Education
Ph.D., Dalhousie University, 2010
Oluwatoyin Oduntan, Ph.D.
Professor
Contact Info
Areas of Expertise
History of Africa
Biography
I teach and research African cultural, social and economic histories with specialization on West Africa and Nigeria. I am particularly interested in local narratives and intellectual ideas, which have shaped African societies, and in how these voices and epistemologies have survived in spite of the dominant knowledge production system.
Selected Publications
鈥淧ower Politics among Abeokuta Elites during the 19th century鈥� African Nebula 1 (2010): 12-25.
鈥淪amuel Johnson 1846-1901.鈥� in Encyclopedia of African Thought. Edited by Abiola Irele and Biodun Jeyifo (New York and Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2010).
鈥淥bafemi Awolowo.鈥� In Dictionary of African Biography. Edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Emmanuel Akyeampong. (New York and Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2011.
鈥淚we Iroyin and the Representation of the Universal in 19th century Abeokuta,鈥� History in Africa 32, 2 (2005): 295-305.
Recent Book Reviews
鈥淎n Encyclopedic Narration of Yoruba Women.鈥� Yoruba Women, Work and Social Change. By Majorie McIntosh. The Journal of African History, 52, 3(2011): 421-422.
Recent Presentations
鈥淐hanging Tides: The Exclusion of Educated Africans from Colonial Service in Lagos, Nigeria, 1890-1930, 鈥� American Historical Association, Annual Meeting 2015.
Awards
Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC, Canada)Doctoral Award, 2009-2010.
FGS Scholarships, Dalhousie University, Canada, 2006-2009.
Senate Award to the Best Graduating Student in the Faculty of Arts, Ogun State University,
Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria, 1990.
Courses Taught
| Fall 2024 | |
|---|---|
| HIST 135 | History of Africa to 1900 |
| HIST 161 | World History Since 1300 |
| HIST 328 | The Making of Colonial Africa |