Born
Prof.
AWE,
Bolanle Alake
Alake
OFR, BA, MA, Ph.D; historian, academic, administrator; b: January 28, 1933; p: llesa, Osun State; m: Professor Olumuyiwa Awe, 1960; nc:three s,two d; cd:CMSGirls' School, Lagos, 1946-50; St. Anne's School, Ibadan, 1950-51; Perse School for Girls, Cambridge, England, 1952-54; University ofSt.Andrew's, Scotland, 1954- 58; UniversityofOxford, England, 1958-60. cr: LecturerinHistory, University oflbadan, 1960-66; Lecturer, School ofAfrican andAsian Studies, University ofLagos, 1966-69; Senior Research Fellow, Institute of African Studies, University oflbadan, 1969-76; appointed Commissioner for Educa-tion, and laterCommissioner forTrade,In-dustries andCooperatives,OyoState, 1975- 78;dir.andResearch Professor ofOral History, InstituteofAfrican Studies, University oflbadan; chairperson, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation Con-fercnceonWomen inIndustry, Vienne Austrie 1978; mm. former Western State Scholarship Board; National sec, Nigerian Association ofUniversity Women, 1962-63; former Western State Economic Advisory Council, 1966; sec, Western State Branch, National Council of Women's Societies, 1971; former Western StateTourism Board, 1972; ch.OyoState Committeeon the SouthernAfrican ReliefFund,1977-78; mem. Gover-ning Council,Nigerian Iiistituteoflntema-tioralAffairs, 1978;chairpersoeAcademic StaffUnion of Universities, Universityoflbadan, 1982-83; mem:Governing Council,OndoState University, Ado-Ekiti, 1988; Board ofTrustees, Nigerian National MeritAward, 1989; f: Nigerian Academy of Letters, 2005; nh: Officer oftheOrderoftheFederal Republic 1982; publ:Unhersi-ty Education ofWomen in Nigeria, 1964; The AjeleSystem:AStudyoflbadan'slm-perialism In The 19th Century, 1964; 77m? Cityoflbadan, 1967; The Ancient Kingdom ofThe Western Sudan: Ghana, Mali andSonghai, 1965; Place Names AsA SourceForHistorical Reconstruction: The-lbadan Exam-pie. 197'I; Militarism andEconomicDevelop-mentinl9thCenmry Yorubaland, The Ibadan Example. 1973; Antiquities In Nigeria, 1973; Praise PoemsAsHistorical Data. The Exam-pie ofThe Yoruba Oriki. 1974; 77»e Economic Role ofWomen In A Traditional African Society.The Yoruba Example, 1975. hob: reading, gardening, drama, swimming, travelling, off:c/oInstituteofAfrican Studies, Universityoflbadan, Ibadan, Oyo State.
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