Personal Vs Communal Development: whither African Philosophy and values.
Dr. Tony Okeregbe
Panel Chair
Dr. Tony Okeregbe is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, affiliate of the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies, former Deputy Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Lagos. His interest in African Studies and existential philosophy led him to venture into researches on religious life in Africa, popular culture, sexuality studies, public morality, the African predicament and governance.
Panelists
Prof. Joseph Agbakoba
Joseph C. A. Agbakoba is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nigeria. He has been a Volkswagen Foundation grantee and fellow, a Georg Forster Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation, a Bayreuth Academy Fellow, an alumnus of Budapest’s Central European University, SUN program, a visiting scholar at Cape Coast and Frankfurt, in addition to other travel grants held at Leiden, Cape Coast/Elmina, etc.
Dr. Omoayena Odunbaku
Omoayena Odunbaku is a Human Settlements Officer in the Regional Office for Africa, UN- Habitat. Her research interests include people centred urbanism and spatio-temporal-economic synchronised development whilst her advocacy focuses on Girl-child and women empowerment. She holds a Ph.D in Urban and Regional Planning from the prestigious University of Lagos.
Prof. Dr. Emilie Outtara
Sanon Ouattara F. Emilie Georgette is an Associate Professor at the Department of Translation/Interpreting, University Joseph KI-ZERBO. She holds a Ph.D in Translation and Interpretation Studies at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands in 2005. She has articles on language, religious and cultural issues in various learned journals. Her research interest includes language policies, language and development issues intercultural matters.
Prof. Olugboyega Alaba
Prof. Olugboyega Alaba is a professor of Yoruba Studies. He grew through the ranks to become a professor in 1996, at the Department of Linguistics, African & Asian Studies, University of Lagos. Prof. Alaba is a fruitful scholar and teacher with a large compound of progeny and budding academic scions. His scholarship have produced over 60 research reports covering the trilogy of African language, literature and stylistics.