243:. His current research explores different issues relating to land and development in Lagos. Rufus Akinyele has participated in and delivered scholarly papers in numerous academic conferences and workshops as well as at other non-academic fora within Nigeria and in several other countries including the United States, Germany, France, United Kingdom, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya and Ghana. He was a participant at the workshop on the Review of
218:, Lagos in 1977 and 1979 respectively. He then proceeded to the University of Lagos, where he earned his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history in 1982, 1985 and 1990 respectively. Immediately afterwards, in January 1990, his alma mater engaged him as a Lecturer II in the Department of History, where he continues to serve having risen through the ranks to the point of his appointment as a full Professor on October 1, 2005.
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African and European Historiography, African and European Political Thought, Colonialism, Ethnic Conflicts and Border Studies at the University of Lagos' Department of History and Strategic Studies. He has successfully supervised over 25 graduate
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Akinyele is a member of the following academic professional organisations: American Studies Association of Nigeria, International Research Group (GDRI), France; National Association for Ethnic Studies, United States; African Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE); and the Congress of African
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Akinyele has been a two-time Head of the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, first from September 2010 through August 2013, and from March 2017 through July 2020. He has authored several book chapters and a number of books/monographs, as well as edited several
271:, a history journal domiciled in the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos since 2001. He has been a Reviewer/Advisor of the African Humanities Programme of the American Council of Learned Societies since 2012. And since 2013, Akinyele has been the Chief Editor of
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Akinyele, R. T., "A Western Niger
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across the world. Akinyele is the convener of the
International Multidisciplinary Conference on ‘Land and Development’ at the University of Lagos.
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Akinyele, R. T., Julie Berg, et al., "Contested Social Orders: Negotiating Urban
Security in Nigeria and South Africa," in Simon Bekker and
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Syndrome in Lagos" in Francesca Locatelli and Paul Nugent (eds.),
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volumes. Scores of his influential articles have appeared in high-impact disciplinary or regional academic journals such as
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Akinyele, R. T., "Ethnic Militancy and National Stability in Nigeria: A Case Study of the Oodua Peoples Congress,"
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