B.Sc (Hons), Ph.D, sociologist, born August 30, 1933, Ogbomosho, Oyo State; married Olivia Agbajoh 1987, one son, three daughters; Education: Baptist Primary School, llora, Oyo State, Baptist Boys' High School, Abeokuta, 1947-50, Columbia University. New York City, USA, 1959-66; Announcer, Nigerian Broadcasting Service (now Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria), 1954-56, Programme Assistant, NBS, 1956; Head, Vernacular Broadcasts Unit, NBS, 1957-59; Music Research and Special Project Assistant, NBS, 1959; Visiting Research fellow, Institute of Administration, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ibadan branch, 1964-65; Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology, New York University, USA, 1965-66; Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, City College of New York, USA, 1965-66; Lecturer in Anthropology, Columbia University, New York, USA, 1966-67; appointed Professor of Sociology, University of Lagos, since 1975; Head, Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, 1975-78; Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, 1983-85; member, Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association; member, Nigerian Economic Society; Corresponding member, American Anthropological Association; fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute; Vice President, International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences; Publications: The Sociology of Yoruba, coeditor, (Ibadan University Press, 1970), and many scholarly articles in national and international learned journals; Hobbies: reading, music, current affairs; Official Address: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 820311 extension 353; Home: 7. Oritshejolomi Thomas Crescent, University of Lagos Campus, Akoka, Lagos; Telephone: (01)822125
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