FAGITE Damilola Dorcas

Lecturer I

Email address(es): fagited@oauife.edu.ng. orisaladed@gmail.com

Office Address: HBII, Room 304A

Academic Qualifications: B.A. History, M.A. History, M.Phil. History

Areas of Specialization:

Medical History, Child and Maternal Health History, Social History of Africa, History of Childhood

Title of M.A. Thesis:

Medical Policies and the Management of Smallpox Epidemics in Southwestern Nigeria, 1903-1979.

Title of Ph.D. Thesis:

The Aladura Movement and their Involvement in Maternal and Child Welfare Services in Southwestern Nigeria, 1920-1960.

Fellowships:

Junior Fellow, IFRA-Nigeria, 2012 till date. Fellow, Lagos Studies Association (LSA), 2018

Research Grants:

Institute of Entrepreneurship and Development Studies, O.A.U. Travel Grants for Participation in the Entrepreneurship Seminar, organized by the Entrepreneurship Training Institute, Accra, Ghana, May 28-30, 2013.

British Academy/IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants to conduct research on the ‘History of Medical Research in Nigeria, 2013’.

Conference Grants: Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, 2014.

Conference Grants: Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, 2017.

Conference Grants: Lagos Studies Association Conference, 2017.

Conference Grants: Lagos Studies Association Conference, 2018.

Lagos Studies Association Grants to attend a Writing Retreat, 2022.

International Awards:

Award for Best Graduate Student Paper presented at the Lagos Studies Association International Conference, 2017.

Ongoing Current Research:

Of Cultural Beliefs and Practices: Interrogating the Connection between Childcare Practices and Child Mortality in Yorubaland.

Publications:

D.D. Fagite (2017). Benin. In: Saheed Aderinto (ed.), African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations. California: ABC-CLIO, 35-37. ii. D.D. Fagite (2017). Kano. In: Saheed Aderinto (ed.), African Kingdoms: An Encyclopaedia of Empires and Civilizations. California: ABC-CLIO, 134-136.

D.D. Fagite (2018). Elections, Electoral Violence and Godfatherism Complex in Nigeria: A Historical Reflection. In: A.O. Olukoju, O.C. Adesina, A.O. Adesoji and S.B. Amusa (eds.). Security Challenges and Management in Modern Nigeria. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 221-233.

D.D. Fagite (2017). Sopona: Indigenous Perception and Management of Smallpox among the Yoruba People of Southwestern Nigeria. Ife: Journal of the Institute of Cultural Studies, 12, 208-226.

D.D. Fagite (2018). Nigerian Nurses on the Run: Increasing the Diaspora and Decreasing Concentration. Africology: Journal of Pan African Studies, 12 (2), 108-118.

D.D. Fagite (2022). Managing Smallpox Outbreak: Colonial Authorities and Medical Policies in Southwestern Nigeria, 1903–1960. West Bohemian Historical Review, XII (2), 141-158.