ward 10, Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, in the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria on March 28 and April 11, 2015.

 

  1. INEC Ad-hoc Collation Officer for Ward 5, Isokan Local Government Area of Osun State, in the 2019 General Elections.
  2. INEC Ad-hoc Collation Officer for Iju-Odo/Erekiti Ward 5, Okitipupa Local Government Area in the 2020 Ondo State Governorship Election on October 10, 2020.

 

  1. Chairman, Osun State Branch of the Adekunle Ajasin University Alumni Association, 2018-2021

 

vii. INEC Ad-hoc Collation Officer for Ward 5, Atakumosa West Local Government Area of

Osun State in the 2023 National Assembly Elections held on February 25, 2023.

 

vii. INEC Ad-hoc Collation Officer for Gidigbo Ward 12, Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State in the 2023 Osun State House of Assembly Elections held on March 18, 2023.

  1. CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE

My area of research interest is located within the broad socio-cultural and political history of Nigeria intersecting the major historical epochs – pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial. Through my research engagements and publications in the last 16 years, I have been able to show how the pre-colonial and colonial experiences had shaped and have continued to shape the way we understand and respond to major social, cultural and political challenges facing contemporary Nigeria. These challenging issues to which my research exertions have been focused include: politics, policing, religions and security issues; HIV/AIDS and health management in Nigerian history; and historiography, biography and institutional history. In these three broad but related areas, I have been able to show, through my publications, that lack of historical understanding and appreciation of political, ethnic, religious and other parochial issues have been largely responsible for the failure of nation building and national development efforts in contemporary Nigeria. Emanating from my doctoral research on policing and the decolonisation process in Nigeria, I have be able to contribute to knowledge in the areas of the nexus of politics, policing, religions and security challenges in colonial and post-colonial Nigeria. I have equally made scholarly contributions to issues in historiography, bibliography, biography and institutional history in many of my publications. Developing from my Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) research and thesis, I have been able to show the connections between people’s cultural background, their indigenous medical thought/practices and modern government policies through my publications in the areas of medical history of Nigeria. My major contributions to historical knowledge and scholarship could be summed up in the position that I have advanced in my publications that much can be learned from Nigeria’s pre-colonial and colonial past in understanding the contemporary socio-cultural and political challenges and tackling them in the best possible ways. Thus, I am convinced about the contributions and values of my research endeavours to an understanding of the socio-cultural and political challenges facing Nigeria and the historical panaceas to these challenges.

 

  1. ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION: I am a recipient of some Faculty and University’s commendations and appreciations at different times for special services rendered within the Obafemi Awolowo University. These include: Commendation Letter from the Vice-Chancellor for invaluable services I rendered as a member of University Ad-hoc Committee on Transcripts Generation in 2021; Commendation Letter from the Dean of Faculty of Arts for the dedication and commitment I exhibited as Secretary of the Faculty Committee that drafted the propositional document for the new Humanities Block IV Building in 2018; and Appreciation Letter from the Dean of Faculty of Arts for my immense contributions as a member of Local Organising Committee of Faculty of Arts Annual Conference in 2016, among others.