LSA Panels at the African Studies Association of the UK Conference
Oxford Brookes University
August 29-31, 2024
Format: Hybrid (open and free to all audiences, globally)
Nigeria:
History, Culture, and Tradition in Transition (Part I)
August 29. 11:00-12:30
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Chair: Abosede Omowumi Babatunde (University of Ilorin)
Literary Adaptation: Canon Formation, Literary Analysis, and Content in Digital Humanities by Mujeedah Abdul Aleem Olagunju (Ahmadu Bello University)
Familial Influence: South African Women’s Participation in the Liberation Struggle by Kabir Olarongbe Aldulkareem (IIE Varsity College)
Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje and the Making of the Kainji Hydroelectric Dam, 1965-1973
by Damilola Adebayo (York University)
Prioritizing Medical Communication: Clinical Paradoxical Metaphors and the Scalpel of Words in Eric Omazu’s The Last Requiem and Jenna Bush’s Anna’s Story by Joy Eyisi (Covenant University)
A Non-Caring Institution: The Nigerian Army’s Negligence in Compensating War Widows of the Boko Haram Conflict by Fisayo Ajala (Stellenbosch University)
Nigeria:
History, Culture, and Tradition in Transition (Part II)
August 29. 2:00-3:30
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Chair: Simon Heap (Oxford Brookes University)
Of Orality and Mythology: Reconstructing the Traditions of Origin of Ondo and Idanre People of Southwestern Nigeria by Felix Oludare (University of Lagos)
I no want make hungry kill me: Artisanal Oil refining, Livelihood Insecurity and the Dialectic of the Campaign for Environmental Justice in Nigeria’s Oil Delta by Abosede Omowumi Babatunde (University of Ilorin)
Decolonization of Textile Narratives: A Visual Exploration of Hausa Folktales as Inspiration
in Wax Print Designs by Zainab Bello (Ahmadu Bello University)
Neo-Arabization and the New Islamic Order in Contemporary Nigeria by Israel Ekanade (Trinity University)
Infrastructure of Mobility and Alterity in Africa: Urban Motor Public Transport in Lagos and Durban in Comparative Perspective by Adesoji Adedipe (University of Kansas)
Nigeria:
History, Culture, and Tradition in Transition (Part III)
August 29. 4:00-5:30
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Chair: Olasumbo Olaniyi (University of Plymouth)
What are the Implications of Thinking about African Cities as Sites of Experimentation? By Lilien Chidera Ezeugwu (University of Cambridge)
Administering a British West African Colony: Slavery, Religion, and Legislation in Lagos, 1861-1906 by Imeje Ebri Fidelis (Federal University, Gashua)
The 150th Anniversary of Nigeria’s First Postage Stamps: Lagos, 1874 by Simon Heap (Oxford Brookes University)
Sacred Implications of Music and Song Texts in Igogo Festival of Owo People in Ondo State by Oluwatosin Ibitoye (Kwara State University)
Graffiti and Prison Spaces: (Re)Constructing the History of Correctional Centres in Postcolonial Lagos by Sylvester Kohol (Redeemer’s University)
Nigeria:
History, Culture, and Tradition in Transition (Part IV)
August 30. 9:00-10:30
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Chair: Yolanda Chinelo Osondu (University of Calgary)
The Palimpsest Nature of Structures in Informal Settlements: A Case Study of Orisunmibare by Olasumbo Olaniyi (University of Plymouth)
Constructing Reproductive Identities: Gender, Race, Class, and Sexual Reproductive Health in Nigeria and Brazil by Ridwan Muhammed (University of Kansas)
Sate of Capture and Democracy in Nigeria: Reflections on Integrity and Power Relations in Anthills of Savanah by Abigail Onowosemenmen Oaikhena (Nnamdi Azikiwe University)
Baby Mama Syndrome, Paternity, and Fatherhood Debate in Igbo Culture by Nkiru Christiana Ohia and Uchenna Mariestella Nzewi (University of Nigeria)
Livestock as Livestock: Cattle Capitalism and Colonial Development in Twentieth-Century Nigeria by Ṣeun Sedẹ Williams (Geneva Graduate Institute)
Nigeria:
History, Culture, and Tradition in Transition (Part V)
August 30. 11:00-12:30
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Chair: Abigail Onowosemenmen Oaikhena (Nnamdi Azikiwe University)
Memory, Gender, and Sexualized Figurations of the Nigerian Civil War Narrative
by Omonye A. Omoigberale (Babcock University)
Female-Perpetrated Homicide in Colonial Southern Nigeria by Yolanda Chinelo Osondu (University of Calgary)
Sanni Sule (Olowonjegure): Cocoa Produce Dealer and Money Lender of Lagos Island by Habeeb Sanni (Lagos State University)
Counting Emotions in Colonial Lagos Newspapers: An Experiment with Historical Research Methods by Nozomi Sawada (Komazawa University)
Nigeria:
History, Culture, and Tradition in Transition (Part VI)
August 30. 2:00-3:30
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Chair: Nozomi Sawada (Komazawa University)
Rural Capitalists, ‘Indigenous’ Finance and the Co-operative Movement in Late-colonial Nigeria: The Making of the Co-operative Bank of Western Nigeria, c.1945-1966 by Mariusz Lukasiewicz (Leipzig University)
Intersections of Spiritualities and Violence in Commercial Sex Worker’s Narrative by Modupe Adeleye Animashaun (University of Ibadan)
“Kollington Ayinla is My Choice”: Gender, Marriage, and Genre Blending in African Popular Culture (Florida International University)
Preschool Teachers’ Personality Traits as Predictors of Pupils’ Literacy and Numeracy Skills in District II Area of Lagos State by A.T. Komolafe and Sherifat Titilayo Lawal-Amusa (University of Lagos)
