Professor Muyiwa Falaiye and his team commenced work on the search for the relationship between, the Ifa and Afa tradition in Western and Eastern Nigeria respectively. This search took them to Enugu campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where they carried out extensive interview with Professor Ume of the department of Geoinformatics & Surveying, who has a wealth of knowledge on the Afa tradition among the Igbo people. Professor Chidioze Okoro and others also contributed to the information gathered from Enugu on Afa tradition.

Dr. Munir Moosa, a visiting research fellow of the University of Lagos African Cluster Centre, Institute of African and Diaspora studies will deliver a lecture entitled “Brief Overview on the State of Human Rights Education (HRE), and Challenges of Introducing HRE in Africa- Hankering Conundrum” on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Time is 12PM Nigeria Time. Click here to join the lecture

The Directors of the four African Cluster Centre (ACC), met at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso between February 28, and March 4, 2022 to collaborate on the Cluster’s agenda of “Re-configuring African Studies”. They also met with the Seventeen (17) Principal Investigators at the Ouagadougou ACC.

Prof. Olufunke Adeboye will deliver a lecture entitled “Revisiting “Tin-Trunk” Literacy In Africa: The Value Of Internal Sources For Knowledge Production” on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Time is 12PM Nigeria Time. Click here to join the Lecture

14th January, 2022 IMMEDIATE VACANCY FOR 1 (ONE) DOCTORAL STUDENT POSITION Requirements The Lagos African Cluster Centre of Excellence, Institute of African and Diaspora Studies requires a doctoral student looking towards specializing in Political Thoughts/Philosophy/Theory with focus on autochthonous substances. The person, who will be part of, and fully sponsored by the project ‘Socio political thoughts of Orunmila in the Ifa indigenous knowledge system’ must have a  first degree from Arts or Social Sciences, a second degree from  same background but preferably African Studies, and with grades  compatible  with the   direct Ph.D. requirements of  the University of Lagos. Kindly send your CV before the midnight of 30th January, 2022 to: iads@unilag.edu.ng  indicating Orunmila Project on the subject column. Signed Research Director

To start off the week at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, Professor Toyin Falola delivered a lecture on Supranaturality, Supernaturality and Spirituality in the Yoruba World” at the Institute on Monday, January 10, 2022. We appreciate everyone that was present at the venue and those that participated virtually. Thank you.

A series of lectures by Prof. Toyin Falola on Monday, January 10, 2022 between 10 AM and 2.30 PM West Africa Time. First Session: 10 AM – 12 PM Second Session: 12.30 PM – 2.30 PM Venue: Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, J. P Clark Building, University of Lagos. Click here 

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