2017 Africa Conference Schedule, the University of Texas at Austin, March 31 to April 2

H-Africa 2017 Africa Conference Schedule, The University of TExas at Austin, March 31 to April 2

Discussion published by Oloruntoyin Falola on Wednesday, March 22, 2017

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

Conference Schedule at a Glance Friday – March 31, 2017 Time Activity Venue 9:30 – 10:30am Registration / Coffee UTC 3.104 10:30am – 12noon Panels A1 – A7 UTC 3.110; 3.122; 3.124; 3.134, 4.102; 4.104; 4.124; and 4.132

12noon – 1:30pm Lunch SZB 104 (Sanchez Building) 1:30pm – 3:00pm Panels B1 – B8 UTC 3.110; 3.122; 3.124; 3.134, 4.102; 4.104; 4.124; and 4.132 3:15pm – 4:45pm Panels C1 – C7 UTC 3.110; 3.122; 3.124; 3.134, 4.102; 4.104; 4.124; and 4.132 4:45pm – 5:45pm Keynote UTC 2.102A 6:00pm – 7:30pm Conference Dinner SZB 104

Saturday - April 1, 2017 Time Activity Venue 9:00am – 10:00am Opening/Breakfast GAR 1.126

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10:00am – 11:30am Panels D1 – D7 GAR 0.120; 0.128; 0.132; 1.134; 2.112; 2.128 and 3.116 11:45am – 1:15pm Panels E1 – E7 GAR 0.120; 0.128; 0.132; 1.134; 2.112; 2.128 and 3.116 1:30pm – 3:00pm Lunch GAR 0.102 3:00pm – 4:30 pm Panels F1 – F7 GAR 0.120; 0.128; 0.132; 1.134; 2.112; 2.128 and 3.116 6:45 --- Conference Banquet Holiday Inn, Town Lake

Sunday – April 2, 2017 Time Activity Venue 9:00am – 10:30am Panels G1 – G6 CLA 0.102; 0.128; 1.104; and 1.106 10:45am – 12:15pm Panels H1 – H6 CLA 0.102; 0.128; 1.104; and 1.106

7:00pm ---- Farewell Dinner 16931 Mouse Trap Drive, Round Rock, TX 78681

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: FRIDAY, MARCH 31

Panel Session A: 10:30am – 12 noon

A1: Rethinking Colonialism and Neocolonialism UTC 3.110

Chair: Augustine Ayuk, Clayton State University

African Political and Economic Relationships to the Americas, Asia, and Europe Bernard Oppong - Kumi, Cardiff Metropolitan University Gyasi Kwadwo Samuel, Valley View University, Ghana

Colonialism and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa: A Blend of an Old Wine in a New Bottle Anuoluwapo Abosede Durokifa and Edwin Ijeoma, University of Fort Hare

A Colonizing Agricultural Company in Somalia. The Duke of Abruzzi’s Società Agricola Italo-Somala in the Italian colonial fascist system Alberto Cauli, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Images of Colonialism in the Text of Two African Female Poets Gabriel Bamgbose, Rutgers University

Persistent Colonial Fictions: Africa and the Specter of Development P. S. Polanah, Virginia Tech

A2: Nationalist Movements and Decolonization UTC 3.122 Chair: Arinpe G. Adejumo, University of Ibadan

From Gun to Guitar: The Performance of Tuareg Nationalism Bonnie Bates, Carleton University, Ottawa

Decolonizing the Network: Art and Communication in Akinola Lasekan’s Nigeria Perrin Lathrop, Princeton University

Mistaken identities: Unpacking African and black identities. Fileve T. Palmer, Purdue University

Rupturing Colonial Legacies: Colonialism and Decolonization of Africa and the African Diaspora Peris Muthoni Githuthu, Independent Scholar

Precolonial Imaginaries and Colonial Legacies in Mobutu’s “Authentic” Zaïre Daviel Lazure-Vieira, University of Toronto

A3: Lingering Legacies: Poverty and Underdevelopment UTC 3.124 Chair: Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan

Ghana’s Effort towards the Emergence of Green Economy and Poverty Alleviation Samuel Adu Boahen, Nanchang University

Underdevelopment and Poverty in Africa: The Effectiveness of Development Programs In Nigeria, 2000-2015 Omokanye Okikidayo Ayotunde, University of Lagos

The Impact of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth in Nigeria Lawal Nurudeen Abiodun,Tai Solarin University of Education

Colonial Legacies on Food Dependency: The Case of Ghana Tahar Abbou, African University Ahmed Draia Adrar, Algeria

Development, Underdevelopment and Poverty Akanmu Sulaimon, Independent Scholar

Rethinking Afroxiology for Authentic African Development Modestus Nnamdi Onyeaghalaji, University of Lagos

A4: Lives Matter: Migration, Movement, and the Struggle for Survival UTC 3.134 Chair:Ann Albuyeh, University of Puerto Rico

Migration and Exile: The Exotic Essence of Life Joshua Agbo, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

African Communities in the Diaspora: Health Literacy and the Declining Significance of Nutrition Tina Jordan, Bowie State University

Interrogating Livelihoods, Cultural Survival and Development of Homeland among the Aro in the United States Chinedu Okoro, Independent Scholar

The Transatlantic Stage: The Debate Surrounding Diasporic Drama Kerry Goldmann, The University of Texas at Dallas

Syncretic Religions of the African Diaspora Edward Asare, Kumasi Polytechnic

Transnational Identities and Borders: Stories of Somali Bantu Refugees in Tanzania, Maine and Texas Amber Walker, The University of Texas at San Antonio

A5: Food, Minds and Bodies: Economic Development Strategies UTC 4.102 Chair: Samuel Zalanga, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN

Farmers and Acacias in the Sahel: Understanding Africa’s Great Green Wall Initiative from a Local Perspective Karen S. Barton, University of Northern Colorado

Cottage Food Industries: A Viable Solution to Food Crises and Hunger in Nigeria Ihuoma Chinyere Onunyere, Independent Scholar

Poverty Alleviation Efforts in Kenya: Combining the top-down approach and the bottom-up approach Dominic Williams, Nanchang University

Productivity and Profitability Analyses of Various Aquaculture Ventures in Nigeria: Towards Improved Livelihood Olusegun Ayorinde, Tai Solarin University of Education

A6: Remaking Gender and Development UTC 4.104 Chair: Olufunke Adeboye, University of Lagos

Remaking Feminine Respectability: Yoruba Christian Women in Colonial and Post-Colonial Nigeria Olufunke Adeboye, University of Lagos

Feminine Gender Identity in Nigerian Music Education: Trends, Challenges and Prospects Michael Olutayo Olatunji, Obafemi Awolowo Univeristy, Ile-Ife

The Concepts of Feminism and Motherhood: (Gender Issue) Titi Christianah Falana, Ekiti State University

Black Bodies and Black Motherhood in Slavery and Post/Neo-Slavery Brazil Fernando Rocha, Middlebury College

Women Etched in Stone: The 1956 Women’s March and Women’s Representation in Public History in South Africa Sara Sanders, Sarah Lawrence College, NY

Reproductive Health Issues in Disaster Management: A Reflection on the Impact of Disaster on Women and Girls’ Health in Nigeria Veronica A. Undelikwo and Michael Ihwo, The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital

A7: Africa Works: Traditional Institutions and their Aftermath UTC 4.124 Chair: Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, The University of Texas at Austin

Tracing the Transnational: The body and its metaphors in Chris Abani’s fiction Rebekah Cumpsty, University of York

Entrepreneurial Practices and History of the Ijebus in Yoruba Kingdom 1885-1914 (From the Root of Resource Heterogeneity) Rasheed A. Oyedeji, Tai Solarin University of Education Kaolat O. Odunaike, Tai Solarin University of Education

Colonial Legacy and its Implications for Public Administration and State Building in Nigeria: The Indigenous Governance Structures Option Gafar Idowu Ayodeji and Ibidapo S. Odukoya, Tai Solarin University of Education

Using oral traditions to unpack gender oppression theory in pre-colonial history of South Africa: Some preliminary thoughts on the role of African proverbs Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, University of South Africa

LUNCH – 12noon – 1:30pm (Sanchez Building, SZB 104)

Panel Session B: 1:30pm – 3:00pm

B1: Oil and (In)Dependence in Africa: Strategies for Rupturing Economic Inequities – Past, Present, and Future UTC 3.110 Chair: Kairn A. Klieman, University of Houston

International Oil Companies and Struggles for (In)Dependence in Africa: A Case Study from Angola Kairn A. Klieman, University of Houston

Bunkering (Oil Lifting): Protest, Empowerment, and (De)Colonization in the Niger Delta of Nigeria Rebecca Golden Timsar, University of Houston

Local Content in the Sub-Saharan African Petroleum Industry: Reinforcing or Breaking Free from the Neo-Colonial Model? Thomas Mitro, University of Houston

Analyzing the African Gap: New Solutions through New Thinking about Leadership and Sustainability Doyin Olutona, U-Turn Africa Forums/Mzuzah

B2: Crisis and Violence in African Societies UTC 3.122 Chair: Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Rhodes College

Triangulation Approach in the Management of School-Based Violence in South African Schools Eke Chidi Idi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Black African immigrants’ perception of police-citizens’ deadly encounters in North America: An exploratory study Damilohun Ayoyo, University of Alberta

Police brutality Dickson Adom, ISBC, Bahrain Assumpta Nnochiri, Independent Scholar

Psychosocial Determinants of Illicit Drug Use by Nigeria University Athletes Ipinmoroti Olanrewaju Adeola, Tai Solarin University of Education Oworu Olugbemiga Olufolahan, Tai Solarin University of Education

B3: Religion and Ethnicity UTC 3.124 Chair: Egodi Uchendu, University of Nigeria

Food representations in inter-group identity labelling among Nigeria’s ethnic Nationalities: An Analysis of ndi ofe mmanu and a j’okuta ma m’omi labels of the Igbo and Yoruba ethnic groups in Lagos Cecilia Titilayo Clement, University of Ibadan

Race and Identity Politics Jonathan Okeke, Regent University, Virginia

The Resolution of Chieftaincy Disputes by Esan Customary Law and the Media: Ewu Kingdom as a Case Study Senny O. Oso, Ekiti State University

Interrogating Islamic Propagation (Da’awah) In Eastern Nigeria Egodi Uchendu and Emmanuel Ibuot, University of Nigeria, and African Humanities Research and Development Circle; Chukwuemeka Agbo, The University of Texas at Austin, and African Humanities Research and Development Circle

Ethnic Politics and Nationalism in Africa: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis of the Nigerian Political System Akeju Babatunde Oluwafemi, Olabisi Onabanjo University

Panopticismand Pentecostal Politics Abimbola Adelakun, The University of Texas at Austin

B4: Education for Development UTC 3.134 Chair: Michael Sharp, University of Puerto Rico

Legacies from Colonialism and Current Trends in making Education Truly Vocational in African Countries - Lessons from Nigeria Edwards A. Alademerin, Tai Solarin University of Education

Educational Policies Atta Kofi Raymond, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

The Colonialism and Policy of Education in Nigeria- An Overview Ojebiyi Olufemi, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

School Management Team and Organizational Climate as a Correlate of National Policy Implementation in Primary Schools’ in Ogun State Yonlonfun Ebun, Tai Solarin University of Education

Decolonizing Musical Art: Using African Songs to Teach Junior Secondary Mathematics Abisola O. Lawani, Tai Solarin University of Education

How Basic is Universal Basic Education? Troubling Nigerian Educational System Queen Ogbomo, Tennessee Technological University Rufaro Chitiyo, Tennessee Technological University

B5: Strategies for Poverty Alleviation and Economic Empowerment UTC 4.102 Chair: Adebayo Oyebade, Tennessee State University

Examining the contribution of micro-finance institutions to poverty reduction in the Kasoa district of the Central Region of Ghana Samuel Acheampong, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

The Role of Technology in National Integration and Development in Nigeria Ikotun Taibat Olusola, Tai Solarin University of Education

The Use of Indigenous Sheep as Panacea for Malnutrition in Nigeria Ettu Rotimi Olatunji, Tai Solarin University of Education

Tourism Development: Challenges of Sustainable Tourism in Mombasa and Badagry, 2000-2015 Adeyemi Joel Oyetola, Tai Solarin University of Education

Socio-Economic Contributions of Tourism and Agriculture to Economic Development of Ogun State, Nigeria Banjo Oluwole, A. T. Olawumi, and O. A. Odusina, Tai Solarin University of Education

B6: Examining Africa’s History of Exploitation UTC 4.104 Chair: Susan Rasmussen, University of Houston

The Omnipresent Past: Memories of Colonialism vs Slavery and the Relationship between African Americans and Africans in the US Dmitry Bondarenko, Russian Academy of Sciences

Tangled Roots - Black Canadian Women’s Hair & Belonging in Canada Shaunasea Brown, York University, Toronto

“Our Church is Like a Village”: Ritual Therapy Among Kabyle Converts to Christianity in France Susan Rasmussen, University of Houston

An Overview of National Policy on Higher Education and Skills Development in Nigeria Osezua Ehiyamen Mediayonose, University of Ilorin

Oral History in African Culture: The Prevalence of Proverbs as a Value System among the Yoruba of Nigeria Folasade Caroline Omokanye, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho

Cultural and Artistic Tourism Funmilah Sally Ahmed, Center for Black and African Arts and Civilization, Abuja

B7: Decolonizing Africa’s History and Culture UTC 4.124 Chair: Edgard Sankara, The University of Delaware

Carter G. Woodson, Kenneth O. Dike and the Decolonization of Black History Undiyaundeye A. Udida, University of Uyo

On the Postcolonial Ruins: On the Work of African Speculative and Science Fiction Raquel Baker, Rhodes College

Yoruba Religious Identity and Colonialism: Yoruba Playwrights’ View Aderibigbe Moronmubo Martina, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta

Decolonizing the Body: Testimonies in Opposition to Gender Violence Fongang Delphine, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Postcolonial African life narratives and their mirror effect Edgard Sankara, The University of Delaware

Abel Conder and Mahamut: Captive Narratives and Colonial Erasures in the Caribbean and Early Modern Portuguese Atlantic

Neal D. Polhemus, University of South Carolina

B8: Contemporary Issues of Governance and Development UTC 4.132 Chair: Elizabeth Jacob, Stanford University

The Contemporary Neo-colonialism and Bankruptcy of Anti-Corruption Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Explanation of Nigeria’s Struggle against Political Corruption. Gafar Idowu Ayodeji, Tai Solarin University of Education

Magic and the Development of Science and Technology: A Critical Appraisal of Colonialism in Africa Ijaola Oluwatope Samson, Samuel Adegboyega University

Africa’s Children in Armed Conflict: Implications against Fundamental Human Rights Yakubu Moses Oboh, University of Benin

Educational Policy, Entrepreneurship and Unemployment Eradication in Nigeria Olubanji Obadara and Omolade Akinsanya, Tai Solarin University of Education

The Discourse of the Evolution of Management Theories, Thought and Philosophy of the Yorubas in South-western, Nigeria Rasheed A. Oyedeji, Tai Solarin University of Education Kaolat O. Odunaike, Tai Solarin University of Education

Integrating Indigenous and Western Health Practices as Synergy for Development in the Globalization Era: The Nigerian Example Adewale Adepoju, Tai Solarin University of Education

Panel Session C: 3:15pm – 4:45pm

C1: Race and Human Rights in Africa and the Diaspora UTC 3.110 Chair: Augustine Ayuk, Clayton State University

The Justice Conundrum: Africa, human rights and the International Criminal Court Jon Silverman, University of Bedfordshire, UK

Civil Society and the Democratic Space in Africa: Cameroon, Challenges and Prospects Augustine Ayuk, Clayton State University

Searching for a Commonplace: Analyzing the Limits of Deliberation and Decolonization in the Midst of the Rhodes Must Fall Movement Joseph L. Lewis, Wayne State University & Delta College

Identity, the 'Passing' Novel, and the Phenomenology of “Race.” Mawuena Kossi Logan, University of Louisville

Indigenous African Religion Versus Foreign Religious Invasion: A Study in Culture Shock and need for Genuine Cosmological Decolonization Terwase T. Dzeka, Benue State University

C2: Yoruba Culture and Adaptation to Modernity UTC 3.122 Chair: Olufunke Adeboye, University of Lagos

The Effects of Colonization on the Cultural Values of The Yoruba People: Focus on the Use of The

Traditional Drums in Yoruba Land Omobola Agnes Aladesanmi, Ekiti State University

The Unceasing Effect of Linguistic Imperialism in African Countries: The Yoruba Case Timothy Adeyemi Akanbi, Ekiti State University

The ‘Health Is Wealth’ Syndrome Among the Yoruba of Nigeria: Beyond Orthodox Medicine in Health Care Delivery Babatunde Olanrewaju, Tai Solarin University of Education

Relevance and Utilitarian roles of Adire Textile in Yorubaland: A Historical Perspective 1960 - 2010 Adewale Adepoju, Tai Solarin University of Education

The Portability of the Orisha: The Proliferation of Yoruba Religion in the Nineteenth Century Atlantic Sheneese Thompson, The Ohio State University

C3: Colonization, Language, and Conflict UTC 3.124 Chair: Michael Sharp, University of Puerto Rico

Afro-Caribbean Responses to Linguistic and Cultural Colonialism Ann Albuyeh, University of Puerto Rico

Sociolinguistic Development of Loan Words in Yoruba: English and French as Donor Languages Samuel Babatunde, Tai Solarin University of Education

Lepoon, Naamu, and De-Colonizing Rhetorics of Audience in the Contemporary African Novel Jeffrey Dodd, Gonzaga University

Convergent Narratives of Displacement in Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet Foteini Dimirouli, Princeton University

Globalization and Modern Forms of Slavery in Nigeria Peter Olusegun Alokan, Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Contextualising Symbolism in Post-Colonial Nigerian Christian Art: A Study on Iconography Kurotamunonye Ibanibo William-West, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

C4: Culture, Gender, and Governance UTC 3.134 Chair: Augustine Agwuele, Texas State University

To Be Free: Black Women Activists and the Broader Vision of Democracy Courtney Thompson, Sewanee: University of the South

Bakkies and the Impermanent Black body: Performance and symbolism of transient labor in South Africa

Keegan Medrano, San Francisco State University

Exploring Orthodox Medicine for Advancement in African Traditional Medicine: A Case of Hypertension Management in Nigeria Esther Opeyemi Adebowale, University College Hospital, Ibadan Ijaola Oluwatope Samson, Samuel Adegboyega University

Development, Underdevelopment and Poverty in Contemporary Africa Austin Aghemelo and Jane Onimhmawo, Ambrose Alli University

Separate Space: An approach to addressing gender inequality in the workplace Zuziwe Khuzwayo, Human Sciences Research Council

C5: Films, Social Media, and Mass Mobilization UTC 4.102 Chair: Jean-Olivier Tchouaffe, Southwestern University

Cultural Identity and Films: Orality in Selected Nollywood Films Morenike Adeniran, Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan Adeyeye Hezekiah, Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan

From Grass to Grandeur: Nollywood, Self-Reflexivity and the Igbo Gospel Music Video Genre in Nigeria Nduka Otiono, Carleton University, Ottawa

#HowTheyRobbedUs: confession as protest and social media witnessing as active resistance in postcolonial Zimbabwe Shona Kambarami, The New School for Public Management, NY

Internet Memes and the De-spiritification of God-Man Relations in Nigerian Christian Adverts. Bandele A. Sogbesan and Catherine O. Williams, Tai Solarin University of Education

Gender Representation and Ideologies in Hip-Hop Music; The Nigerian Perspective Olutoyin C. Williams and Sogbesan Bamidele Adeboye, Tai Solarin University of Education

Genre Preferences among the Benin Language Video-Film Audience in Nollywood Osakue Omoera, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria

C6: Re-imagining Hispanic African Diaspora identities in the Americas: History, Religion and Philosophy UTC 4.104 Chair:Alain Lawo-Sukam, Texas A&M University

Afro-Latinos in the US: An (Un)even Playing Field. Alain Lawo-Sukam, Texas A&M University

Tobacco, Struggle, and Solidarity: A Genealogy of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg’s Hispanic Heritage Daniela Abraham, Texas A&M University

Representación y Relación de las deidades de agua Ochún, Yemayá y Mami Wata y su palimpsesto iconográfico con la Virgen María Yumary Alfonso, Texas A&M University

Multiplicidad y reinterpretación de la religión yoruba en Cuba y su diáspora René Rubí Cordoví, Texas A&M University

C7: Reimaging Health and Social Services UTC 4.124 Chair: Oluwatoyin Asojo, Baylor College of Medicine

Local and Global Dynamics in the Transformation of Ports Health Services in Nigeria Since 1925 Benjamin Uchenna Anaemene, United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia

Empirical Investigation of Life Cancer Risk Within the Black Race Due to Ingestion Radionuclides from African Medicinal Herbs Kunle Giwa, Tai Solarin University of Education Johnson Olufemi Adepitan, Tai Solarin University of Education

Race, Genetics, Epigenetics and Health: Science and pseudoscience and the health of Africans in the diaspora and the continent Oluwatoyin Asojo, Baylor College of Medicine

The Study of Choice of Maternity Birth Centres and Family Planning Techniques among Married Women in the South-Western Part of Nigeria Tolu Ogunleye, Tai Solarin University of Education

African Traditional Medicine: From Representation to Practice in Formal Education Processes Godson Nwokocha and Busisiwe Alant, University of KwaZulu-Natal

6:00pm – 7:30pm Conference Dinner - SZB 104 (Registered participants only)

Saturday - April 1, 2017

D Panels 10:00am – 11:30am

D1: Instruments of Colonial Domination GAR 0.120 Chair: Bamidele Aly, Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1)

“Civilization, Commerce, and Christianity”: How British Abolitionists Understood Slavery and Slave

Trade in Central and East Africa, 1860s and 1890s William Skidmore, Rice University

Our English, Not Theirs: The Decolonization of the English Language in Nigeria and the Politics of Native Versus Non-Native Englishes Beatrice Egwuogu, Tai Solarin University of Education

Waldensian Missionaries in Colonial Abyssinia (1880s-1941) Caterina Scalvedi, University of Illinois at Chicago

Growth of Predatory Open Access Journals and Implications: Call for Decolonisation Of Scholarly Communication by African Scholars Niran Adetoro, Tai Solarin University of Education

The decimalization and metrication behind the new monetary sovereignty of Nigeria in the early 1970s Bamidele Aly, Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1)

Colonial Educational Policy and Teachers Professional Development in Nigeria: An Historical Discourse Olukunle Olagunju Balogun, Tai Solarin University of Education Ojebiyi Olufemi Adesola, Obafemi Awolowo University

D2: Historicizing the Individual in African HistoryGAR 0.128 Chair:Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué, Baylor University

Julius Nyerere and Postcolonial Canonization Paul Bjerk, History Department, Texas Tech University

Mickey Leland: Humanitarian for all – from Houston to Africa John Brundrett, University of Houston

Bantustan Biography: Apartheid Networks in the Making of Anti-Apartheid Chiefs Jill E. Kelly, Southern Methodist University

The Foremost Authority on Mental Illness in the African: A Biography of John Colin Carothers Jack McAfee, Baylor University

When History Is Written, the Cameroonian Women Will Have an Honorable Place in its Pages: Biographing Anglophone Cameroonian Women’s Lives Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué, Baylor University

D3: Arts, Creativity, and Emerging Technologies GAR 0.132 Chair: Susan Rasmussen, University of Houston

Music and Language: The Onomatopoeic Development of the Yoruba Konkolo Rhythm Olupemi Oludare, University of Lagos

Indian-African marriages in World War Two Nigeria Oliver Coates, Cambridge University

More than a Willow’s Song: Rokia Traoré’s Performance as Lyrical Narrator Nicole Frisbey, Texas A&M University San Antonio

A Reconnaissance Study of Lamidi Olonade Fakeye Wood Carvings in Retrospect Ademola Victor Fakeye, Obafemi Awolowo University

Media Vigilance for Sustainable Democracy in Postcolonial Nigeria Osakue Omoera, Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria

D4: Religion and Religious Change GAR 1.134 Chair: Fallou Ngom, Boston University

Islam in Africa and the Diaspora: The impact of Islam in Africa and Nigeria Diaspora Olawale Rafiu Babatunde, Independent Scholar

The Aladura Christians among the Yoruba of Nigeria: Symbol of a (De)colonized people Saheed Adeniyi Ogunkoya, Tai Solarin University of Education

The Impacts of Religious Colonialism and Culture on Theories of African Sexuality: A case study of queer culture in Nigeria Peter Okeugo, Independent Scholar

Ecological Movements in Buddhism Kenneth Lee, California State University, Northridge

Brokering the Politics of Religious Difference: North African Muslims and Jews and European Christian Settlers in French Algeria, 1830-1870 Rachel Schley, Harvard Business School

Making Sense of Religious Change in Postcolonial Africa: Conversion to Mormonism in Southeastern Nigeria Dima Hurlbut, Boston University

D5: Technology, Social Progress, and Governance GAR 2.112 Chair: Adebayo Oyebade, Tennessee State University

Mainstreaming Climate-Smart Technology Adaptation in South African’s Farmers’ Everyday Agricultural Practices: The Place and Space for Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Godson Nwokocha and Busisiwe Alant, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Standardization and the Endangerment of Language Varieties in Nigeria Imelda Udoh, University of Uyo

Pre- and Post-Colonial Political Structures in Africa Compared: Forging A More Sustainable Path Adebayo Opeyemi Emmanuel, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

Decolonizing the Housing Delivery in a Developing Economy: The Case of Nigeria Babatunde E. Jaiyeoba, Obafemi Awolowo University

Hunger and Malnutrition: Eliminating Food Crisis in Nigeria Omobolaji Samuel Ajisola, Achievers University

D6: Trajectories in Social and Cultural Practices GAR 2.128 Chair: Bessie House-Soremekun, Jackson State University

Decolonizing the Marriage Institution in Nigeria: A Socological Survey. Agosa Olufunke and Samson Olalekan Fowowe, The Polytechnic, Ibadan Ibrahim Koroma, Federal College of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Remodeling Ethno-centric Art Traditions of the Nigerian Headdress: Post-Colonial Purviews at the Crux of Occidental Modernist Interventions Chinenye Emelogu and Kurotamunonye Ibanibo William-West, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Local cultures, foreign language, and decolonizing pedagogy: French teaching in Madagascar Andriamanana Rijasoa, University of New Mexico Catherine Rasoafara, Lycée Philibert Tsiranana Mahajanga, Madagascar

Postmodernism, Postcoloniality and the Female Subject: Breaking the master narrative through performance Lebogang Disele, University of Alberta

Cultural Expressions in the Work of Contemporary African-American and Nigerian Architects Abimbola Asojo, University of Minnesota

From the Dead’s own Mouth? Towards a socio-linguistic analysis of ‘trans talk’ at a Ghanaian burial service Kofi Nutor, The University of Texas at Austin

D7: Resistance, Adaptation, and Development GAR 3.116 Chair: Gashawbeza Bekele, Tennessee State University

Getting Out from the Shadow of Colonialism: Challenges and Prospects for Nigeria

Bolaji Omitola, Osun State University

Decolonization in Africa as an Institution of Bedevilled Cultural Protestation Ayodeji Akintunde Giwa, Tai Solarin University of Education

#YouthMovements #AfricanTwitter: Tweeting and Tagging the Affirmative Repositioning Movement in Namibia Kelly Fulkerson Dikuua, The Ohio State University

Alexandrian Orthodoxy and the Hinterlands of Africa Joshua Georgy, University of Massachusetts

Impacts of the Closure of Dadaab Refugee Camps on Somali Refugees Aida M. Mwanzia, University of British Columbia

Rupturing Neocolonial Legacies in the African Novel: Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s Matigari as a Paradigm Damlegue Lare, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

E Panels 11:45am – 1:15pm

E1: Changing Patterns of Adaptation to Modernity GAR 0.120 Chair: Oladele A. Balogun, Olabisi Onabanjo University

Black Panther Praxis and State Repression Navid Farnia, Ohio State University

Challenges and Prospects of Alternative Medicine in Post-Colonial Southwestern Nigeria Olabode Oshadare, Kogi State University

Decolonizing the Concept of Naming in Contemporary Yoruba Thought: A Philosophical Enquiry Oladele A Balogun, Olabisi Onabanjo University

Decolonizing the African Mind as a Panacea to Rupturing Colonial Legacies: Linguistic Perspectives Balogun Temitope Abiodun, Osun State University

A Pragmatic Analysis of Selected Social Justice Songs by Bob Marley and the Wailers Joseph Oluwole Akinbode, Tai Solarin University of Education

Economics of the Livelihoods of the Forest Dependent People in Ondo State of Nigeria Olawumi, A. T. Odusina O. A and Banjo, O.S, Tai Solarin University of Education

E2:Considerations in Marxism and Form GAR 0.128 Chair: Auritro Majumder, University of Houston

Creating an Indigenous Utopia: Buchi Emecheta's The Rape of Shavi's Marxist-inspired Utopian

Impulse Eugene Penzien, University of Houston

The Gendered Individual in the West African Postcolonial Novel Maurine Ogbaa, University of Houston

Allegories of Space, Spaces of Allegory: Landscapesof Africa in Chander Pahad and King Solomon’s Mines Sandeep Banerjee, McGill University, Montreal

The Struggle over History and Realizing a Fanonian-Marxist Utopia in 21st Century Zimbabwe Novuyo Tshuma, University of Houston

Dramatic Connections: North Ireland and South Africa Sreya Chatterjee, West Virginia University

Modernism-Realism: pace Third Cinema Auritro Majumder, University of Houston

E3: Issues of Race, Gender, and Decolonization GAR 0.132 Chair: Elizabeth Jacob, Stanford University

Militant Mothers: Gender and Political Participation in Postwar Côte d’Ivoire Elizabeth Jacob, Stanford University

Re-reading Anders Breivik and Dylann Roof at the dawn of “Trumpism” Sadaf Mirzahi and Temitope B. Oriola; University of Alberta

Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Embodiment of Race in Between the World and Me Julia Stryker, The University of Texas at Austin

Cultural Imperialism and the Struggle for National Consciousness in Wole Soyinka's Childe Internationale Adeyi Muftiat Oyindamola, University of Ilorin

Clamour for Women Empowerment in Nigeria: The Need for Cognitive Restructuring Samuel Ekundayo Oladipo, Tai Solarin University of Education

Determinants of participation of rural women in off-farm economic activities and rural farming households’ food poverty status Odusina Olaniyi Adegoke, Tai Solarin University of Education

E4:Decoloniality, Politics, and Rhetoric in African Contexts GAR 1.134

Chair: Nancy Henaku, Michigan Technological

Decolonial Visions in Mid-Twentieth Century African Rhetoric: Perspectives from Kwame Nkrumah’s Consciencism Nancy Henaku, Michigan Technological University

The Rhetoric of Akan Adinkra Symbols Ruby Pappoe, University of Texas at El Paso

Re-Imagining Alternative Rhetorics for “Apartheid” South Africa Sidouane Patcha Lum, University of Texas at El Paso

Towards a Decolonial Approach to African Political Rhetoric: The Case of Nigerian Election Campaign Yunana Ahmed,Michigan Technological University

E5: Challenges of Poverty and Social Programs GAR 2.112 Chair: Consoler Teboh, St. Cloud State University

History of HIV as Communicable Disease and the efforts towards its management among the refugee and asylum seekers in South Africa Kulubrehan A. Teweldemedhin, University of South Africa

Determinants of Acculturation Stress: A Family Separation Perspective on Refugee and Immigrant Challenges in New Homelands Consoler Teboh, St. Cloud State University

Guiding and Counseling the Youth in a Developing Economy: The Nigerian Perspective Adenigba Damilola, University of Lagos

The Motivational Effects of Secondary School Teachers' Disciplinary Styles in Nigeria Ocheho ThankGod, Lancaster University

Rupturing colonial legacies; attractions and limits of Fulani herdsmen activities in Nigeria Bolaji Omitola, Osun State University, Nigeria

Forced Migration: Boko Haram’s Induced Migration in Northern Nigeria Mujtaba Ali Muhammad, Walden University

E6: Emerging Challenges of Governance and Development GAR 2.128 Chair: Nduka Otiono, Carleton University, Ottawa

Colonial Ideology and the Emergence of Two Spaces: The Nigerian Experience Bright Alozie, West Virginia University

Decolonizing Zimbabwe’s Archives in the Age of Authoritarianism Chido Muchemwa, The University of Texas at Austin

Zuma, Sex ‘witch doctors’, and interracial relations: Sexuality, the nation-state and bodies in post- apartheid South Africa Keegan Medrano, San Francisco State University

Name, Identity and History in Africa: The Esan People Experience Ebhomienlen Thomas Oseyi, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Kunle Afolayan’s “October 1st” as a Postcolonial Text Folasade Justinah Adegbembo, The Polytechnic, Ibadan

Impact of Weather and Global Warming on Indigenous African Musical Instruments Egunjobi Abiodun, Tai Solarin University

E7: Knowledge, Creativity, and Governance GAR 3.116 Chair: Jean-Olivier Tchouaffe, Southwestern University

Topics in Pedagogy, visual and Acoustic Practices in African Cinema: Thoughts on Bamako (2006), The President (2014) and A Leaf in the Wind (2014) Jean-Olivier Tchouaffe, Southwestern University

Sleight of Hand: Late 19th Century Carved Ivory Sculptures and Postcards Jessica Stephenson, Kennesaw State University

I did not know if was ‘ÈÈWọ̀’: Exploring Knowledge and Adherence to Pregnancy and Childbirth Taboo Across Two Generations in Nigeria Adenike Adegbayi, Redeemer’s University

Perceptions of academic staff and students on the implementation of the language policy at the university of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College campus. Balungile Shandu, Human Sciences Research Council

The Inter-play between Colonialism and Contemporary Land Rights in Nigeria Adekunbi Adeleye, University of Ilorin

Education Policies Ajala Kazeem Olatunde, Independent Scholar

1:30pm – 3:00pm LUNCH (GAR0.102)

F – Panels: 3:00pm – 4:30pm

F1: Culture, Indigenous Systems and Development GAR 0.120 Chair: Augustine Agwuele, Texas State University

Indigenous Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development in Kenya Augustine Agwuele, Texas State University

Coming Home: Carnival and the Trinidadian Diaspora Dan Castilow, Tulane University

De[re]constructing African’s role in the global history of innovation and technology: Understanding the complexities of early glass/glass bead making technology in Ile-Ife, Nigeria Babalola Abidemi Babatunde, Harvard University

Neo colonialism and the silencing of traditional medicine Noumbouwo Danielle, Virginia Tech

Ojagbe: A Content and Contextual Analysis of a Nigerian Indigenous Burial Dance in the Eyes of Contemporaneity Felix Damilola Emoruwa, University of Lagos

African Politics and the Way Forward: A Study of the Language of Politics in Wale Okediran’s Tenants of the House Grace Omo-Ojugo, Ambrose Alli University

F2: Culture and Normativity GAR 0.128 Chair: Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan

On Postcolonial Knowledge: Ifá and Otto von Neurath in Conversation Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan

Cultural Identity and Representations of the “Other” in Yoruba Oral Literature Arinpe G. Adejumo, University of Ibadan

The Role of Civil of Societies in Ensuring Transparency and Accountability in Extractive Economies of Africa Destiny Oghayerio Enabulele, University of Benin

Iatrophobia and the African American Experience Rosalie Black Kiah, Norfolk State University

Cultural Colonialism in Selected Yorùbá Prose Narratives Abidemi O. Bolarinwa, University of Ibadan

Extended Family system among the Yoruba in South Western Nigeria: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Ipinmoroti Olanrewaju Adeola, Tai Solarin University of Education

F3: Gender, Race and Religion GAR 0.132 Chair: Gashawbeza Bekele, Tennessee State University

Racism Must Fall: Decolonizing the South African University Marzia Milazzo, Vanderbilt University

The Role of Religion in Eradicating Sexual Violence in Nigeria Amos A. Adediran and F. A. Abimbola, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta

Secondary School Teachers and Mass Cheating in Public Examinations: Implications for Educational Policies Jimoh Wale Owoyele, Tai Solarin University of Education

Language Policy and French Studies in Benin and Nigeria: The Anglo-Francophone Interface Oladele Tanitolorun, Tai Solarin University of Education

Sexist Language in Contemporary Social Media Discourse Feyi Ademola-Adeoye, University of Lagos

Gender, Immigration and Citizenship across West African Frontiers as Portrayed in Selected Yoruba Nollywood Films Olufadekemi Adagbada, Olabisi Onabanjo University

F4: Decolonization, Democracy, and Development GAR 1.134 Chair: Adebayo Oyebade, Tennessee State University

Historical Overview of Decolonization and Democratization Efforts and Challenges in Eritrea: A critical review of literature Kulubrehan A. Teweldemedhin, University of South Africa

Beyond the Mythology of Imperialism and Colonialism: Interrogating the Paradox of Post-Colonial Underdeveloped in Africa Soj Ojo, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

Restructuring of Nigeria Educational System Towards Self Reliance Abiodun Ojo, Tai Solarin University of Education

Underdevelopment, Poverty and Migration in Nigeria: Is Colonization a Maleficent Influence? Sunday Funmilola Babalola, Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Post-colonial Budgetary Expenditures on Agriculture and its Impacts on Economic Growth in Nigeria Inyang Okorie Ayi, Abia State University

Causes of Poverty in Africa Peprah Emmanuel Adusei, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications

F5: Interrogating Emerging Issues of Culture, Gender and Development GAR 2.112 Chair:Céline A. Jacquemin, St. Mary’s University

The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth: Insights and Lessons for Contemporary Africa Samuel Zalanga, Bethel University

Gender, Education and Poverty in Nigeria Sophia O. Ojo, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

One Million in One Hundred Days: Propaganda and the Colonial Roots of the Rwandan Genocide Wanjala S. Nasong'o, Rhodes College

Towards Decolonizing Africa: The Role of African Films in The Decolonization of Africa Yusuf Adeniyi Liadi, Osun State Polytechnic

A Marriage of Convenience: Multinational telecommunication companies and the informal economy Ojong Nathanael, Tyndale University College, Toronto

Corporate social responsibility & socio-economic development of Lagos 2005-2015 Bisayo Omoniyi, Independent Scholar

F6: Race, Culture, and Human Rights GAR 2.128 Chair: Alberto Cauli, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Lubabasu & Baptism: Slavery and Freedom in the Life of Onesimos Nasib Ethan Key, Georgia State University

St. Louis and the Black Body From the World’s Fair to Ferguson Terlona Knife, Washington State University

Borrowing, Improvising, and Inventing National Traditions: The Annual Commemorations of Rhodesia's and Transkei's Independence Days Josiah Brownell, Pratt Institute

Traditional Practices and Techniques of the Yoruba Agidigbo Instrument: The African Pianism Perspective Olupemi Oludare, University of Lagos

Information Needs of Albinos in Yoruba Ethnic Group Adenekan Tolulope, Lead City University, Ibadan

Reinvigorating Supervisions as Innovation in Teaching and Learning Cultural Values as Panacea for Moral Decadence in African Society Amos A. Adeniran, Federal College of Education, Abeokuata

F7: Frontiers of Epistemologies GAR 3.116 Chair:Ann Albuyeh, University of Puerto Rico

Erasing the Legacy of Colonialism and Apartheid: The South African poet Ingrid de Kok’s “A Room Full of Questions Michael Sharp, University of Puerto Rico

Reevaluando el legado: raza y clase en las obras fundacionales de la lexicografía en Cuba Armando Chávez-Rivera, University of Houston, Victoria

Descolonizacion discursiva y sexualidad en la mujer afrodescendiente en la Cuba contemporanea Maybel Mesa Morales, Texas A&M University

Rupturing Colonial Legacies: Paradigm Shift in Women’s Vocations and Professions in Southwestern Nigeria Ndidi Okpara, University of Lagos

A Place for Africa at the Table? African Studies in the Undergraduate Curriculum: A History Anene Ejikeme, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX

Conference Banquet 6:45pm Holiday Inn at Town Lake Registered Participants and Invited Guests Only

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Panel Session 9:00am – 10:30am

G1: Africa and the World CLA 0.102 Chair: Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan

Chinese neocolonialism: a comparison of selected African crime novels Karen Ferreira-Meyers, University of Swaziland

The Emirati – Kenyan relations: An Arab African model of cooperation Hala Thabet, Zayed University, UAE Impact of Third Parties on African Regional Economic Communities (RECs): A focus on Balkanization Oluwatobi Adeyemi Ogunmokun, Eastern Mediterranean University

The Indians are our Best Friends”: How Indians’ Struggle for Parity with European Settlers in

Colonial Kenya opened up the Political Space for Africans’ Participation. Catherine Odari, Georgia State University

Rural Level Impact of China free-aid water project in Nigeria Rosemary Eneji, University of Calabar Veronica A. Undelikwo, University of Calabar

G2: Decolonization, Independence, and Governance CLA 0.128 Chair: Kenneth E. Kalu, The University of Texas at Austin

Brick by Brick: Forging Solidarity through Afro-Turkish Identity in Modern Turkey Zavier Wingham, New York University

Rapturing Colonial Legacies: Colonialism and De-Colonialisation In Africa And the African Diaspora Yusufu Muwanga, Independent Scholar

The Cold War and Africa’s Decolonization Kenneth E. Kalu, The University of Texas at Austin

The Nexus between Governance and Economic Development in Nigeria Ikenna Victor Maduka, Independent Scholar

Natural Resources Management in Nigeria and the issues of Development Martins Samuel Onyejieke, University of Regina

Fanon, Cabral, and the Question of Foreign Volunteers in the Struggle for National Liberation Abel Djassi Amado, Simmons College, Boston

Colonial Legal Systems and Their Impacts on Development in Africa Charles Mbema Njomson, Independent Scholar

G3: Science, Innovation, and Creativity CLA 1.104 Chair: Arinpe G. Adejumo, University of Ibadan

A New Squalene Derivative from Physalis Angulata Odusina Babatope Oluseun, Tai Solarin University of Education

Speciation and Ecological Risk Assessment of Some Heavy Metals in Surficial Sediments from Isheri and Ijora River, Lagos, Nigeria Ogunbanjo Oriyomi, Tai Solarin University of Education

Student Related Factors as Determinant of Chemistry Academic Achievement Abudu Kamoli Adewale,Tai Solarin University of Education

Repositioning Colonial Legacy Towards Promoting Indigenous Technology Education in Nigeria: A Panacea for Unemployment and National Development Chiamaka Ifenna Isaac, Independent Scholar

Product Adaptation in the Ghanaian Automobile Market Asihene Ethel, Independent Scholar

The Influence of science and technology on society and economic development. J.D. Ayanda, Tai Solarin University of Education

The role of weather and climate on Socio-economic development J. O. Adepitan and K. A. Egunjobi, Tai Solarin University of Education

G4: Education, Media, and Mass Mobilization; CLA 1.106 Chair: Olufunke Adeboye, University of Lagos

Technology of the Social Media for Social Mobilization in Africa Adenubi Ademola, Tai Solarin University of Education

Teaching Cultural Diplomacy to Rupture the Vestiges of Colonially Induced Ethnic Nationalism in Nigeria Ogundare Samuel, Tai Solarin University of Education Sofadekan Adedayo Oyewole, Tai Solarin University of Education

Peer Pressure, Social Media Influences and Self-Esteem as Predictors of Adolescents’ Disposition to Drug Abuse in Senior Secondary Schools In Ogun State, Nigeria Abosede Ewumi, Tai Solarin University of Education

Colonization of Visual Art Education in Nigeria: New Art, New Artists in the Contemporary Globalised Art World Rod Adoh Emi, Tai Solarin University of Education

Reforming Technical and Vocational Education (Tve) Towards Technological Demands Oyenuga Anthony, B. M. Efuwape and A. O. Shodeinde, Tai Solarin University of Education

Strengthening Sexuality Education Through Social Networking Adeogun Adekunle Olanrewaju, Tai Solarin University

H Panels 10:45am – 12:15pm

H1: Contemporary Innovations and Encounters CLA 0.102 Chair: Oladele A. Balogun, Olabisi Onabanjo University

Development of Zoxazolamine for Precolumn Derivatization of Vanillin in Commonly Consumed Africa Food Samples Using High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Technique

Muideen R. Gbadamosi Tai Solarin University of Education

Equilibrium and Kinetics Studies of Heavy metal ions Sequestration onto African Citrulluslanatus Seed Biomass. Oluwakemi Oluwabunmi Banjoko, Tai Solarin University of Education

Antifungi Properties of The Aqueous and Methanol Extracts of Morinda Lucida Leaves and Stem Bark Oluwaseun Hannah Anselm, Tai Solarin University of Education O. O. Banjoko, and A. D. Osinubi, Tai Solarin University of Education

Determination of methyl and propyl paraben in pharmaceutical and cosmetic products using UV spectrophotometry technique Adeyemi Lawrence Ogunneye, Tai Solarin University of Education

Awareness and Use of Nutrition Information on Labeled Packaged Snacks among Undergraduates and Staff of Higher Institution in Nigeria Rachael Abisola Akano, Bukola Adeowo and M. O. Odusina, Tai Solarin University of Education

Transfer of Radionuclides from Soil to Ocimum Gratissimum and Vernonia Amygdalina Medicinal Plants and Evaluation of Radiological Health Risk to The Consumers Olusegun Sowole, Jacob Dele Ayanda and Kolawole Abiodun Egunjobi, Tai Solarin University of Education

Implications of Indigenous Scientific Practices on Science Education in Nigeria Oladipupo Adekunle Bamiro, Tai Solarin University of Education

H2: Localization and Globalization CLA 0.128 Chair: Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan

Globalization of Innovation and the Africa Indigenous Knowledge Question: An Historical Exposition Adeoye Akinola and Henry Wissink, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Rupture coloniale, pouvoir des mots et énonciation politique à Tokombéré (Nord-Cameroun) Simon Kevin Baskouda Shelley, Universitye de Maroua / COREDEC

Rupturing Colonial Legacies: Colonialisms and Decolonizations in Africa and the African Diaspora Olubunmi Toyin Gbadebo, Independent Scholar

Wale Okediran’s Tenants of the House: A Reflective Narrative of Political Compromise and Maneuvering in Nigeria Philomena O. Ojo, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

Dismantling the Frontier of “Otherness”: African Literature and the Implantation of a Canon Stella Tope Olaniyan Stella, The Polytechnic, Ibadan

Gender and Colonialism in Africa: A Study of Women Political and Economic Participation in Colonial Nigeria Ajisola Abiola Kolade, Lagos State University

H3: Religion and Social Life Among the Yoruba CLA 1.104 Chair: Bessie House Soremekun, Jackson State University

Women, Work, Culture and Entrepreneurship Amongst the Yoruba in Southwest, Nigeria Bessie House Soremekun, Jackson State University

Plantation Agriculture in Colonial Ijebu, 1951 – 1966: A Historical Exposition Osiyale Babatunde Olabiyi, Tai Solarin University of Education

Sacred Places and the Decolonization of Christianity in Afro-centric Churches in Yorubaland David Oladunjoye Alabi, Joseph Ayo Babalola University

Disease Outbreaks in the Urbanisation Process of Lagos Mufutau Oluwasegun Jimoh, Federal University, Brinin-Kebbi

Medicinal Plants and Ethno-Medicine in Yoruba Land of South Western Nigeria Niyi Adefala, Tai Solarin University of Education

Language Endangerment: The Case of Yoruba in Rural and Urban Settlements Feyi Ademola-Adeoye and Victor Arijeniwa, University of Lagos

H4: Governance and Economic Systems CLA 1.106 Chair: Samuel Zalanga, Bethel University

Crude Oil Extraction and Crises in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: A Linguistic Study of Helon Habila’s Oil on Water Justina Ngozi Edokpayi, Ambrose Alli University

Public Service Dynamism as a Catalyst for National Development in Nigeria Risikat Abimbola Akinseye, The Polytechnic, Ibadan

The Role of Women in Nigeria’s Democratic Development Patience Orji Ukah, Independent Scholar

An appraisal of the past, present and the future of Early Childhood Education through Education Policy Reforms in Nigeria. Adefunke Ekine, Tai Solarin University of Education

Foreign Direct Investment as a Re-Invigoration of Colonial Ties and Dependency Syndrome in

Contemporary International Economic Relations: Some Critical Issues Christopher Orngu Stanley, Benue State University

African Politics and the Way Forward: A Study of the Language of Politics in Wale Okediran’s “Tenants of the House” Justina Ngozi Edokpayi, Ambrose Alli University

7:00pm - Farewell Dinner (16931 Mouse Trap Drive, Round Rock. TX 78681)