INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL STUDIES,

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE.

&

CENTRE FOR BLACK AND AFRICAN ARTS AND CIVILIZATION

(CBAAC)  
 

CALL FOR PAPERS  

CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS IN YORUBALAND  

In Memory of Professor Isaac Adeagbo Akinjogbin:
Emeritus Professor of History, Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile-Ife.

DATE:  11th – 14th March, 2009  

VENUE:   CONFERENCE CENTRE, OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY , ILE- IFE , NIGERIA .

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Professor Anthony Asiwaju  

LEAD PAPER PRESENTERS:
•  Professor Akinwumi Isola   NNMA

•  Professor Jacob Olupona   NNMA,   Harvard University

•  Professor Kola Owolabi, University of Ibadan

•  Professor Elisee Soumoni, Universite de Benin

•  Professor Isola Olomola, University of Ado-Ekiti

•  Professor Rufus Taiwo Akinyele, University of Lagos

•  Professor Wole Oyetade, University of Ibadan

•  Professor Wole Ogundele, UNIOSUN

•  Professor Dotun Ogundeji, University of Ibadan

•  Professor Tunde Akinyemi, University of Florida

SUB THEMES

* Theories and Concepts of Migration and Settlement

* Methodological Issues in Migration and Settlement Studies

* Oral Traditions and Migration Stories in Yorubaland

* Indigeneship and Exclusion 

* Migration, State Formation and Settlement Patterns

* Political Economy of Migration in Yoruba History

* Yoruba Architecture

* Yoruba Culture and Arts

* The Yoruba and contemporary politics of urbanization

* Migration and Security in Yoruba History

Note:   Interested participants should send abstracts of not more than 300 words
to the following e-mails on or before 5th February, 2010 .

ibraheem_muheeb@yahoo.com

alimology@yahoo.com

shinaalimi@gmail.com