CONFERENCE PROGRAM
THE YORUBA NATION AND POLITICS SINCE THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A CONFERENCE IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR J. A. ATANDA
OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, AGO-IWOYE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, USA
October 9-11, 2017
PROGRAM STRUCTUREDay 1, Monday October 9, 2017
Time / 8.00am / 9.30- 2.00pm / 2.00-3.30pm / 3.30-6.00pm
Activity / Arrival & Registration / Opening Ceremony / Lunch / Lead Plenary Panel
Day 2, Tuesday October 10, 2017
Time / 9.00- 11.30am / 11.30- 12.00 noon / 12.00- 2.30pm / 2.30- 3.30pm / 3.30- 6.00pm
Sessions / Session A:
Panels 1-9
Papers 001-073 / Tea-Break / Session B:
Panels 1-5
Papers 074-115 / Lunch / Session C: Panels 1-6
Papers 116-163
Panels & Papers / Panel 1 (001-008) / Panel 1 (074-081) / Panel 1 (116-123)
Panel 2 (009-016) / Panel 2 (082-090) / Panel 2 (124-131)
Panel 3 (017-024) / Panel 3 (091-098) / Panel 3 (132-139)
Panel 4 (025-032) / Panel 4 (099-106) / Panel 4 (140-147)
Panel 5 (033-040) / Panel 5 (107-115) / Panel 5 (148-155)
Panel 6 (041-048) / Panel 6 (156-163)
Panel 7 (049-057)
Panel 8 (058-065)
Panel 9 (066—73)
Day 3, Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Time / 9.00- 11.30am / 11.30- 12noon / 12 noon
Sessions / Session D:
Panels 1-5
Papers 164-204 / Tea-Break / Conference Review & Follow up
Panels & Papers / Panel 1 (164-172)
Panel 2 (173-181)
Panel 3 (182-189)
Panel 4 (190-197)
Panel 5 (198-204)
DAY 1, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017
8.00-100 am Registration and Arrival [insert venue]
OPENING CEREMONY: 9.30 AM to 2.00 PM
09.30-10.00am Arrival and Recognition of Dignitaries
10.00-10.10 am National Anthem and University Anthem
10.00-10.10am Welcome Remarks:
Head of History, Professor [insert names]
Dean of Faculty, Professor Olubomehin
10.10-10.25am Welcome Address & Opening Remarks by Chairman and Chief host: Professor G. O. Olatunde, Vice Chancellor, OOU [insert names]
10.25-10.35am Conference Opening Declaration: Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi III
10.35-10.40am Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Dr. Tunji Olaopa, Executive Vice-Chairman, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy: Professor Toyin Falola
10.40-11.20am Keynote Speech: “Yoruba Nation: (Dis)Unity, National Politics and the Republican Spirit”
11.20-11.50am Question and Answer Session
11.50-12.20pm Interlude: Cultural Event
12.20-12.25pm Introduction of Book Reviewer: Professor Toyin Falola
12.25-12.45pm Book Review of The Collected Works of J. A. Atanda: Professor C. B. Ogbogbo, Head, Department of History, University of Ibadan
12.45-1.30pm Book Launching: Representative of Professor J. A. Atanda Family
1.30-1.50pm Cultural Event
1.50-1.55pm Opening Ceremony closing
2.00-3.30pm Lunch [conclude on this, lunch or early dinner—if early dinner for all, change to snacks and tea break, and to one hour. If early dinner, we have to begin the dinner by 5 so that we all leave by 7 for security reasons)
DAY 1, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2017
LEAD PLENARY SESSION, 3.30-6.00 PM
Yoruba Origins and Historiography
CHAIR: Professor Anthony Asiwaju, President, African Regional Institute, Imeko
Reflections on Pre-Oduduwa Ife
Professor Banji Akintoye
Beyond Myths and Mythologies: The Question of Origin among the Yoruba Sub-groups and their Kindred
Professor Anthony Asiwaju, President, African Regional Institute, Imeko
Oral traditions and myths of origin among the Western Yoruba groups
Professor Abiodun Adediran
Settlement patterns and migration in Northwest Yorubaland
Professor Akin Alao
Multidisciplinarity and historical reconstruction in Southeast Yorubaland
Professor Olukoya Ogen
Oral methodology in the history of the Yoruba Diaspora in Latin America
Professor Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yai and Dr Felix Omidire
Discussant (Online)
Professor Emeritus Akinjide Osuntokun (will be part of the discussion from the US)
Moderator / Discussant
Toyin Falola
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Day 2
TUESDAY, October 10, 2017
SESSION A: 9.00 AM to 11.30 AM
SESSION A, PANEL 1: YORUBA NATION, 1: HISTORY, POLITICS, AND GOVERNANCE
Time: 9.00 AM – 11.30 AM
Venue: insert all venues
Chair: Prof. V. O. Edo insert all addresses of chairs
001. COMMUNALISM: THE YORUBA PHILOSOPHY OF LIVING
Ebenezer Akinsanya Oke, Department of General Studies, The Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State
Adegboyega O. Oyekunle (Ph.D.)
Department of Philosophy
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Ago-Iwoye,
Ogun State, Nigeria
002. ORAL TRADITION IN YORUBA HISTORY: A STUDY OF LAGOS IGBE SONGS
Ilupeju Taariqa-R Adepeju
PhD Student
Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos
003. GOVERNANCE AND THE YORUBA NATION: THE PLACE OF TRADITIONAL LEADERS IN ADMINISTRATION
Christiana O. Folorunsho & Oluwasegun E Ogunbayo
Department of Social Studies
School of Arts and Social Sciences
College of Education
Ikere, Ekiti
004. IS THERE A YORUBA NATION TODAY?
Babatunde N. Yussuf
Department of History & Diplomatic Studies
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
&
I. Oluwaseun Soile
Department of History & Diplomatic Studies
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
005. OBAFEMI AWOLOWO AND HIS SUCCESSORS (1950-2016): GIANT STRIDES, TRAGIC ERRORS?
Oyesola Animashaun, Ph.D.
Lecturer, College of Law
Kwara State University, Malete-Nigeria
006. YORUBA CUSTOMARY LAW: THE GOOD AND THE BAD PRIOR TO THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM
Ademola Sunday-Ayeerun, LL.B, B.L., CM.Arb.
Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria.
007. “ENU ‘FÌFO KÌÍ DÚN YÀNMÙ-YÀNMÙ”: A DISCUSSION OF SELECTED PRE-COLONIAL YORUBA CHIEFTAINCY POLITICAL INDUCEMENT STRATEGIES
Dr. Dolapo Z. Olupayimo
Department of History
Adeyemi College of Education
Ondo, Nigeria
008. THE POLITICS AND EXPLOITS OF SAMUEL AKINSANYA IN THE AGITATION FOR REMO INDEPENDENCE IN COLONIAL NIGERIA
Ademola Adedeji
Dept. of International Relations
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife
Prof. Oladipo Olubomehin
Department of History and Diplomatic Studies
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye
SESSION A, PANEL 2: YORUBA NATION, 2: HISTORY, POLITICS, AND GOVERNANCE
Time: 9.00 AM -11.30 AM
Venue:
Moderator/Panel Chair: Prof. R. O. Ajetunmobi/Dr. Jide Dasaolu [address]
009. BETWEEN POLITICS AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF CHIEF ASIWAJU BOLA AHMED TINUBU IN CONTEMPORARY NATIONAL POLITICS
Otumala Simon Jonah
Political Science Department
Federal College of Education, Osiele
Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
010. MYTHS OF ORIGIN AND YORUBA NATION
Ojekunle Ibrahim Timilehin
Department of Philosophy
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
011. AN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE YORUBA ORIGIN AND POLITICS IN THE PRE-COLONIAL ERA
O. A. Ojebiyi (Ph.D.)
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling
Fasakin L. S.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling
012. IKORODU- IGBOGBO MILITARY RELATIONS IN THE 19TH CENTURY
Adeyemi-Suenu, Adebowale (Ph.D.)
Department of History and International Studies
Lagos State University Ojo Lagos State
013. COLONIAL POLITICS AND INTRA-ETHNIC RIVALRIES IN ONDO AND IJEBU NATIVE AUTHORITIES
R. F. Obinta, PhD,
Department of History
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
014. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW GENERATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF TWO YORUBA HISTORICAL FILMS
Taiwo Adekemi Agnes
Department of Linguistics & Nigerian Languages
Ekiti State University
Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
015. YORUBA POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE PRE-COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL PERIODS AND THEIR IMPACT ON NATION BUILDING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
OGUNBUNMI, Olufunmilola Adedayo
Bowen University, Iwo
Department of History and International Studies
016. THE PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS OF RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AMONG THE YORUBA
Modupe Olajumoke Adu
Department of Philosophy
University of Ibadan
SESSION A, PANEL 3: YORUBA POLITICS AND NATIONALISM
Time: 9.00-11.30 AM
Venue:
Moderator/Panel Chair: Dr. Rasheed Olaniyi
017. YORUBA CULTURE AS A CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR TO THE EMANCIPATION OF YORUBA PEOPLE IN THE DIASPORA
Amos Adekunle Adediran
Department of Social Studies, School of Arts & Social Sciences
Federal College of Education, Osiele,
Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
018. TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND IGBO-YORUBA RELATIONS IN NIGERIA
Chidubem I. Obayi
Department of History
University of Ibadan
019. SAMUEL OLUSEGUN OSOBA ON THE WEST AND YORUBA CULTURE
Tokunbo A. Ayoola (Ph.D.)
Department of History and International Relations
Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Nigeria, West Africa
020. CHIEF MOYOSORE ABODERIN: A PORTRAIT OF A NATIONALIST
B. O. Akanbi
University of Ibadan
021. THE HERBERT MACAULAY FACTOR IN NIGERIAN POLITICS (1864-1946)
Jimoh Mufutau Oluwasegun
Research Fellow, IFRA-Nigeria
Department of History and International Studies
Federal University, Birnin-Kebbi
Kebbi State, Nigeria
022. WESTERN EDUCATION AND YORUBA-IGBO INTER-GROUP RELATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, 1945-1967
Chukwuebuka Omeje
Department of History
University of Ibadan
023. THE ERODING IDENTITY AND THE DILEMMA OF CONTEMPORARY YORUBA PERSONALITY
Adeyemi-Suenu, Adebowale (Ph.D)
Oyekan, A. Oluwaseyi
Lagos State University
Department of History and International Studies
Faculty of Arts
024. OKUN-YORUBA: IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF CONFUSION
Dr. Henry B. Ekundayo-Ogunjewo
Department of History & Strategic Studies
University of Lagos
SESSION A, PANEL 4: YORUBA POLITICS AND TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Time: 9.00 AM-11.30 AM
Venue:
Moderator/Panel Chair: Prof. Samuel Ade Ali
025. NAMING IN YORUBA CULTURAL THOUGHT
Afeez Sufianu,
Department of Philosophy,
University of Lagos
Akoka
026. YORUBA AND PARTY POLITICS IN NIGERIA
Samuel Babatola Ayiti
Graduate Student, Department of Political Science
Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
027. RETHINKING THE YORUBA LEGAL INSTITUTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ADJUDICATORY SYSTEM
Adebayo Aina Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
028. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE YORUBA AND WESTERN FAMILY PLANNING
Adisa Timothy Oluwole
Department of Physical and Health Education
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo
029. THE CRYING HAS STOPPED: CHANGING TREND IN YORUBA MARRIAGE CULTURE IN EKITI STATE
Omowumi Omodunni Idowu
Department of Economics
Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
030. THE PLACE OF TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY YORUBA SOCIETY
E. O. Babalola
Department of History
College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti
031. YOUTH AND THE PRACTICE OF YORUBA TRADITIONAL RELIGION IN LAGOS
Danoye Oguntola-Laguda, Ph.D
Department of Religions and Peace Studies,
Lagos State University, Ojo
032. THE ROLE OF YORUBA YOUTHS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA, 1922-1952
Oluwaseun I. Soile,
Department of History & Diplomatic Studies
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
Babatunde N. Yussuf
Department of History & Diplomatic Studies
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye
SESSION A, PANEL 5: YORUBA LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CONTINUITIES
Time: 9.00 am – 11.30am
Venue:
Moderator/Panel Chair: Dr. (Mrs.) O. A. Adagbada
033. BECOMING YORUBA: HISTORICAL ANONYMITY, CULTURAL AUTHENTICITY AND IDENTITY PROBLEMS OF THE ILAJE OF SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
Babajide O. Ololajulo
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
University of Ibadan
034. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YORUBA LANGUAGE AS A VIABLE MECHANISM FOR AFRICAN VALUE SYSTEM
A. Adediran, M. O. Lijadu M. O.
Dr. M. O. Omiyefa,
Department of Social Studies
School of Arts & Social Sciences
Federal College of Education, Osiele
Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
035. A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF YORUBA SLANGY EXPRESSIONS IN SELECTED MOTOR PARKS IN IBADAN
Amos Damilare Iyiola, Ph.D.
Department of European Studies
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
036. AFRICAN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE IN FRANCOPHONE AFRICA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF YORUBA LANGUAGE IN BENIN REPUBLIC
A. Lateef Ajani (Ph.D)
Nigeria French Language Village,
Ajara-Badagry, Lagos
037. HOME SOIL OR ABROAD? INTERROGATING WHERE THE YORUBA OBAS SHOULD JOIN THEIR ANCESTORS
O. O. Thompson
Department of Communication and General Studies
Federal University of Agriculture
Abeokuta. Ogun State
038. BRIDGING THE YORUBA NUMERALS GAP BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW GENERATION OF THE DIGITAL WORLD
Banjo Adebisi Elizabeth Ph.D.
Tai Solarin College of Education
Omu – Ijebu
Ogun State, Nigeria
039. THE ROLE OF ELETI-OFE IN THE TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH VOCABULARY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE YORUBA LANGUAGE
Olayemi Oluwakemi Titilola
Department of English
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Ago-Iwoye
040. AN ANALYSIS OF YORUBA CULTURAL PARADIGM IN FRENCH TRANSLATION OF OSOFISAN’S ONCE UPON FOUR ROBBERS
Keji Felix Faniran
Department of Languages & Linguistics
College of Humanities and Culture
Osun State University
Ikire Campus Osogbo
Osun State, Nigeria
SESSION A, PANEL 6: YORUBA LANGUAGE, CULTURAL CONTINUITIES AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION
Time: 9.00 am – 11.30am
Venue:
Moderator/Panel Chair: Prof. Lekan Dairo/Dr. Samson Dare
041. “THAT WE MAY LIVE LONG” AN ASSESSMENT OF YORUBA CULTURAL CONTINUITIES IN THE CARE FOR THE AGED IN IKARE AKOKO
Afolabi Ojo Oyeyemi
Department of History and International Studies
Adekunle Ajasin University
Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria
042. YORUBA LANGUAGE AND THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SCIENCE SUBJECTS
Adeagbo, O. Nathaniel
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Olufunmilayo D. Ayodele
Oduduwa University, Ile-Ife
Nigeria
043. DEVELOPING BASIC SCIENTIFIC TERMS IN YORUBA: A MORPHOSYNTACTIC APPROACH
Adédoyinsọ́lá Ọmọ́wùnmí Ẹlẹ́shin
Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies
University of Lagos, Nigeria.
044. THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF YORUBA CULTURAL HERITAGE
Awofeko, Emmanuel Oluwasegun
Dept. of Religious Studies
Mcpherson Univesity, Abeokuta, Ogun State
&
Oyebanjo, Olatunji Olusegun
Tai Solarin University of Education
Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria
045. EFFECTS OF YORUBA, MIXED- AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONS ON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS’ PERFORMANCE IN BASIC SCIENCE
Christianah Oluyemi Ojo (Ph.D.)
Department of Early Childhood Care and Education
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo
Ondo State;
Bello, Theodora Olufunke (Ph.D)
Famakinwa, Adebayo
Institute of Education
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Osun State
&
Adenike Adeola Akinrotimi
Department of Early Childhood Care and Education
Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo
Ondo State
046. ĘKÚN ÌYÀWÓ: AN ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OF ORALITY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
Dr. Oluwafunminiyi Mabawonku
&
Mr Adedeji Lamina
Olabisi Onabanjo University
Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State
047. THE DIFFUSION OF YORUBA CULTURE IN THE DIASPORA AND THE CONFLICT OF CROSS CULTURAL MIGRATION
Udo Emem Michael
Department of History & International Studies
University of Uyo, Uyo
048. SYMBOLS AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION AMONG YORUBA
Babayemi John Babatunde
(PG student) Department of European Studies
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
SESSION A PANEL 7: WOMEN AND GENDER RELATIONS
Time: 9.00 am – 11.30am
Venue:
Moderator/Panel Chair: Prof. Ebun Oduwole/Prof. Funke Adeboye
049. MORE THAN FARMERS’ WIVES: THE CHANGING ROLE OF YORUBA WOMEN IN COCOA PRODUCTION IN TONKERE FARM SETTLEMENT IN OSUN STATE
Peter Oluwaseun Oyewale PhD
Department of History and International Studies
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti
Ekiti State Nigeria
050. YORUBA FESTIVAL AND THE CELEBRATION OF WOMEN POWER