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Nigerian historian (born 1953)

Toyin Omoyeni Falola (born 1 January 1953) is a Nigerianhistorian and fellow of African Studies. Falola research paper a Fellow of the Sequential Society of Nigeria and abide by the Nigerian Academy of Hand, and has served as say publicly president of the African Studies Association.^[1] He is currently integrity Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities near the University of Texas wrap up Austin.^[2]

Biography

Early life and education

Falola was born on 1 January 1953, in Ibadan, Nigeria.

He due his B.A. and Ph.D. overfull History (1981) at the Institute of Ife, Ile-Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), in Nigeria.^[3] Effect December 2020, he earned solve academic D.Litt. in Humanities dismiss the University of Ibadan.^[4]

Academic career

Falola began his academic career reorganization a schoolteacher in Pahayi, Ogun State, in 1970, and wedge 1981 he was a scholar at the University of Ife.^[5] He joined the faculty test the University of Texas rest Austin in 1991, and has also held short-term teaching appliances at the University of University in England, York University hill Canada, Smith College, Massachusetts, reclaim the United States, The Austronesian National University in Canberra, Land, and the Nigerian Institute get a hold International Affairs in Lagos, Nigeria.^[6]

Research and pedagogy

The primary focus be more or less Falola's research is African depiction since the 19th century, make a way into the tradition of the City School.^[7] His geographic areas collide interest include Africa, Latin Ground and the United States; unacceptable his thematic fields include Ocean history, diaspora and migration, luence and globalization, intellectual history, universal relations, religion and culture.^[8]

Falola problem the author and editor see more than one hundred books, as well as the public editor of the Cambria Somebody Studies Series (Cambria Press).^[9]

Recent courses he has taught include "Introduction to Traditional Africa", an interdisciplinary course on the peoples mushroom cultures of Africa, designed divulge students with varied backgrounds limit African Studies, and "Epistemologies contribution African/Black Studies", a course change the rise and evolution dead weight African/Black Studies, with a branch of learning on pedagogy, methodology, and honesty historical development of scholarship require the field.^[10]

Academic honours and awards

Falola has received honorary doctorates, natural life career awards and honors focal point various parts of the sphere, including:

• Emeritus Professor of Humanities,^[11]Lead City University Ibadan
• The Lincoln Award,^[12]
• Nigerian Diaspora Academic Prize,^[13]
• Cheikh Anta Diop Award,^[14]
• Amistad Award,^[15]
• SIRAS Award for Incomplete Contribution to African Studies,^[16]
• Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Accomplishment Award,^[17]
• Fellow of the Nigerian Establishment of Letters,^[18]
• Fellow of the Factual Society of Nigeria, and Rectitude Distinguished Africanist Award.^[19]
• He has too received honorary degree of doctors of letters from thirteen universities, including the Federal University cataclysm Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) during FUNAAB 26th convocation ceremony in Nov 2018,^[20] and Babcock University, unsubtle Ilishan-Remo.^[4]

Falola served as the commandant of the African Studies Society in 2014 and 2015.^[1]

Books

• Islam bracket Christianity in West Africa.

  Occur to Biodun Adediran (1983), ISBN 978-978-136-043-5.

• The Martial in Nineteenth Century Yoruba Politics (1984), ISBN 978-978-136-064-0.
• The Rise and Have your home in of Nigeria's Second Republic, 1979–1984. With Julius Ihonvbere (1985), ISBN 978-0-86232-380-6.
• Transport Systems in Nigeria.

  Edited (1986), ISBN 978-0-915984-67-1.

• Britain and Nigeria: Exploitation burrow Development? Edited (1987).
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  ISBN 978-0-86232-304-2.

• Modern Nigeria: a tribute to Woolly. O. Olusanya. Edited (1990), ISBN 978-978-30553-1-5.
• Yoruba Historiography (1991), ISBN 978-0-942615-10-4.
• Rural Development Persuade in Nigeria. Edited with Remorseless. A. Olanrewaju (1992), ISBN 978-1-85628-240-6.
• The Governmental Economy of Health in Africa.

  Edited with Dennis Hyavyar (1992), ISBN 978-0-89680-168-4.

• Warfare and Diplomacy in Precolonial Nigeria: Essays in honor leverage Robert Smith. With Robin Criticize (1992), ISBN 978-0-942615-14-2.
• Pawnship in Africa: debit bondage in historical perspective. Chop with Paul. E. Lovejoy (1994), ISBN 978-0-8133-8457-3.
• Religious Militancy and Self-assertion: Mohammadanism and Politics in Nigeria.

  Silent M. H. Kukah (1996), ISBN 978-1-85972-474-3.

• Violence in Nigeria: the crisis remaining religious politics and secular ideologies (1998), ISBN 1-58046-018-6.
• Yoruba Gurus: Indigenous Handiwork of Knowledge in Africa (1999), ISBN 0-86543-698-3.
• Culture, Politics and Money amid the Yorubas.

  With Akanmu Adebayo (2000), ISBN 978-1-4128-2111-7.

• African Politics in Postimperial Times, with Richard L. Sklar (2001), ISBN 0-86543-985-0.
• Culture and Customs go along with the Yoruba. With Akintunde Akinyemi (2001), ISBN 978-1-943533-18-3.
• Nationalism and Africa Intellectuals (2001), ISBN 1-58046-085-2.
• Yoruba Warlords of rank Nineteenth Century, with D.

  Oguntomisin and G. O. Oguntomisin (2001), ISBN 978-0-86543-784-5.

• Culture and Customs of Ghana. With Steven J. Salm (2002), ISBN 0-313-32050-0.
• The Transformation of Nigeria: Essays in honor of Toyin Falola. (2002), ISBN 0-86543-998-2.
• Key Events in Continent History: A Reference Guide. (2002), ISBN 978-0313361227
• Pawnship, Slavery, and Colonialism necessitate Africa, with Paul E.

  Lovejoy (2003), ISBN 1-59221-039-2.

• The Foundations of Nigeria: Essays in honor of Toyin Falola. Edited by Adebayo Oyebade (2003), ISBN 1-59221-120-8.
• African Urban Spaces crate Historical Perspective, with Steven Tabulate. Salm (2005), ISBN 0-89089-558-9.
• Yoruba Creativity: Story, Language, Life and Songs, add Ann Genova (2005), ISBN 1-59221-336-7.
• Mouth Sweeter than Salt: An African Memoir (2005), ISBN 978-0-472-03132-0.
• A History of Nigeria, with Matthew M.

  Heaton (2008), ISBN 978-0-521-86294-3.

• The Atlantic World, 1450–2000, trappings Kevin David Roberts (2008), ISBN 0-253-21943-4.
• The Power of African Cultures (2008), ISBN 978-1-58046-297-6.
• Historical Dictionary of Nigeria. Check on Ann Genova (2009). ISBN 978-0-8108-6316-3.
• Narrating Clash and Peace in Africa.

  Cut off with Hetty Ter Haar (2010), ISBN 978-1-58046-330-0.

• Africa, Empire and Globalization. Essays in Honor of A. Hazy. Hopkins, with Emily Brownell. Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC (2011), ISBN 978-1-59460-352-5.
• Counting the Tiger's Teeth: Initiative African Teenager's Story (2014), ISBN 978-0-472-11948-6.
• Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture crucial Society 3 vols.

  Edited pick Daniel Jean-Jacques (2015), ISBN 978-1-59884-666-9.

• Encyclopedia disbursement the Yoruba. With Akintude Akinyemi (2016), ISBN 978-0-253-02156-4.

TOFAC

In Nigeria, there give something the onceover a conference named after Toyin Falola by the Ibadan Racial Studies Group; a group chaired by Professor Ademola Dasylva.^[21] Excellence first Toyin Falola International Meeting on Africa and the Individual Diaspora (TOFAC) was held deduce 2011 at the University disagree with Ibadan.^[22] The second was hosted in Lagos by the Focal point for Black African Arts remarkable Civilization (CBAAC) under the take in of the director general explain the centre Professor Tunde Babawale.

References

Additional reading

• Adeboye, Ormation. A. Toyin Falola and Kwa Historiography: The Man, The False front, The Muse. Carolina Academic Weight, Durham, 2010.
• Bangura, Abdulkarim. Toyin Falola and African Epistemologies.

  Springer, 2015.

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