{"id":8774,"date":"2025-09-27T10:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T10:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=8774"},"modified":"2025-09-28T21:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T21:03:37","slug":"2025-lagos-conference-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/2025-lagos-conference-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 LAGOS CONFERENCE &#8211; DAY 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8774\" class=\"elementor elementor-8774\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a551fc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a551fc1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4963de\" data-id=\"b4963de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-523117b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"523117b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The Director of the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, Research Professor Ayo Yusuff delivered the welcome address at the 2025 Lagos conference on September 25, 2025. He emphasised the concept of the city, asserting that Lagos should be regarded not merely as a geographic location but as a dynamic hub of culture, commerce, and history in continuous evolution.<\/p><p>He also announced plans to establish a Lagos Research Centre, which will serve as a dedicated centre for examining the city\u2019s socio-political landscape, urban development, and cultural economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb7e2bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb7e2bb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC3-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC3-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7874090 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7874090\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC11-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC11-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC11-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC11-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC11-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PC11-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3281897 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3281897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Delivering the keynote address on behalf of the Pro-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Bashir Animashaun presented a paper titled \u201cHistoricising Lagos: The Nexus between Indigeneity and Citizenship in a Megacity.\u201d<\/p><p>He directly contested the notion of Lagos as &#8220;no man&#8217;s land,&#8221; instead positioning the Awori, Ijebu, and Ogu-speaking peoples as the city&#8217;s legitimate indigenous custodians.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-281c1d9\" data-id=\"281c1d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f4b47c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f4b47c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"799\" src=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prof.-Yusuff.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prof.-Yusuff.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prof.-Yusuff-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf59ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cf59ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Animashaun framed Lagos as a &#8220;hybrid city,&#8221; characterized by a dynamic tension between the traditional authority of the omo onile (indigenous landowners) and its cosmopolitan character, which has been profoundly shaped by the contributions of Igbo, Hausa, Ghanaian, Togolese, and other Yoruba migrants.<\/p><p>The presentation emphasized the persistent complexity of negotiating citizenship, examining it through the dual lenses of legal status and cultural belonging<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3045b6e\" data-id=\"3045b6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4300fbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4300fbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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srcset=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prof.-Osinubi.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prof.-Osinubi-300x254.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Prof.-Osinubi-50x42.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2336581 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2336581\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Abraham Osinubi, Dean of the School of Postgraduate Studies, speaking on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Folasade T. Ogunsola, OON, FAS, remarked, \u201cTo understand Lagos is to understand a city that is both local and global; where history whispers through Badagry\u2019s streets, commerce roars at Apapa\u2019s docks, and creativity blooms in the music and fashion hubs of Ikeja\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d7f7ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d7f7ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab5ad5e\" data-id=\"ab5ad5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a59a47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a59a47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi of Howard University delivered the second keynote speech virtually entitled \u201cWho Broke Lagos?\u201d: Reinventing Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Eko.<\/p><p>Using a spatial and cultural perspective, she examined Eko, the city&#8217;s historic core. Her presentation uncovered how colonial and postcolonial planning, through maps and urban design, disrupted indigenous relationships with space and Lagos&#8217;s urban identity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/27\/2025-lagos-conference-day-1\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 8774, \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"Publications\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=297&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iads.unilag.edu.ng\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=3293&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"2025 LAGOS CONFERENCE - DAY 1\" }) });<\/script><!-- end sktbuilder starter -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director of the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, Research Professor Ayo Yusuff delivered the welcome address at the 2025 Lagos conference on September 25, 2025. 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