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IADS GRANTS AND PROJECTS
UNILAG ACC
Lagos African Cluster Centre (LACC) is one of four (4) African Cluster Centres of the Africa Multiple, Centre of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth, Germany which benefits from an ongoing 7-year infrastructural as well as research grants for projects and initiatives aimed at re-configuring African Studies.
IADS PARTNERS WITH AHUWA
The Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS) at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with the Architecture Heritage and Urbanism of West Africa (AHUWA) Research Centre at the University of Liverpool. This partnership is part of the prestigious Leverhulme International Professorship grant awarded to Professor Taibat Lawanson. The collaboration will support the development of a Master’s programme in Global Urbanism and Heritage, fostering academic exchange and research between the two institutions. This programme will commence in September 2026.
TETFUND
Ongoing TETFUND Research Projects are:-
1.Engaging Social Media in Remodelling Character through Arts and Culture. Prof. Ayo Yusuff and his team will employ arts and culture in remodelling the character of digital citizens through the engagement of social media.There is need to infuse the time-tested social values and pass them to the youths as a value reprogramming strategy. Rather than query and condemn the nature of the content of the social media, it is imperative to create alternative content that will influence character formation. Therefore,the research envisages social re-engineering targeting the consumption practices and media adopted by the youths.
2.Beyond the Art: Understanding inter ethnic relations and national integration through scarification and body marks. Dr. Peter Oni and his team will enquire how scarification and body marks can move beyond its current notation of identity and serve as an enabler of social stability and nation building.
CRC UNILAG
The University of Lagos Central Research Committee (CRC) is sponsoring two (2) research projects on African Studies related topics.
Ifa and Popular Culture in Nigeria and Benin Republic: A research that interrogates the distinction between what Ifa is and what the popular culture portrays it as; ultimately highlighting the significance of the indigenous knowledge for African Governance.
The Nagel Institute of Calvin University Grant
Dr Akin-Otiko (IADS), Dr Olokodana-James (Department of Creative Arts), Dr. Falako (Department of Religious Studies), Dr. Nweke, (Department of Creative Arts) and Dr. Onovoh (Department of Modern Foreign Languages, Morehouse College, Atlanta) have won a grant of $50,000 from the Nagel Institute of Calvin University. This is with a generous support from the Templeton Religion Trust, under the project “Engaging African Realities: Integrating Social Science within African Theology.”
The award is to fund a project entitled: Nollywood and Evangelical Films: Exploring Nigerian Cinema in relation to African Traditional Histories, Values and Spirituality.
The grant commenced on the 1st of July 2021, completed in 2024.
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DirectorDr. ‘Kayode Eesuola
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Head of ResearchDr. Feyi Ademola-Adeoye
Senior Research FellowDr. Abisoye Eleshin
Research FellowDr. Akinmayowa Akin-Otiko
Senior Research FellowDr. Moses Yakubu
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LECTURE BY PROF. MUYIWA FALAIYE
Prof. Muyiwa Falaiye delivered a lecture entitled "On Human Nature and Political Desires: Is it bad to love Power?" on Wednesday, March…
A 3-DAY PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
Photovoice is a community qualitative research method which asks community members to document their experiences using photos and narratives which are then…
DEVELOPMENT OF A JOINT POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME: AHUWA-IADS
Drs. Eleshin and Akin-Otiko arrived University of Liverpool on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 for a Sprint Meeting on the development of a…

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