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Dr. Senayon Olaoluwa of Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan will deliver a lecture at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at noon. TOPIC: EXTALGIA: TRANSCENDING THE LEGIBLE FRAMES OF DIASPORA. DATE: 19TH APRIL, 2023. TIME: 12 PM Click here to join the lecture

Prof. Dr. ‘Kayode Eesuola will deliver his lecture on March 22, 2023 at 12 PM Nigeria Time. The presentation will be bilingual in nature, both English and French languages in order to carry along our French-speaking audience. TOPIC: Ifa: Knowledge for untying the lingering epistemological knots Ifa: Connaissance pour dénouer les nœuds épistémologiques persistants DATE: March 22, 2023. TIME: 12 PM Nigeria Time. Click here to join the lecture

Professor Ayodele Yusuff, a Research Professor of Yoruba Engineering will deliver a lecture on Thursday, February 15, 2023, at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos, Nigeria. TOPIC: TOPONYMY AS A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE: THE IMPORTANCE OF YORÙBÁ PLACE NAMES. DATE: 15th FEBRUARY, 2023. TIME: 12 PM Nigeria Time. Click to join Lecture

Prof. Muyiwa Falaiye will deliver a lecture on Thursday, January 19, 2023, at 11 AM (Nigeria Time). TOPIC: ORUKA ON HOME, WILL AND SPIRITS: A PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATION Please find link below:  Click here

Unilag African Cluster Centre invites you to a lecture to be delivered by Prof. Mawuloe Kodah, a visiting research fellow from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana on Thursday, November 24, 2022, at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos.   TOPIC: Literary Perspectives on Development Policies and Strategies in Africa: A Critical Reading of    Selected Postcolonial African Novelists   DATE: Thursday, November 24, 2022.   TIME: 12 PM.   Click here to join the Lecture

The Lagos African Cluster Centre invites you to her monthly lecture on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Christabel Aba Sam, a Postdoctoral fellow from the Department of English, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.   Click here to join the lecture

Dr. Moses Yakubu, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos will deliver a lecture on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.   TOPIC: Premarital Pregnancy and Parturition in Burkina Faso and Nigeria: Prerequisites for Modern Marriage?  DATE: September 21, 2022 TIME: 12 PM    Click to join lecture

The Advisory board and the University of Bayreuth Cluster delegates visited the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos between August 22 and August 28, 2022. It was a productive week for the members of African Cluster Centres and the Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth, Germany. The signing of the renewal of project agreement was also achieved on August 23, 2022.

Dr. Eleshin delivered a lecture entitled “Linguistic Pluralism and Indigenous Knowledge Production: A Preliminary Study of Eldoret, Kenya” on August 4, 2022 at the Moi University, Eldoret. This study interrogates African indigenous language and knowledge production situation among the Kalenjin group in Eldoret, Kenya. The outcome of this study is geared towards examining how the neglect of Kalenji speech codes could affect the production and sustenance of indigenous knowledge in the identified linguistic enclave.