{"id":14172,"date":"2017-03-07T11:32:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T10:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&p=14172"},"modified":"2017-05-19T16:24:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T15:24:23","slug":"osuntokun-prof-akinjide","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/osuntokun-prof-akinjide\/","title":{"rendered":"OSUNTOKUN, Prof. Akinjide"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OON,FHSN, BA, PhD; univereity teacher, administrator, ed: Christ’sSchool,Ado Ekiti, 1956-60; Ibadan Grammar School, 1961-62; UniversityofUndon,School ofOriental&African Studies &Queen Mary’s College, 1964-65; Universityoflbadan, 1963-64; 1965-66; Universityoflbadan Postgraduate School, 1966-67; Institute ofCommonwealth Studies and School ofOriental&African Studies, UnivereityofUndon, 1968-69; Ecole Pratiquedes Hautes, Sorbone Univereity, Paris, France, 1969; Historicities Seminar, UniversityofHamburg, Germany, 1969; Dalhousie ‘University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1967-68; 1969-70; cr: Tutor, Sjnivereityoflbadan, 1966-67;Tutor, Dalhousie, Halifax, Nova Scotia,Canada, ~!%9-70;AsstrW.,UnivereityofWestemOnt^^ UnivereityofWest Indies, 1971-72; Lecturer, Univereity oflbadan, 1972-74; Lecturer, University of Ugos, 1974-76; Senior Lecturer, 1976-78; Assoc. Prof,1979-82; Prof, of History, Univereity ofMaiduguri, 1982-85; Visiting Prof., UniversityofLagos, 1985-86; Visiting Prof., Dept ofHistory, University of lbadan, 2001 -03; Prof, of History, Univereity of Ugos, 1986-05; Prof, of History, Redeemer’s University, Mowe,Ogun State, since2005; Dean, College ofHumanities, 2005-07; Head of Dept, Dept of History, UniversityofUgos, 1986-88; 1996-99; Dean, Faculty ofArts,UnivereityofMaiduguri, 1982-84; Ag. Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, 1984-85; Head ofDept, Dept of History, 1982-85; Ambassador Extraordinary &Plenipotentiary, FRN to Germany, 1991-95;dir,Nigeria Universities Commission Office, Washington DC,USA,1972-82; dir., Nigerian Universities Commission Office, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1978-79; ch., Editorial Board of Comet, 1999-06; Environmental Profession Society ofNigeria, EPSN, since 1993; mm: Nigerian Society ofInternational Affaire; Historical Society ofNigeria; Presidential AdvisoryCouncil (PAC) on International Relations, 2000-07; Editorial Board, TheNation, since2006; GoverningCouncil, Ugos State Univereity, 1987- 89; Board of National Directorate of Employment 1987-88; Presidential Committee onNational Question, 1986-87; Committee ontheNational War Museum, 1984-85; Governing Council, Univereity of Maiduguri, 1982; Commonwealth ExpertGroupon Democracy, 2002; Commonwealth Election Board,African MonitoringGroup inLesotho, 2002; Editorial Board, African Journal ofthe Social Sciences, Dakar, 2002;f: Nigerian AcademyofUtters, 2007; Historical Society ofNigeria, 2002; ah:Universityoflbadan Scholar, 1966-67; Irving and Bonar Graduate Prize in History, 1969; Isaac Walton Killam Scholar, Dalhousie University, Halifax NovaScotia, Canada, 1967- 70; Student-Elect Chosen to Study at University of Undon (Exchange Program between the Univereity ofLondonand Ibadan), 1964-65; lb: Presidential Honour, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, 1990; nh: Officer,Orderofthe Niger,OON,2004; publ:”Obafemi Awolowo”. Politician, Prophet, Philosopher and Patriot”, in AWO: on the Trail of a Titan, Bookbuilders Ibadan, 2009; “A Panoramic Historical Discourse on Xenophobia” inXenophobia: aContemporary Issue inPsychology, Interity Press, Lagos, 2008;”Genesis, Development and Practice oftheArtorScience of Diplomacy” Topics and Issues in Foreign Policy, Babcock Univereity Press. Ilishan, 2006; “Britain, Nigeria andtheCommonwealth” inNigeria, Africa Lagos, 2004; “Environmental Consideration in Sustainable Development inAfrica: What Role NEPAD?” inNEPAD intheNigeria Dock, NilA,Ugos,2004; “Grassroots Participation inPolitics and theChallenges of Democratization in Nigeria” in Political Change in Nigeria, New Era Foundation, Ugos,2003; “Foreign Policy During theBabangida Years” in IBB: AHeritage ofReform,TheOpen Press Ud.,Zaria, 2002;”Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in Nigeria” Obafemi Awolowo Foundation Lecture, Ugos,2000;”Academic Excellence intheIvoryTower”, ASUU First AnnualLecturer, UniversityofUgos Press, 1999; “Nigeria’s Foreign Policy. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” Proceedings ofFaculty of Arts,Annual Ucture,OgunState Univereity, Ago Iwoye, 1987; Nigerian Universities inGlobal Perspective inOyeOgun Journal ofArts,2007;”The Thrust of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy in the Future”, Nigerian Forum. 1987; “West AfricanArmed Revolts Duringthe First WorldWar”,Tarikh, 1976; etc;off: Redeemer’s Univereity, Mowe,Ogun State; tel: 234-803-3000- 2562,234-803-325-5595,234-802-804-9041; e-m:josuntokun@yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14172","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14172"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}