{"id":15267,"date":"2017-03-13T16:16:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T15:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15267"},"modified":"2017-11-02T12:45:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T11:45:15","slug":"mala-sam-babs","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/mala-sam-babs\/","title":{"rendered":"MALA, Sam Babs"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BA, MA, educationist, born March 17, 1941, Ikare-Ekiti, Ondo State; mar ried Victoria Olufunmilola Ogunbitan 1969, one son, six daughters; Education: St Stephen&#8217;s School, Ikare, 1946-50, Jubilee Central School, Ikare, 1951-54, Victory College, Ikare, 1955-59, Gboluji Grammar School, Ile-Oluji, 1960, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1964-66, Univer sity of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1966-67, Birmingham University, 1969-70,McGill University, 1970-73; teacher, Christ Apostolic Church Modern School, Ibadan, 1961-63; worked at Barclays Bank (now Union Bank), Ibadan, 1963-64; Tutor, Ibadan Christ Apostolic Grammar School, Ibadan, 1967-69, Tutor, African Church Grammar School, Apata, Ibadan, 1973-74; appointed Lecturer, University- of Ibadan, 1974; Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, 1981; Ordained pastor, Christ Apostolic Church, July 1980; member International Association for the History of Religions, 1980; Assistant Executive Secretary, Organization of African Instituted Churches, Nairobi, since 1982;Consultant, Project for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa-Nairobi\/Geneva, 1985; Foundingmember. Nigeria Association for the Studyof Religions and its Editor, 1979-84; Ad viser, Nigerian Dialogue, since 1979; member\/ treasurer, Society for the Study of African Church History, since 1987; Publications: Religion, Peace and Utility in Nigeria, co-editor, (Ibadan, Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions, 1984); Religious and Moral Educlion: Principles and Methods, editor, (Ibadan, Institute of Education, University of Ibadan, 1985); Christianity, Islam and African Religion, editor, (Ibadan, Institute of Education, Universi ty of Ibadan, 1986); African Independent Churches in the &#8217;80s. editor, (Nairobi, Organiza tion of African Instituted Churches, 1986); Hobbies: singing, gardening, table tennis, foot ball; OfficialAddress: Department of Religious Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan; Telephone: (022) 400550 extension 1417; Home: 3 Oke&#8217;badan Crescent, New Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15267","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15267","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\/15267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15267"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}