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H-West-Africa The Toyin Falola @65 Conference: Draft Conference Program Discussion published by Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Dear Participants, Please find below the conference program for you to verify your details as listed therein. Kindly note that THIS DRAFT IS SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS before we go to press. You may contact us via <[email protected]> with any observations or complaints. Thank you. THE TOYIN FALOLA @65 CONFERENCE THEME: AFRICAN KNOWLEDGES AND ALTERNATIVE FUTURES THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA 29-31 JANUARY 2018 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME CONVENORS The Toyin Falola @65 Conference Committee: Dr Samuel Oloruntoba, Convenor-General Dr Adeshina Afolayan, Chairman LoC Mr Wale Ghazal, Director of Logistics Dr Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, Director of Administration Support Personnel: Graduate students of the Department of History, University of Ibadan Graduate students of the Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan Graduate students of the Department of Political Science, Babcock University The Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP) OUR DONORS Citation: Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso. The Toyin Falola @65 Conference: Draft Conference Program. H-West-Africa. 01-23-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/13790/discussions/1270078/toyin-falola-65-conference-draft-conference-program Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-West-Africa Engr. Adun Professor Vik Bahl Professor Oladele Balogun Professor Mukhtar Umar Bunza Professor Bola Dauda Dr Olabisi Falola Engr Gozie Ifesinachukwu Professor dele jegede Dr Kenneth Kalu Professor Fallou Ngom Mr Cherno Njie Dr Diran Obadina Dr Edwin Ogah Dr Tunji Olaopa Dr Bola Olusola Mr Femi Owoseni Mr Keith Sipe/Carolina Academic Press Dr Babs Sobanjo The University of Texas at Austin Professor Michael Vickers INSTITUTIONAL CO-HOSTS The Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Citation: Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso. The Toyin Falola @65 Conference: Draft Conference Program. H-West-Africa. 01-23-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/13790/discussions/1270078/toyin-falola-65-conference-draft-conference-program Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-West-Africa Cátedra de Estudios de África ye le Caribe (CEAC), Universidade de Costa Rica Lukenya University, Kenya City University of New York, Staten Island Department of Africology, Temple University Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa Lead City University, Nigeria Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo University of Texas at Austin Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, Nigeria African Studies Institute, University of Georgia, Athens Carolina Academic Press, USA Africa World Press, USA Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Florida Pan-African University Press The Department of History, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Gender and African Studies Group, Babcock University (BUGAS) The Tubman Institute, University of York, Canada Department of History, Benue State University, Makurdi Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria Department of Africana Studies, University of Carolina, Charlotte The Museum of Natural History, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Caleb University, Nigeria Núcleo de Apoio à Pesquisa Brasil-África, Universidade de São Paulo/Nucleus for the Support of Brazil-Africa Research, University of São Paulo Nucleo de Estudos Sobre E Africa Brasil (Nucleus of Studies on Africa and Brazil, NEAB), University of Pernambuco, Brazil Postgraduate Studies in History Program (PPGH) Department of History, Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal da Bahia (Federal University of Bahia), Brazil UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS DIRETORIA DE RELAÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS CENTRO DE ESTUDOS AFRICANOS (African Studies Center at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais - CEAO Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (Center for Afro-Oriental Studies (CEAO) of the School of Philosophy and Human Sciences at the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil) Associacao Carnavalesca Bloco Afro Olodum (Olodum Cultural and Afro-Carnival Group) LEÁFRICA (Laboratório de Estudos Africanos)/Laboratory of African Studies, Instituto de História, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria Institute for African Studies, Carleton University The Department of History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria The Department of Public Administration, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Citation: Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso. The Toyin Falola @65 Conference: Draft Conference Program. H-West-Africa. 01-23-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/13790/discussions/1270078/toyin-falola-65-conference-draft-conference-program Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 3 H-West-Africa PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT A GLANCE DATE & TIME ACTIVITY VENUE SUNDAY, 28 JANUARY 2018 12.00 -6.00pm Arrival and Registration UI Conference Centre DAY ONE: MONDAY, 29 JANUARY 2018 7.00-8.30am Breakfast Hotels 8.30-5.30pm Registration UI Conference Centre 8.30-10.30am Session A UI Conference Centre 10.30-11.00am Tea-Break UI Conference Centre 11.00am-1.00pm Session B UI Conference Centre 1.00-2.00pm Lunch UI Senior Staff Club 2.00-5.30pm Opening Ceremony UI Conference Centre 5.30-6.30pm Leisure time Hotels 6.30-9.00pm Movie Presentation UI Conference Centre DAY TWO: TUESDAY, 30 JANUARY 2018 7.00-8.30am Breakfast Hotels 8.30-10.30am Session C UI Conference Centre 10.30-11.00am Tea Break UI Conference Centre 11.00am-1.00pm Session D UI Conference Centre 1.00-2.00pm Lunch UI Senior Staff Club 2.00-4.00pm Session E UI Conference Centre 4.00-5.30pm Session F UI Conference Centre 5.30-6.30pm Break UI Conference Centre 6.30pm- Cocktails & Birthday Banquet International Conference Centre DAY THREE: WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY 2018 7.00-8.30am Breakfast Hotels 8.30-10.30am Session G UI Conference Centre 11.00am-12.30pm Closing ceremony & Next steps UI Conference Centre Refreshments/Lunch & 12.30 UI Conference Centre Departure OPENING CEREMONY PROGRAMME 2.00 – 5. 30 PM, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018 Master of Ceremony: Mr Edmund Obilo 2.00pm Arrival and Recognition of Dignitaries 2.00-2.05 pm National Anthem & University of Ibadan Anthem 2.05-2.25pm Welcome Addresses: Host, Professor Ademola Dasylva, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan Chief Host, Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan Citation: Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso. The Toyin Falola @65 Conference: Draft Conference Program. H-West-Africa. 01-23-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/13790/discussions/1270078/toyin-falola-65-conference-draft-conference-program Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 4 H-West-Africa Grand Host, His Excellency, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Nigeria Conference Convenor-General, Dr Samuel Oloruntoba, Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, South Africa 2.25-2.35pm Chairman’s Opening Remarks, Professor Jide Owoeye, Pro- Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria 2.35-2.45 Introduction of Keynote Speaker by…. 2.45-3.25 Opening Keynote Address, “African Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Legacy of Africa,” by Professor Gloria T. Emeagwali, Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University, USA 3.25-3.40 Reflections on Keynote Address 3.40-4.00 Interlude/ Performances: Standup Comedy by LaffUp; Cultural Performance by Olaijo Cultural Group 4.00-4.15 Citation of Honoree, Professor Toyin Falola, The Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, by Dr Doyin Aguoru, The Department of English, University of Ibadan 4.15-4.45 Royal Felicitations: The Alaafin of Oyo The Olubadan of Ibadan Other Royal Majesties Present 4.45-5.00 Fraternal Greetings by Representatives of Conference Co- Hosts 5.00-5.10 Book Presentation: The Toyin Falola Reader, by His Royal Highness, Oba Adedokun Omoniyi Abolarin, Aroyinkeye I, The Orangun of Oke-Ila, Osun State, Nigeria 5.10-5.15 Declaration of Conference Open by Grand Host/Alaafin of Oyo Citation: Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso. The Toyin Falola @65 Conference: Draft Conference Program. H-West-Africa. 01-23-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/13790/discussions/1270078/toyin-falola-65-conference-draft-conference-program Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 5 H-West-Africa 5.15-5.30pm Closing Performance DAY ONE, MONDAY 29 JANUARY 2018 6.30-9.00pm, Movie Presentation: “Roti” (2017), a Kunle Afolayan Film Entry is free Refreshments will be served FELICITATIONS Citation: Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso. The Toyin Falola @65 Conference: Draft Conference Program. H-West-Africa. 01-23-2018. https://networks.h-net.org/node/13790/discussions/1270078/toyin-falola-65-conference-draft-conference-program Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 6 H-West-Africa BIRTHDAY BANQUET PROFESSOR TOYIN FALOLA @65 Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 6.30-11.00pm The International Conference Centre PROGRAMME Master of Ceremony: Segun Ogundipe aka LaffUp Arrival of Guests Musical Prelude