Kiana Hunter is a Fourth year Political Science Major with a certificate in Human Rights at San Diego State University. She earlier volunteered with the Exodus Refugee Immigration as a Fundraising Coordinator where she helped in raising funds to support comfortable housing for refugee families who were settling into their new apartments. We welcome Kiana […]
Book: Power of the Oath: Mau Mau Nationalism in Kenya 1952-1960 Author: Dr Mickie Nwanzia Koster, University of Texas, USA Discussant: Dr Michael Nwenda Kithinji, University of Central Arkansas, USA
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Professor Olutayo Charles Adesina is the current Head, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Between 2015 and 2018, he was Director, Centre for General Studies, University of Ibadan. Prof. Adesina has carved a niche for himself as a scholar and historian. In 1994, he was a Grantee of the United States
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WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Professor Olutayo Charles Adesina, Head, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan Moderator: Dr Vivian Chenxue Lu,Assistant Professor of Anthropology (at Lincoln Center) Department of Sociology and Anthropology Date: January 14, 2021 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link:https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlcOygrTwsEtNpow4vLxg3rjuooOta3JaJ Video Link:
“Abandoned Properties”: Reengaging a Post-Nigerian Civil War Narrative. Read More »
by Frederick Ifeanyi Obananya, OP Dominican Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria.fredifeanyi21@gmail.com “Protests have always been part of political development. Resistance has been an important part of getting heard. The interests of the people are downplayed at the peril of the ruling class. Consequently, oppression sparks off resistance.” (Peniel Momoh) January 15, 1970 will ever remain unforgettable to
WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Vanda Felbab-Brown, Director, Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors / Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution .Moderator: Dr Uyi Lawani, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Lewis College of Business, Marshall Univeristy Date: December 9, 2020 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link:https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpf-CspjksH9QWCcBleFpjM9u3kR97s_tK Video Link:
Vanda Felbab-Brown is a senior fellow in the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. She is the director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors.She is also the co-director of the Africa Security Initiative and the Brookings series on opioids:“The Opioid Crisis in America: Domestic and International Dimensions.
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by Peniel Momoh Dominican University For the people are all in all.
by Bridget Omosuwa Alegieunu Globally, women empowerment and entrepreneurship issues have been key factors in the development process, specifically whenr there is reference to poverty alleviation. However, efforts at empowering women have encountered setbacks both at the theoretical and empirical levels particularly due to the seeming vagueness in the definition and analysis of the word
#ENDSARS Protests and the Ethics of the Nigeria of Our Dream The events of the last two weeks, involving citizens’ demand for accountability, symbolize an important epoch in Nigeria’s journey to nationhood and social justice. This process has been a long and enduring one, with several transitions from colonialism, through fledging civilian experimentation, military dictatorship
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WATJCentre is focused on creating a foundational drive for the study of transitional justice in Africa by creating and updating a teaching curriculum for relevant institutions of learning…read more…
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