Guests of 2024
Dr. Kayode Michael Samuel - "Performing Therapy: Music in the Context of Condolence Practices among the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria"
October - November, 2024
I am Kayode Samuel, Professor of Musicology at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
During my stay at University of Bayreuth, Germany, I was able to advance conversations towards the strengthening the implementation of an existing memorandum of understanding between the University of Ibadan and the University of Bayreuth.
I made a presentation on one of my ongoing research works, entitled Performing Therapy: Music in the Context of Condolence Practices among the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria at a well-organized colloquium organised by the Department of African Verbal and Visual Arts. ...more
Dr. Marion Atieno Ouma - Social Protection Policymaking in Africa
July, 2024
I am a research fellow in Sociology, with a focus in Social Policy at the university of South Africa. My research expertise and interests broadly include sociology, social policy, social protection, policymaking and the political economy of Africa’s development. As part of my research, I have examined the process of social protection policymaking in Africa with specific focus on Kenya by drawing on theories of political economy and notions of unequal power, the influence of transnational actors, and nation policy sovereignty of policy. ...more
Prof. Dr. Sati Umaru Fwatshak - "The impact of private universities on public universities in Nigeria"
April - May, 2024
My name is Prof. Dr. Sati Umaru Fwatshak, a tenure-track Professor of African History at the University of Jos, Nigeria. As a Historian, my research and teaching career has been focusing on explaining contemporary economic and social conditions in Africa using time-series data that highlight resilience and transitions: continuity and change. My research interest therefore spans the broad spectrum of the conventional divisions of African/Nigerian history: pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial... ...more