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Critical and Contentious Issues in the Modern and Contemporary History of Nigeria

Book: Critical and Contentious Issues in the Modern and Contemporary History of Nigeria Editor: Prof Olutayo Adesina, Professor of History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria & British Academy Global Professor of History, University of Manchester, United Kingdom Editor: Prof Akanmu G. Adebayo, Emeritus Professor of History, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States. Video link:

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The Residuum of Memory: The Holocaust in African Atrocity Literatures and Cultures

WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Professor Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, Associate Professor of English, The University of Winnipeg, Canada Moderator: Stephanie O. Adams Douglas, Senior Programme Manager, HumAngle Foundation, Nigeria Date: July 30, 2026 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/OY5Ky_drSvOrBMUEBqOVNQ

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Professor Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba

Professor Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba is an associate professor of English at the University of Winnipeg, Canada. He has scholarly interests in African and African/Black Diaspora literatures. His scholarship primarily focuses on the cultural representations of genocides and mass atrocities within African and African diasporic contexts. Anyaduba is the author of The Postcolonial African Genocide Novel:

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The World Cup: From Inclusive Beginnings to Exclusive Present

Preamble The history of the World Cup, considered by many as the greatest football tournament on the planet, has continued to trend on the internet since the inception of the 2026 Edition, with the name of the French lawyer who co-founded the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in 1904, Mr Jules Rimet, reverberating across

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“A HIGHLY RELIGIOUS POPULATION YET FILLED WITH INHUMANE SOULS…”

by Oladapo Pelumi Olukoya Graduate Student, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Abstract Recently, there has been a great increase in the rate at which rape is being reported in the Nigerian society. Therefore, this article seeks to site a background check on rape, possible causes of rape and proffers ways forward. It

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Responses to Nazi Perpetration in Fiction: Complicity and Continuities

Book: Responses to Nazi Perpetration in Fiction: Complicity and Continuities Author: Prof Stephanie Bird, Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature, University College London, United Kingdom Discussant: Prof Sue Vice, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Discussant: Dr Zoltán Kékesi, Research Fellow, Centre for Collective Violence, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Institute

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Decoloniality and Development in African Literary Tradition

WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Dr Adaobi Nkeokelonye, Visiting Lecturer, African University of Science and Technology; Research Fellow, WATJCentre, Nigeria Moderator: Dr Ndidi Njoku, Research and Policy Manager, Nextier, Nigeria Date: April 16, 2026 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/A5_TSyMdS4qITZqnkvY25A

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